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Posted on Mar 27, 2006

Afghan authorities are planning on releasing the man who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity, but they will base the action on a technicality. So a showdown with the U.S. still looms.


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The dismissal of a case against an Afghan citizen for converting from Islam to Christianity has saved Afghanistan’s government a damaging showdown with its primary patron, the United States. Under mounting pressure from Washington and other Western backers, President Hamid Karzai is reported to have intervened personally to have the case of Abdul Rahman, 41, who converted to Christianity 16 years ago, dismissed. But the grounds on which the case was thrown out—insufficient evidence and other technicalities, as well as questions over the sanity of the accused—do not change the basic problem that had put both Karzai and his Western backers in a tight spot.

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By Lynn, March 28, 2006 at 1:29 pm Link to this comment
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Afghanistan’s constitution is based on Shariah law, which states that any Muslim who rejects Islam should be sentenced to death.
But the constitution adds that “the state shall abide by the ... Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Article 18 of the Declaration guarantees the freedom to worship and to “change” religion or belief.

The ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ was added to the constitution so that we could justify that the war has brought democracy to the country.
However, a muslim country who’s constitution is based on Shariah law, no price for guessing what will prevail.

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