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Top Muslim clerics: Convert must die
CNN ^ | March 24, 2006

Posted on 03/24/2006 6:30:56 AM PST by NYer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Senior Muslim clerics are demanding that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves in to Western pressure and frees him, they will incite people to "pull him into pieces."

In an unusual move, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned President Hamid Karzai on Thursday seeking a "favorable resolution" of the case of Abdul Rahman. The 41-year-old former medical aid worker faces the death penalty under Afghanistan's Islamic laws for becoming a Christian.

His trial has fired passions in this conservative Muslim nation and highlighted a conflict of values between Afghanistan and its Western backers.

"Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This man must die," said cleric Abdul Raoulf, who is considered a moderate and was jailed three times for opposing the Taliban before the hard-line regime was ousted in 2001.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abdulrahman; afghanistan; christian; convert; islam; muslim; religionofpeace
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To: AmericanCowboy

We must do all that we can to keep Muslims out of this country. Those we have will be problem enough when they decide the time is right.


21 posted on 03/24/2006 6:53:51 AM PST by paguch
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To: Brytani

This man is not really a Christian, he is a Muslim.
Sources please.

Lets be real here, the only sources are going to be the ones not wanting to reveal themselves. This is obviously a ploy, to incite the muslim population againt the west. What a fantastic way to do so. Think about it..


22 posted on 03/24/2006 6:55:21 AM PST by AmericanCowboy
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To: AmericanCowboy
This man is not really a Christian, he is a Muslim. This is just a ploy to plot the west agaist Islam to icite a Jihad or (religious war) this is what terrorist want. This man is just a tool, be used to build tension amongst the west.

Yo, noob ... you need to pick yourself up one of these ...


23 posted on 03/24/2006 6:55:58 AM PST by tx_eggman (Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
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To: NYer

Destroy pan-islamism. Then we'll see about the rest of islam.


24 posted on 03/24/2006 6:58:18 AM PST by onedoug
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To: AmericanCowboy

We have to realize we are in the middle of a relgious war. This is not about Al Queda, Iraq, Iran or any other country. This is about Islam. The US does not want to admit that. This is a mistake. Declare war on Islam all together or get the hell out...period.


25 posted on 03/24/2006 6:58:45 AM PST by AmericanCowboy
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To: NYer

On a side note - seems Cair is really involved in helping this man.

http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=searchResults

0 results from Cair when queried for Abdul Rahman.




26 posted on 03/24/2006 7:00:25 AM PST by Brytani
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To: stuartcr; LoveDoc

"How do you know he's a wonderful man?"

How do you know he is not?


27 posted on 03/24/2006 7:00:49 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: NYer

Well I'm glad this isn't about anything serious, like a cartoon. I haven't seen much about this on tha whirled newz tanight either. Guess it's not important for Americans to know about stuff like this.


28 posted on 03/24/2006 7:03:04 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: AmericanCowboy

I didn't ask you for sources on this, you pinged the wrong person.


29 posted on 03/24/2006 7:03:19 AM PST by Brytani
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To: NYer

Not a PR coup for Islam.


30 posted on 03/24/2006 7:04:11 AM PST by Notwithstanding (I love my German shepherd - Benedict XVI reigns!)
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To: Brytani

A tree is known by it's fruits. This whole, "not judging others" thing gets way too much airtime. God gave us a brain. We're to use it. It helps keep us alive.


31 posted on 03/24/2006 7:05:19 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: AmericanCowboy

And you know he's not a Christian....how?


32 posted on 03/24/2006 7:10:31 AM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: AmericanCowboy
Declare war on Islam all together or get the hell out...period.

Really? Ready to nuke Detroit? Not that its not a bad idea, but it has the biggest Muslim population.

33 posted on 03/24/2006 7:23:05 AM PST by Bommer
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To: Bommer

Why not simply send a Marine battalion into the prison and ask, politely, for custody to be transferred over?


34 posted on 03/24/2006 7:24:30 AM PST by GAB-1955 (being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Kingdom of Heaven....)
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To: NYer

And we freed these F*ckers. Have they learned anything having been repressed by the Taliban. So much for spreading democracy and democratic values in the middle east.

Kill the Infidels - Obviously Islam is not the peaceful religion that Muslims portray it to be.


35 posted on 03/24/2006 7:24:58 AM PST by Daytyn71
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To: PetroniusMaximus

I don't. I was trying to find out why he was called wonderful.


36 posted on 03/24/2006 7:30:00 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: NYer

Islam has only three rules: Convert, Submit, or die.

Everything else is irrelevant fluff to confuse the weak minded.


37 posted on 03/24/2006 7:34:24 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Bommer

If we nuked Detroit, would the property values go down - or up?


38 posted on 03/24/2006 7:36:37 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: stuartcr

Don't know if he is wonderful, but he has courage.


39 posted on 03/24/2006 7:37:26 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: NYer
Islame is NOT a religion, it is a control system. Satan founded it, and GOD will destroy it.
40 posted on 03/24/2006 7:53:30 AM PST by Edgerunner (Proud to be an infidel)
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