Jenjie Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 An Afghan man is being tried in a court in the capital, Kabul, for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman is charged with rejecting Islam and could face the death sentence under Sharia law unless he recants. He converted 16 years ago as an aid worker helping refugees in Pakistan. His estranged family denounced him in a custody dispute over his two children. [BBC South Asia] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bijeli_Miš Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 You can only be grateful you don't live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 Its very scary. The thing that gets me is that on the one hand they're saying this When he was arrested last month he was found to be carrying a bible and charged with rejecting Islam which is punishable by death in Afghanistan. Yet on the other you've got this statement Trial judge Ansarullah Mawlazezadah told the BBC that Mr Rahman, 41, would be asked to reconsider his conversion, which he made while working for a Christian aid group in Pakistan. "We will invite him again because the religion of Islam is one of tolerance. We will ask him if he has changed his mind. If so we will forgive him," the judge told the BBC on Monday It seems very contradictory to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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