A man living in Kabul is on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity and faces the death penalty if he is convicted.
Because Afghanistan is under Islamic law, it is considered to be a capital crime to reject Islam. The presiding judge called the man's "crime" an "attack on Islam," but he's gravely mistaken.
It is not an attack on Islam; it is an attack on Christianity. Here's why:
If they execute this man, it is not a matter of Muslims killing a Muslim; it is a matter of Muslims killing a Christian. It's against a man who did nothing but find a faith that sustained him more than the religion that he was born into.
Afghanistan's deputy Human Rights Commissioner is no help either, saying if the man was acquitted, it would be a victory for the Taliban. What a bunch of hooey!
The Taliban's version of Islam would support the execution of this Afghan Christian simply because he was a Christian; where does the Commissioner get off saying that the Taliban would gain a victory out of this? I don't see which version of Islam is any better if the defendant, Abdul Rahman, is executed for accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
It's apparent that radical Islamics are once again running Afghanistan. They're no better than the Taliban if this travesty goes any further.
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