Posted on 02/23/2011 2:06:16 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
While unrest continues in the Middle East, reports from human rights activists are flooding in about an Afghani Christian who is facing the death penalty for committing “apostasy” in converting from Islam. Charisma has reported on Said Musa in the past, but now his martyrdom for the Kingdom God appears imminent.
Here’s the back story: Musa was arrested on May 31, 2010, along with other Islam-to-Christianity converts, after footage of a baptismal service aired on national television.
In the nine months that the father of six young children has been imprisoned, he has been beaten, tortured and sexually abused on a daily basis, according to Paul Marshall, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.
Marshall also reports that no Afghan lawyer will not defend Musa, a former Afghan solider whose leg was amputated after he stepped on a landmine. Musa has also been denied access to a foreign lawyer. It appears that Musa is being used as an example to intimidate other Christian converts. "America has given billions of dollars, and, more importantly, given precious American lives, to bring freedom and democracy to the people of Afghanistan. But this must include freedom and democracy for our Christian brothers and sisters and other indigenous minorities, as well,” says IRD Religious Liberty Director Faith J.H. McDonnell.
McDonnell notes that 2006, the international community was outraged when Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman faced the death penalty. His life was saved because of the outcry. Now, McDonnell is urging church groups to speak out for Musa.
"They who speak passionately about torture, health care, and global warming surely should see that the slaughter of innocent Christians in Afghanistan is an authentic 'justice issue’,” McDonnell says. “We cannot just pay lip service to the idea that Christians facing persecution in Afghanistan are our brothers and sisters. We have to behave as if they are. We should see this persecution as an attack on a member of our own family."
We have provided sample text for email messages below to save your time, but writing in your own words is even better if you have the time.
1) Call or email your congressman TODAY via https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml. Ask them to call Afghanistan Ambassador, save life of Said Musa.
2) Call or email your senator TODAY via http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm. Ask them to call Afghanistan Ambassador, save life of Said Musa.
3) Call or email Political Counselor Abdul Atarud TODAY at Afghanistan Embassy via http://www.embassyofafghanistan.org/Atarud.html. Ask that Afghanistan free Said Musa.
4) Email Afghan President Hamid Karzai c/o Nazer Husain Rahimi, Special Secretary to the President, hussain.rahimi@gmail.com and ask that Said Musa and Shoaib Assadullah Musawi be set free.
5) Tweet @AfghanMissionUN and ask that Afghanistan free Said Musa.
6) Send an email message to Dr. Zahir Tanin, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, asking that Afghanistan free Said Musa and Shoaib Assadullah Malawi immediately! The online form to submit a message is here: http://www.afghanistan-un.org/contacts/.
7) Email President Obama at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact and ask that he continue working to free Said Musa and Shoaib Assadullah Musawi.
8) Like our Facebook Page at http://facebook.com/WeAreAllSaidMusa to increase the number of friends. Share and ask your friends to Like and Share this page as well.
9) Follow our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/#!/WeAreSaidMusa to increase our number of followers. Ask your friends to Follow it as well.
10) Pray that Said Musa and Shoaib Assadullah Musawi be freed.
STEP 1: Send to your Member of Congress at https://writerep.house.gov/
Dear Representative -
I am deeply concerned that an Afghan judge has threatened to order the execution of Said Musa within days if he does not re-convert from Christianity back to Islam against his will. Please personally call the Afghan ambassador TODAY and demand that the execution of Said Musa be stopped and that Afghanistan free Said Musa and Shoaib Assadullah Musawi immediately and permit them and their families to depart the country if they wish to.
Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the rights to life, liberty, and due process of law are some of our fundamental American values. Please convey to the Afghan ambassador that if the Afghan government does not show basic respect for the right to life, liberty, and freedom of religious choice, many Americans will begin to question whether we should continue to send our own children to fight and die on its behalf or continue to support it financially.
Please ensure that Afghanistan fulfills its obligations as a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that all Afghans are free to practice the religious faith of their choice without fear of prosecution, intimidation, or harm.
Sincerely,
[Signed]
ping plase
All hail Democracy! The will of the people, and all that.
Some outstanding work we’re doing in Afghanistan.
/sarc
How LONG will the people we ELECT to office CONTINUE to TOLERATE this kind of behavior? How LONG will they CONTINUE to advocate for Islam in America????????
Yes, and we are losing our brave young soldiers partly so that these medieval throwbacks can practice their beliefs.
Enough. I’m disgusted with that savage, uncivilized world-domination movement masquerading as a religion of peace.
The execution is certainly “threatened.” I don’t know that it’s inevitable. The cruel and corrupt men who run the Afghan governemnt can still be pushed by exposure and public pressure. It has worked in the past, it can work now. With the grace of God!
oh wait
would it be a punishable crime for another mudslime to speak out against a case like this? There are some things that even mudslimes aren't allowed to committ under taqiyah
The tide is turning.
Austrian MP (bookmark this to play when you want to feel good)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5eP2BDfL-s
Holland MP - on trial for ‘hate speech’ - Let's put up some prayers for the brave man on trail and with a fatwa on his head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pfEJaI2iS4
and our own congressman - the only one in DC with the guts to tell a mudslime to his face “Don't try to blow sunshine up my butt ... put down the mike and go home!” This slime from CAIR should have done his homework. THIS congressman knows the history of Islam.
Lt. Col Allen West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MZx38i6iYs
With people like this, we may just be able to pound these cretins back into the sand once again.
email and post these everywhere - again and again
If that's the sort of "nation building" our taxpayers are funding, I'd rather the money go for raises and early retirements for striking Wisconsin teachers.
Excellent. Worth repeating & frequently. Especially the last sentence.
Though, Afghanistan has its own beliefs, values & laws - they are Islamic ones. It'd be rather naive to expect them to adhere to American values/laws. Afghan gov't may to an extent. But, I'd say most Afghnis will abide first & foremost by Islamic (Sharia) laws. Taliban or not. A signatory to the Universal Decalaration of Human Rights (UN charter) or not.
bump
My question, as far as Australia is concerned, is why do we continue to have so many Iraqi & Afghani refugees, both legal & those who illegally arrive in Australia? I thought Iraq & Afghanistan were liberated in the last decade??
“Afghan Christian convert Abdul Rahman faced the death penalty. His life was saved because of the outcry. Now, McDonnell is urging church groups to speak out for Musa. “
Shows what can happen if we keep fighting the good fight!
Yes, and the crooks in charge are stashing billions in their Swiss bank accounts courtesy of us, the US taxpayers. Somebody better figure out exactly what we are doing there in a hurry.
Mrs. Don-o, will you please ping your list with this wonderful update?
I just received this good news from American Family Association, and here’s part of my automatic email:
“Afghani Christian Said Musa released from prison!
An official from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul has confirmed that Said Musa was released and safely out of the country.
February 25, 2011
Your action on one of our recent Action Alerts helped saved a man’s life. AFA is thrilled to report to you that Said Musa, an Afghan Christian who was arrested last May and threatened with execution for his conversion to Christianity, has been released from prison.
I am grateful to the Lord for answering our prayers and actions. God has allowed the AFA family of supporters to be a part of His work in the freedom of a fellow believer held in a prison.
I was especially touched by one AFA supporter who offered to let Said Musa and his entire family stay in their home, should Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the State Department grant asylum to Said’s family in the United States.”
Someone else we need to pray for:
“Shoaib Assadoullah”
http://www.persecution.org/2011/02/24/imprisoned-afghan-christian-released-from-prison/
I appreciate your prayers and concern!
And bless the AFA!
I think this person was mentioned in one of the articles you posted:
“However, another Christian is facing death in Afghanistan. His name is Shoaib Asadullah.
However, Shoaib Assadullah, an Afghan Christian who was arrested for giving a Bible to a man who later reported him to authorities, remains behind bars. Assadullah currently faces the same charges for apostasy that Musa was rescued from. In a letter dated February 17, and smuggled out of Qasre Shahi prison in Mazar-e-Sharif, Assadullah expressed fears that his execution is imminent. “The court’s decision is most definitely going to be the death penalty for me, because the prosecutor has accused me under the Clause 139 of the criminal code which says, ‘If the crime is not cited in the criminal code, then the case has to be referred to Islamic Sharia law,’” he wrote.”
excerpt http://sanabituranima.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/free-musa/
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