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While unrest continues in the Middle East, reports from human rights activists are flooding in about an Afghani Christian who is facing the death penalty for committing “apostasy” in converting from Islam. Charisma has reported on Said Musa in the past, but now his martyrdom for the Kingdom God appears imminent. Here’s the back story: Musa was arrested on May 31, 2010, along with other Islam-to-Christianity converts, after footage of a baptismal service aired on national television. In the nine months that the father of six young children has been imprisoned, he has been beaten, tortured and sexually abused...

. Said Musa (left), an Afghan Red Cross volunteer who worked for the rehabilitation of amputees, faces death penalty for his conversion to Christianity. Religious leaders in Nashville and across the U.S. want Afghanistan's government to live up to [a] sacred Islamic text [about "no compulsion in religion"]. They've organized a Twitter campaign on behalf of Said Musa, a former aid worker in Afghanistan imprisoned since May. His crime? Apostasy, for leaving Islam. According to published reports, Musa, sometimes referred to as Sayed Mossa, faces the death penalty. That's not acceptable, said Ed Stetzer, president of Nashville-based LifeWay Research. "We...

A terrible drama is unfolding in Afghanistan: There are reports that Said Musa, whose situation I described at Christmas, will soon be executed for the ‘crime’ of choosing to become a Christian. (For background, see here.) Musa was one of about 25 Christians arrested on May 31, 2010, after a May 27 Noorin TV program showed video of a worship service held by indigenous Afghan Christians; he was arrested as he attempted to seek asylum at the German embassy. He converted to Christianity eight years ago, is the father of six young children, had a leg amputated after he stepped...

An Afghanistan Christian and father of six, is imprisoned and scheduled to die. His crime? He believes Christ is his Savior. And he is scheduled to die because of it. No defense lawyer will take his case for fear of retribution. And he has been told that if he renounces Christ things would go easier. But he doesn’t. He won’t. Said Musa, who lost his leg from a landmine in the 1990’s and has worked since then as a medical worker for the Red Cross fitting children with prosthetics, has been in jail for eight months. According to a public...