- …this:
- An Afghan man who allegedly converted from Islam to Christianity is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death, a judge said Sunday.
- The defendant, Abdul Rahman, was arrested last month after his family went to the police and accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada told the Associated Press in an interview. Such a conversion would violate the country’s Islamic laws.
- “We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law,” the judge said. “It is an attack on Islam. … The prosecutor is asking for the death penalty.”
- The defendant, Abdul Rahman, was arrested last month after his family went to the police and accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada told the Associated Press in an interview. Such a conversion would violate the country’s Islamic laws.
Free elections. Democracy on the march. Etc.
Let this be a reminder to Christians to continue praying for fellow believers in Islamic countries, even Afghanistan and Iraq.
Let us remember that “democracy” and “liberation” in these countries does not automatically grant followers of Christ safety and freedom of expression.
HT: Joel Rosenberg