Posted on 03/26/2006 5:26:50 AM PST by prairiebreeze
An Afghan court has dismissed case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity for lack of evidence, an official said Sunday.
The court, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, had been under intense international pressure to drop the case against Abdul Rahman, who faced a possible death sentence for his public conversion.
Some Islamic clerics had called for his execution, saying Rahman would face danger from his countrymen if he were released.
On Sunday, he was moved to a notorious maximum-security prison outside Kabul that is also home to hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida militants. The move to Policharki Prison came after detainees threatened his life at an overcrowded police holding facility in central Kabul, a court official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
Gen. Shahmir Amirpur, who is in charge of Policharki, confirmed the move and said Rahman had also been begging his guards to provide him with a Bible.
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If the "case was dropped", why is he still in prison?
ROP...never mind.
Does this mean he's out of prison, too?
Wondering if this guy will get out of the country alive. Thousands are salivating to chop his head off.
Let's hope they can get this faithful man to a secure and safe location.
Lack of evidence? All they had to do was ask him...
Sounds like not yet. Hopefully no harm will come to him as they figure out where to send him. Probably out of Muslimland I'd say...
It may be for his own protection. This cat is toast when he leaves protective custody. They're probably trying to figure out what to do with him.
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| Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man who converted from Islam to Christianity, is interviewed during a hearing in Kabul on March 16, 2006 in this image made available from tv footage on Monday March 20, 2006. Rahman is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death after being charged with converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic laws. (AP Photo/APTN/Ariana Television) Email Photo Print Photo |
Saving face...
Lack of evidence?????
They must not take public "confessions" there, as "evidence".
I figure our national debt just went up in an effort to get this guy freed.
***Some Islamic clerics had called for his execution, saying Rahman would face danger from his countrymen if he were released.***
We beter execute him before he gets hurt!
Saving face...
How about the fear of reprisals from moderate Afghan muslims who toppled the Taliban and the US military?
Here's a quote that pretty much sums up either A) The absurd manner of thinking prevalent in the MSM or B) The absurd logic prevalent in the ROP:
"Some Islamic clerics had called for his execution, saying Rahman would face danger from his countrymen if he were released. "
possibly.
We know the pressure Karzai and a whole lot of Afghan officials have been getting over this. They had to figure out a way to handle it....guess this was the best they could come up with although I'm sure the radicals there won't be happy.
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