{"id":964,"date":"2011-08-11T10:12:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/?p=964"},"modified":"2011-08-11T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T14:14:35","slug":"1-million-signatures-sought-for-pakistani-mom-condemned-to-death-for-witnessing-about-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/2011\/08\/1-million-signatures-sought-for-pakistani-mom-condemned-to-death-for-witnessing-about-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"1 million signatures sought for Pakistani mom facing death for witnessing about Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins. &#8230; 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.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan, more than 150,000 Christians have signed a petition demanding justice for persecution victims, including Asia Bibi.<\/p>\n<p>The Voice of the Martyrs, an Oklahoma-based\u00a0advocacy group for persecuted Christians is calling for her release. &#8220;We hope to gather 1 million signatures on behalf of our sister Asia, who now sits in prison awaiting the Lahore High Court&#8217;s ruling on her appeal,&#8221; according to their website. &#8220;Every signature is a call for mercy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Voice of the Martyrs says it\u00a0will deliver the petition to the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pray_for_the_persecuted_church\/index.php#ixzz1UjHgG9oh\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to learn more about Asia Bibi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of August 11, the group reported gathering 216,848 signatures, including 150,081 from Pakistan, 55,086 from the United States, 2,047 from Canada and 1,491 from Australia &#8212; with the rest from such countries as Nigeria, Germany, India\u00a0and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.callformercy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to sign the petition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins. &#8230; 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. 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