Afghan Man Faces Death for Allegedly Converting to Christianity

**knuckles** · 03-20-2006

Afghan Man Faces Death for Allegedly Converting to Christianity

Sunday , March 19, 2006

KABUL, Afghanistan — 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.

Rahman, who is believed to be 41, was charged with rejecting Islam when his trial started last week, the judge said.

During the hearing, the defendant allegedly confessed that he converted from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago when he was 25 and working as a medical aid worker for Afghan refugees in neighboring Pakistan, Mawlavezada said.

Afghanistan's constitution is based on Shariah law, which states that any Muslim who rejects their religion should be sentenced to death.

"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 prosecutor, Abdul Wasi, said the case was the first of its kind in Afghanistan.

He said that he had offered to drop the charges if Rahman changed his religion back to Islam, but the defendant refused.

Mawlavezada said he would rule on the case within two months.

Afghanistan is a deeply conservative society and 99 percent of its 28 million people are Muslim. The rest are mainly Hindus.

**ISDhillon** · 03-27-2006

"I dont know who you are but i can tell you dont know nothing about Afghanistan too."

This is true I know nothing about afganistan but I know plenty about the history and the people I know nothing about the 2 girls and the 10 men blah blah blah.

"And btw did you ever talk to poshtun women right now? A growing number want the taliban back."

This is known as social engineering, you send in thugs to mess with the society which portrays a societyin chaos people assume the reason for this is a deficit or change in power (different from what their used too) people then in fear think well we were better of before but don't realise it is these very same people who are sent in to screw with the society undercover. You will have to trust me when I say I know this happens.

"I dont know what mentality your talking about killing 125,000 where did you get that from AKhi?"

I dont know who akhi is, but the reason why I said this was cos I am sikh and their is a famous line from our guru which says "I pitch 1 man against 125000 and only then they call me gobind singh" I was trying to show that I can also take this statement radically and justify wrongdoings.

"Please Dont post on this thread when you know nothing about the country except for CNN POPPY Seeds and thats about it"

Please dont tell me what I can and cant do thanks.

ISDhillon

**mahdisoldier19** · 03-27-2006

Oh Trust me if you were near me you would know what is going on. So i dont want to bring anything personal but if you dont know anything about Afghanistan i will repeat it, Dont Post because your putting up nonsense.

Let me tell you an Afghan Saying

When you speak , speak only truth when it will make a difference, dont speak when it wont make a difference and spread only falsehood.

And I welcome you to this board but on my view i dont follow Sikh Lines, i Follow Islamic Lines

Its obvious that you should study more not just from wikipedia or cnn.

As for the thugs? What thugs those thugs were funded by the US GOVT to fight off an invasion by a soviet superpower. and you call them thugs? I dont know what to tell you except that i feel sorry for you

**ISDhillon** · 03-27-2006

Satsriakal Mahdisoldier Ji

"Oh Trust me if you were near me you would know what is going on."

What do you mean by this statement?

"Dont Post because your putting up nonsense."

Its not nonsense.

"When you speak , speak only truth when it will make a difference, dont speak when it wont make a difference and spread only falsehood."

I disagree with this statement, tell whats right at all times even if it gets you killed say it and be brash about it once you sacrifice on the alter of whats right then people will learn by example and verily death will become scared of the you, rather than lying to protect your life.

"and I welcome you to this board but on my view i dont follow Sikh Lines, i Follow Islamic Lines"

thats fine but you wanted to know why i wrote that statement in my prior message you can follow what lines you want as long as it does not involve infringing on others including the historical artefacts of other faiths.

"Its obvious that you should study more not just from wikipedia or cnn. "

its obvious that you need to be taught some manners.

"As for the thugs? What thugs those thugs were funded by the US GOVT to fight off an invasion by a soviet superpower. and you call them thugs? I dont know what to tell you except that i feel sorry for you"

This is your typical logic you take what I have said out of context and get yourself more confused because your more content with confrontation than meaningful dialogue, what are you going to teach anyone I suggest you keep silent.:rant:

ISDhillon

**Anonymous1** · 03-27-2006

woah HeiGou....nothing but sand and beautiful mountains???? i think im gonna have to agree with mahdisoldier and say that u should go there before saying stuff(srry if i didnt quote that correctly mahdi)
that was very offending....im afghan and ive met alot of stupid ppl who say the stupidest things but that was one of the most offending

ffended:
about the whole taliban blowing up the statues, i have to agree with whoever said, since they were worshipped they should have been destroyed(srry not enough time to go back and check who said that) those statues were of no significance to afghanistan so who cares if they blew them up???
and yah alot of pushtun ppl do want the taliban back and they did provide alot of security
there were still ppl stealing stuff but it was ALOT less than now
the last time i went to afghanistan(2004) everyone was so afraid when wed be coming home late cause of theives and that they might stop the car and take our stuff but back in 2000 when i went that was never an issue, if i remember correctly no one was out that late anyways
and in jalalabd there wasnt even a real police force back in 2004 under karzais leadership:rant:
i wish i had followed up on this thread but i thought itd be over since they are letting him go.

mahdisoldier i strongly agree with u that the world should be more informed on the pushtuns views cause thats something that is very important but unfortunetly we hear the views of the other ethnic groups alot more

**mahdisoldier19** · 03-28-2006

I rather Follow the belief of a Poshtun then the belief of a Sikh or someone who has never been to afghanistan. Also from my experience in Paktia , Khost.

**Knut Hamsun** · 03-28-2006

Mahdi:
Do you post on Ummah.net/forum? There are usually some pretty knowledgable (and argumentative/entertaining) discussions between Afghans there. Some good stuff. Usually in the "current events" section.
yours,
knut

**Malsidabym** · 03-28-2006

mahdisoldier19 and Anonymous1, hi fellas. I must ask you both, I suspect soldier's answer will differ a little because he has a more direct connection, but I am interested in your answer too anonymous1. So anyway, you both have expressed support for the destruction of the buddists' statues, but wasn't that a violation of what the prophet had taught? I understand that islam teaches to be respectful of other religions. certainly it must not have been much of a concern that anyone would worship the statues as 1)people would not dare do this under sharia law in public, and 2)I doubt there are many buddists in Afghanistan (perhaps mahdisoldier can clarify this point - he would know better than I if any buddists exist there). Thanks.