The World Waits & Prays for Afghan Christian
Stacy L. Harp
March 21, 2006
A few days ago I wrote a post based on an article in the Herald Sun that talked about a Christian man in Afghanistan who is being threatened with death because he will not deny Christ and embrace Islam.
I'm happy to see that some of the major media has decided to discuss this story. In fact, it's about time more major press takes up this important issue. As a result of this other news coverage, the American Family Association is designed a petition that anyone can sign, to let President George Bush know that we want him to act on behalf of this Christian brother.
Here are just a few links to people covering this story.
Apostasy Case Raises Questions About Islamic Constitutions
US, NATO allies defend Afghan Christian convert
This situation is so frustrating. When the new Afghan government was created, how did the US let the provisional government enact a law calling for the death of converts from Islam? The reaction of Afghans to this brother's faith shows once again how evil a religion Islam really is. They think that "Allah" is insulted by this man's belief in Christ... Please.
This action flies in the face of what a constitutional democracy is supposed to be. There are supposed to be rights which protect the proper interest of citizens from those who wish to take them away. (such as freedom of religion, association, speech, etc.)I pray that this man will not be put to death and I have a gut feeling that he probably will not.
But not being put to death by the state does nothing to address the issue of others who may profess a faith other than Islam and apparently offers no substantive protection for this man from a "mob" who wish to "rip him limb from limb" (which is completely against any reasonable standard of fairness and protection under the law)
Posted by: Tim Vassy | March 23, 2006 at 02:25 PM
As a Canadian, where we have a heavy commitment in Afghanistan, it is essential that religious freedom be respected. We do not fight the Taliban and lose lives to support persection of Christian and other religious minorities. Please advise me as to what happened in this case since March 2006. We can place pressure on this side to ensure full respect for this and other cases. I await your info. Thanks
Posted by: Roman Mukerjee | September 22, 2006 at 05:51 PM