I'm glad to see that nation building works so well, especially if the majority of people in a nation believe in a religion of peace.
You hear of a person being executed in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy. Thats alot of times a code word for being a Christian or converting to Christianity.
Such "allies" I can do without.
Who are we to pass judgement on those who would kill you for your choice of religion.
This will be interesting to watch. I'm betting he'll not be punished.
His family, though, will not be getting any Christmas presents from him, I'd bet.
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That's hardly new. My former inlaws were former Muslims who had converted to Christianity and lived in Peshawar (long before the Afghan refugee influx). My former mother-in-law compounded the offense by being a woman who would debate religion - and got shot at a couple of times for it.
Good to know we went there to do .... hmmm... hhhmm... yeahh!
Maybe Bush should be IMPEACHED for supporting this!
Yeahh IMPEACHED!
The whole world in gone MOHA-MAD!
The president would have to sign the papers authorizing Rahman's execution, a move that could jeopardize Mr. Karzai's standing with human rights groups and Western governments.
And be a slap in the face to "those what brought him.."
So far, President Karzai has not commented on the case.
Why not?
But political analysts here in Kabul say he will be under significant pressure from the country's hard-line religious groups to make an example of Rahman.
And WHOSE army is keeping this man in power? Do the religious groups conduct bombings of Al Qaeda strongholds? Should our army come home?
"Why shouldn't I?" he said.
I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"
He said, "Like what?"
I said, "Well...are you religious or atheist?"
He said, "Religious."
I said, "Me too! Are you christian or buddhist?"
He said, "Christian."
I said, "Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?"
He said, "Protestant."
I said, "Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?"
He said, "Baptist!"
I said,"Wow! Me too! Are you baptist church of god or baptist church of the lord?"
He said, "Baptist church of god!"
I said, "Me too! Are you original baptist church of god, or are you reformed baptist church of god?"
He said,"Reformed Baptist church of god!"
I said, "Me too! Are you reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?"
He said, "Reformed baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!"
I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.
-- Emo Phillips
being as tolerant as muslims are, one has to wonder how muslims ever came to be known as intolerant. the muslims have created their bed though, and we should allow the muslims to have their goat and eat it too. the muslims should stay off the young boys though, don't you think?
What the Taliban and Hekmatyar have done can't be undone quickly. We can get rid of the influence of Islamist radicals, but it won't be quick. I fear it'll take time.
I'm sure Hollyweird, Bianca Jagger, Brotha' Jesse and the MSM are just SEETHING with anger over this outrage, and we will be hearing from them shortly......
And what MacArthur-wannabe-genius let that part through, after we CONQUERED and OCCUPIED the country?
It was a nation full of fundamentalist camel-humpers. You can shuffle them around a bit, but you aren't going to change the fact that it is still mostly fundamentalist camel-humpers. Would it be nice if there was freedom and prosperity in Afghanistan? Yeah. Is this an outrage that a Christian is being persecuted in a nation we helped? Yes, and Afghanistan's actions here should not be without consequences.
But don't let the revisionists make you forget about the real reason we went there. It wasn't to bring them starbucks. It was payback and risk management.
Letterman had a joke a while back : the new president of Afghanistan had to catch a cab to a meeting. Driving the cab? the former president of Afghanistan.
ping
"An Afghan man who recently admitted he converted to Christianity faces the death penalty under the country's strict Islamic legal system"
With all this recent media yabbering about religious tolerance you would expect the MSM to be all on top of this one /sarcasm.
Executing a person for his religious beliefs seems a bit more serious than a cartoon.
This sucks.
First impression would be that we should withdraw support for any regime that would allow such activity to occur, but then we know how screwed up it could get if we just washed our hands of the situation and withdrew. On the other hand, the notion of having left the old Taliban Regime in control is most definitely unacceptable.
The world is so damned screwed up. Neutron Bombs are looking better and better.