Posted on 03/26/2006 5:26:50 AM PST by prairiebreeze
Was he Catholic?
I am leaving for Mass in a few minutes. I will light a candle for him today during Mass.
Unlike the detainees at Club Gitmo, who have each been issued a prayer mat, a Qu'ran, and access to a Muslim chaplain courtesy of the US taxpayer.
I'm headed to church in awhile too. How blessed we Christians are to live in a country where we still can. Praying for our brother.
Move him to Camp Gitmo. The tropical paradise away from the struggles of jihad. Lord knows he could use a bath and a shave and some good food!
Indeed. I'm sure Amnesty International will be breaking down the prison door to ensure this man is treated humanely and given access to a Bible.
/sarcasm
He's a dead man walking if he stays in that country.
Those people are just plain insane.
Islam is a cult masquerading as a religion.
Yes, his witness is an encouragement to me, and may very well lead to others turning to the Lord and being emboldened in their faith. This may be a seminal turning point for Afghanistan and maybe Islam (am I too hopeful).
Recall how Ceausescu's end came during a rally of Christians in Timisoara....
Here's more:
An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai faced mounting foreign pressure to free Abdul Rahman, a move that risked angering Muslim clerics who have called for him to be killed.
An official closely involved with the case told The Associated Press that it had been returned to the prosecutors for more investigation, but that in the meantime, Rahman would be released.
"The court dismissed today the case against Abdul Rahman for a lack of information and a lot of legal gaps in the case," the official said Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
"The decision about his release will be taken possibly tomorrow," the official added. "They don't have to keep him in jail while the attorney general is looking into the case."
Abdul Wakil Omeri, a spokesman for the Supreme Court, confirmed that the case had been dismissed because of "problems with the prosecutors' evidence."
He said several family members of Rahman have testified that he has mental problems.
"It is the job of the attorney general's office to decide if he is mentally fit to stand trial," he told AP.
A Western diplomat, also declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case, said questions were being raised as to whether Rahman would stay in Afghanistan or go into exile in a foreign country.
Rahman was being prosecuted under Afghanistan's Islamic laws for converting 16 years ago while working as a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
Some Islamic clerics had said Rahman would face danger from his countrymen if he were released.
Earlier 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.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned Karzai last Thursday and asked for a "favorable resolution" to the case. Karzai also heard from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged Rahman's release out of respect for religious freedom.
The pope used the case Sunday to talk about Christians around the world who are persecuted for their beliefs.
"My thoughts turn, in particular, to those communities who live in countries where there is a lack of religious freedom, or where despite claims on paper, they in truth are subjected to many restrictions," the pontiff said as he delivered his traditional Sunday blessing from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square.
"I send them my warmest encouragement to persevere in the patience and charity of Christ," Benedict added.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060326/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_christian_convert&printer=1;_ylt=As.ob0nQN9yCir6klpdoIQsUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Perhaps they released him to the 'People of Peace.' That man had better get out of Dodge.
I don't think the moderates will be happy either...the upshot of this is that allah has been denied the blood of a Christian martyr (if this man get out of Afghanistan alive). As Thomas More said, the devil..."cannot endure to be mocked."
In this case, islam has suffered massive humiliation. The law of allah has been circumvented because it is inferior to the law of the infidels!
The guy on the left in that picture, isn't he the villain who got his hand bit off at the end of "Romancing the Stone?" Just before Kathleen Turner got out of his way and he leaped into the crocodile pit...Zolo was the name.
AP now reporting he's to be released soon:
An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai faced mounting foreign pressure to free Abdul Rahman, a move that risked angering Muslim clerics who have called for him to be killed.
An official closely involved with the case told The Associated Press that it had been returned to the prosecutors for more investigation, but that in the meantime, Rahman would be released.
"The court dismissed today the case against Abdul Rahman for a lack of information and a lot of legal gaps in the case," the official said Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
"The decision about his release will be taken possibly tomorrow," the official added. "They don't have to keep him in jail while the attorney general is looking into the case."
Abdul Wakil Omeri, a spokesman for the Supreme Court, confirmed that the case had been dismissed because of "problems with the prosecutors' evidence."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060326/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghan_christian_convert&printer=1;_ylt=As.ob0nQN9yCir6klpdoIQsUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
(sorry I don't have time this morning to make the links all pretty)
An Afghan man threatened with execution because he converted from Islam to Christianity is expected to be released from custody at the end of the day, a Western diplomat told CNN Sunday.
Being released, he will need our prayers more than ever.
Thanks!
These muslims seem to be a blood thirsty group, and their clerics even more so.
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."
I'm sure he's much safer with "hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida militants".
"lack of evidence" ?
When the witnesses were called to testify against Jesus, they contradicted each other and were dismissed. Then, the Sanhedrein called Jesus forward, and he did not avail himself of the 5th Amendment.
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