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Can You Believe America Is Supporting This?

March 22, 2006 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅ ⋅ Post a comment

While we hoot and holler about progress in Afghanistan I bet you won’t hear this anywhere else. I hope you share this with all you know, have them read it for themselves. In Kabul Afghanistan an Afghani man is being prosecuted and will most likely be sentenced to death based on the heinous, and unforgiving, charge of converting from Islam to Christianity.

The courts back this up, the government backs this up, does America really want to send funding to a country whose administration allows this? And where are all the death penalty opponents, and human rights watchers, on this one? How can we support a nation where it is a capital punishment crime to practice your religion of choice?

And before you say things are changing let me advise you that you are right but you must understand that this trial is believed to be the first of its kind in Afghanistan so you tell me, is it changing for the better or the worse?

This trial displays to the world what real gain is being made in these areas. How can there be this type of struggle between religious conservatives and reformists in modern times such as these? Even the Taliban did not take levels to this extreme, are things actually growing worse now than when the country was ran by the rule of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime.

The man being so wrongly accused is 41-year-old Abdul Rahman. Abdul was reportedly arrested after his family accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada said. The judge went on to say, “We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law…It is an attack on Islam.” How can a judge even be involved in such a blatant, and heinous, misrepresentation of the law? The official charge Rahman was charged with is the rejection of Islam. Is this really a capital punishment offense? If the guy shuns God then isn’t his eternal damnation enough? Have these radical religious fruitcakes really gone so far over the edge that they now consider themselves judge and jury?

Islam shares the same teachings as the Jewish Bible, and all of the Christian Bible. Don’t these fundamentalists remember the verses where God dictates Judge not least ye be judged first? Who are they to force religion down someone’s throat? I think the fact that we supply any assistance to a government who allows this type of law is one of the worst parts of this issue.

Ahmad Fahim stated, “Afghanistan’s constitution is based on shariah law, which is interpreted by many Muslims to require that any Muslim who rejects Islam be sentenced to death.” This is a statement from the human rights leader? Imagine what the other bozo’s must think and agree to.

The wackiest part, if you can actually discern one idiot from the other is that the prosecutor, Abdul Wasi, stated he offered to drop the charges if Rahman converted back to Islam, but Rahman refused. Abdul Wasi stated, “He would have been forgiven if he changed back. But he said he was a Christian and would always remain one..We are Muslims, and becoming a Christian is against our laws. He must get the death penalty.”

How can any American justify supporting this?

How Can Bush Justify This?

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