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Death could await Christian convert in Afghanistan
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Posted by: Frederik
Death could await Christian convert
U.S. lawmaker: Christian-conversion prosecution 'outrageous'
Wednesday, March 22, 2006; Posted: 1:03 a.m. EST (06:03 GMT)
Television footage shows Abdul Rahman being interviewed last week during a hearing in Kabul.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the days of the Taliban, those promoting Christianity in Afghanistan could be arrested and those converting from Islam could be tortured and publicly executed.
That was supposed to change after U.S.-led forces ousted the oppressive, fundamentalist regime, but the case of 41-year-old Abdul Rahman has many Western nations wondering if Afghanistan is regressing.
Rahman, a father of two, was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial for rejecting Islam. He told local police, whom he approached on an unrelated matter, that he had converted to Christianity. Reports say he was carrying a Bible at the time.
"They want to sentence me to death, and I accept it," Rahman told reporters last week, "but I am not a deserter and not an infidel."
The Afghan constitution, which is based on Sharia, or Islamic law, says that apostates can receive the death penalty.
( Watch how Rahman's case could cast doubts on Afghanistan's commitment to democracy -- 1:17 )
Afghanistan's population is 80 percent Sunni Muslim and 19 percent Shiite Muslim, according to the CIA. The other 1 percent of the population is classified as "other."
Posted by: christythompson
Lord find a place of intervention for this
man and that of his family
Save him from torment and give consceince
to those in that goverment.
Lord I pray for his safety
Grant him freedom
Posted by: youngijp
http://www.annointed.net/ForumTopic_31890__15.htm
Another Pakistani Christian Pastor Kidnapped and Beaten please
http://www.annointed.net/ForumTopic_45368__15.htm
President Bush upset over Christian Afghans trial. Please Pray
http://www.annointed.net/ForumTopic_45467__15.htm
Abdul Rahman, muslim who converted to Christianity is set free, thank the Lord
http://www . spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,409650,00 . html
The case of Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman captured the world's attention for two weeks. Now his German asylum file and statements by his brother paint a picture of a seriously troubled man....The possibility that Rahman could be put to death for apostasy made Western nations realize that despite the massive amounts of reconstruction aid they have pumped into Afghanistan, human rights remain by no means guaranteed in the country. And in Afghanistan, Islamists accused President Hamid Karzai's government of caving in to pressure from the West by allowing Rahman to be released and taken to Italy. All of this is now known, as are the geopolitical aspects of the Rahman case. Less known is the foreign nationals file on Rahman that has been kept by German authorities since he applied for asylum here in February 2000 -- an application that was rejected two months later, on April 21, 2000. The German Rahman file, together with statements made by his brother...and a patient file from a clinic in Pakistan, tell a different story: that of the odyssey of a severely emotionally disturbed man who has been wandering aimlessly through the world for years, a man without a goal or a foothold. The file casts significant doubt on widely propagated theories that Rahman is a man driven by his faith and willingness to become a martyr. Instead, the file depicts a man driven by his psychoses and paranoia. This new information is also likely to dispel suspicions that an Afghan court's assertion that he lacked the mental capacity to stand trial was merely a pretext, in response to pressure from the West, to save Rahman from execution. In fact, there is growing evidence that Rahman is not always in full command of his faculties...."Abdul Rahman had been crazy for years," says the brother....Rahman allegedly beat his brother, his father, his wife and their two children, daughters Maria and Mariam. "There was no normal life with him," says the brother, "you always had to be vigilant that he might fly off the handle."....
http://www . persecution . com/members/countryMap/index . cfm?action=countryView&countryID=4
Christians in Afghanistan say public persecution by the government disappeared with the Taliban, but they are still not free to practice their faith openly without facing persecution from radical Muslims....The new Constitution of Afghanistan proclaims that "followers of other religions (other than Islam) are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law." But the same document declares that, "the religion of the state is the sacred religion of Islam," and that Sharia Law (Islamic law) is the controlling legal authority....
KJV Romans 8:26 ...We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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