A Stay Of Execution Requested for Persecuted Pastors

This is the most wonderful time of the year for Christmas miracles, and if the Lord-wills maybe Pastor Tibo and his two friends will not be executed for the crimes they are accused of.  Last week we discussed this story here.

Today there is a report on the ADNKI website with the update on this story.

EX-PRESIDENT ASKS FOR STAY OF EXECUTION

Jakarta, 19 Dec. (AKi/Jakarta Post) - Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid has joined growing calls for the president to delay the execution of three inmates on death row for their roles in several murders in Poso, Central Sulawesi five years ago. He said the delay was needed to allow for further investigation into other people, including the masterminds behind the bloodshed involving Muslims and Christians in the conflict-prone Central Sulawesi town.

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A group of activists and religious figures, including Muslim leaders, have demanded a delay to the execution, saying they believed Tibo and friends were not the masterminds of the violence.

Meanwhile, Palu Police chief Brig. Gen. Oegroseno said he had received a letter from the Central Sulawesi Prosecutors Office to prepare the firing squad team for the execution.

"But we have not yet decided on the team, the timing and the place (for the execution). I think we'll let them celebrate Christmas and the New Year first," he said.

PLEASE PRAY FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE.  While it is "nice" of them to wait until after the Christmas season to kill these men, it's still murder if they choose to do so.  Let's petition the Lord of Life for His perfect will to be done.