It might be curious to see a Freeper/Green Football reaction to this story. Here,(p)Resident Bush convinces them to support kicking ass and taking names, and reality comes up to bite them in their flabby behinds once again.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan man who allegedly converted from Islam to Christianity is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death, a judge said Sunday.
The defendant, Abdul Rahman, was arrested last month after his family went to the police and accused him of becoming a Christian, Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada told the Associated Press in an interview. Such a conversion would violate the country's Islamic laws. Rahman, who is believed to be 41, was charged with rejecting Islam when his trial started last week, the judge said.
This is actually serious. Under Sharia law, the prosecutor requested, and the judge agreed to allow the death penalty to be put on the table. He converted to Christianity 16 years ago quietly. He was offered the choice of renouncing his faith and saying he believed in Islam again, or to face death.
I am as tolerant as the next guy, kumbaya and all that crap, but Sharia law pisses me off to no end. It is inexcusable that we get rid of the Taliban, and in it's place we get people facing death for their religious views. In the greatest irony of all, the radical right wing christianists are the biggest backer of Bush's Bogus journey through the middle east. They should all be made aware of what is happening in the reality based world.