{"id":5830,"date":"2011-08-15T22:17:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T02:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2011-08-15T14:33:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T18:33:42","slug":"million-signatures-sought-for-pakistani-mom-facing-death-for-talking-about-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/million-signatures-sought-for-pakistani-mom-facing-death-for-talking-about-jesus","title":{"rendered":"Million signatures sought for Pakistani mom facing death for talking about Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins. \u2026 Our Christ is alive,\u201d those are the words that Asia Bibi, a wife and mother, used to defend her faith against mocking co-workers who tried to make her convert to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>She was later convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. She now awaits her fate in a Pakistani prison.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan, more than 150,000 Christians have signed a petition demanding justice for persecution victims, including Asia Bibi. However, Voice of the Martyrs, an advocacy group for persecuted Christians hopes to get 1 million signatures, which it will deliver to Pakistan officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/2011\/08\/1-million-signatures-sought-for-pakistani-mom-condemned-to-death-for-witnessing-about-jesus.html#ixzz1UjJ9pQex\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE to read more<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins. \u2026 Our Christ is alive,\u201d those are the words that Asia Bibi, a wife and mother, used to defend her faith against mocking co-workers who tried to make her convert to Islam. She was later convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. 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