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Berlusconi Says The Afghan Man Who Converted From Islam To Christianity Is In Italy!
Yahoooooo Breaking News e-mail ^ | 3/29/06

Posted on 03/29/2006 8:28:25 AM PST by areafiftyone

ROME (AP) Premier Silvio Berlusconi says the Afghan man who converted from Islam to Christianity is in Italy.


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JUST BREAKING WATIING FOR STORY!
1 posted on 03/29/2006 8:28:25 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone

Good on ya, Silvio.


2 posted on 03/29/2006 8:29:58 AM PST by inkling
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To: areafiftyone
And? Are “Italian” Mohameddans already calling for his death?
3 posted on 03/29/2006 8:32:01 AM PST by cartan
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To: areafiftyone

Ummm.loose lips sink ships (give the hit squad a place to look).


4 posted on 03/29/2006 8:32:02 AM PST by pbear8 (I have to wait until Monday for '24'!!!! =()
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To: areafiftyone

Bravo Italia!


5 posted on 03/29/2006 8:33:15 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: areafiftyone
Well, at least the West is now making them publicly convert before accepting them.
6 posted on 03/29/2006 8:36:17 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: areafiftyone

Wonderful news!


7 posted on 03/29/2006 8:37:02 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: areafiftyone

good news.


8 posted on 03/29/2006 8:40:13 AM PST by oceanview
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To: areafiftyone
This is a huge insult to islam...heh,heh
9 posted on 03/29/2006 8:40:35 AM PST by Dark Skies (" For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. " Matthew 6:21)
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Afghan Arrives in Italy After Fleeing

ROME - The Afghan man who faced the death penalty after converting from Islam to Christianity flew to Rome on Wednesday after the Italian government granted him asylum. Abdul Rahman, 41, "is already in Italy. I think he arrived overnight," Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.

10 posted on 03/29/2006 8:40:55 AM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: oceanview; All

Love the way Italy did this on the quiet!


11 posted on 03/29/2006 8:42:19 AM PST by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: areafiftyone
I'll bet the new Pope had a subtle hand in this.

All you Catholics should be very proud today.

Vive Italia! Vive il Papa!

Leni

12 posted on 03/29/2006 8:43:25 AM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)
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To: Howlin

If true- this is a truly generous and gutsy move by Italy!


13 posted on 03/29/2006 8:44:57 AM PST by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: areafiftyone

It looks like the guy is out of danger, but I can't say I'm happy about this as a Big Picture kind of thing.

The status quo in Afghanistan has not changed. Nothing happened here that prevents them from charging another guy for the same thing.

This case was "dropped for lack of evidence", which is as big a lie as they come, not because Sharia law was ruled to be an abomination or because the Afghanistan government respected the UN documents incorporated into their Constitution that specifically prohibit this kind of prosecution.


14 posted on 03/29/2006 8:45:24 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: areafiftyone

Good!


15 posted on 03/29/2006 8:46:00 AM PST by BunnySlippers
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To: areafiftyone

This is wonderful news....finally something positive for a change...


16 posted on 03/29/2006 8:47:08 AM PST by auto power
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Just confirmed by AP!

ROME Mar 29, 2006 (AP)— The man who faced the death penalty after converting from Islam to Christianity fled Afghanistan and arrived in Italy on Wednesday, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.

Italy offered the 41-year-old Abdul Rahman asylum after charges of apostasy were dropped against him by a court in Afghanistan. Rahman fled the country earlier in the day.

Many Afghans were furious at the decision, and on Wednesday members of parliament demanded that the government prevent him from leaving the country.


17 posted on 03/29/2006 8:49:02 AM PST by Dark Skies (" For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. " Matthew 6:21)
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To: jiggyboy; areafiftyone

I agree. I think we, the US, should have been much more publicly involved in this (after all, we created the current govt of Afghanistan) and that we should have demanded changes to the statutes enshrining sharia.

The only thing I can say in our defense is that we were probably more naive about Islam when we started out there than, hopefully, we are now after several years of experience dealing with it. That must be why sharia slipped in, but I hope it's not too late to go back and change it.

Otherwise, you're right, nothing has changed in Afghanistan. It's just that the Taliban (in its new incarnation) is now receiving bundles of US foreign aid.


18 posted on 03/29/2006 8:53:10 AM PST by livius
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To: sheik yerbouty

yeah... isn't it election time in italy ? I am gonna puke.


19 posted on 03/29/2006 8:54:43 AM PST by globalheater (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare - Sun Tzu)
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To: pbear8
Ummm.loose lips sink ships (give the hit squad a place to look).

He'll be hunted no matter where he is. Cloistering him in a monastery for awhile might work.

20 posted on 03/29/2006 8:58:11 AM PST by Just Lori (To everything, there is a season.........Ecclesiastes, 3:1-8)
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