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kinghami3

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Ballard 4 life.
BBC
Afghan on trial for Christianity
By Robert Pigott
BBC Religious Affairs CorrespondenAn Afghan man is being tried in a court in Kabul for his conversion from Islam to Christianity.

He could be sentenced to death for the act and his refusal to recant.

The trial of Abdul Rahman reflects the struggle between religious hardliners and reformists over what shape Islam will take in Afghanistan.

Mr Rahman was arrested last month after his estranged family - with whom he was in dispute over the custody of his two children - denounced him as a convert.

Mr Rahman, who is 41, was found to be carrying a Bible and was charged with rejecting Islam.

'Attack on Islam'

He acknowledged during his trial that he did convert 16 years ago while a medical aid worker with a Christian group helping Afghani refugees in Pakistan.

The prosecutor, Abdul Wasi, said he had offered to drop the charges if Mr Rahman would convert back to Islam, but he had refused to do so.

Mr Wasi said therefore that Mr Rahman must get the death penalty.

The trial judge has also described Mr Rahman's action as an attack on Islam.

A sentence of death for Mr Rahman would be a significant precedent as a conservative interpretation of the Sharia law on which Afghanistan's constitution is based.
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Da Peach

Da Peach

Outwitted by a rodent
Jul 2, 2002
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Okay okay, we'll go easy on you. We'll just cut off your hand. Happy now? Jeez, Allah is NOT going to be happy about this, but for you...

In-sane.
 
Ciaran

Ciaran

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MudGrrl said:
religion is a btch.


or.... religion makes you a btch.
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No, it's HUMAN BEINGS that are the bitches. Religion didn't put him on trial. Humans did.

Stupid humans :nonono:
 
Ciaran

Ciaran

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Transcend said:
Because of their religious beliefs.
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Yeah, like people don't do horrible things to other people unless it's because of a religious belief. :rolleyes:

I guess religion is very convenient for some people... everyone needs a scapegoat.
 
Changleen

Changleen

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Ciaran said:
Yeah, like people don't do horrible things to other people unless it's because of a religious belief. :rolleyes:

I guess religion is very convenient for some people... everyone needs a scapegoat.
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Ciaran, Nature does horrible things to itself. You can reverse generalise this back to the big bang. In this case however, some fascist idiots are going to kill someone because they think their irrational beliefs are better than this other schmucks. :dead:
 
ohio

ohio

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Ciaran said:
Yeah, like people don't do horrible things to other people unless it's because of a religious belief. :rolleyes:

I guess religion is very convenient for some people... everyone needs a scapegoat.
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Nope, people do horrible things to each other for a whole variety of reasons. In this case, it happens to be because of religion. If that is upsetting to you, I would suggest trying to change religion.

Seriously, in this case, unlike stoning a rape victim to death, you're going to have a hadr time arguing that this offence would occur in a secular circumstance. It is one man being sentenced to death, entirely because of religious belief, not an action or an event of any kind.

I would suggest that your best argument in this case is that we shouldn't condemn all religion, just Islam... but that puts you in a bit of an awkward finger-pointing spot, doesn't it?
 
Transcend

Transcend

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Towing the party line.
Ciaran said:
Yeah, like people don't do horrible things to other people unless it's because of a religious belief. :rolleyes:

I guess religion is very convenient for some people... everyone needs a scapegoat.
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Sure thing buddy. Scapegoat...isn't that what religious people use religion for? The ball bounces both ways you know.

Many MANY wars have been fought over religions - completely pointless wars I might add. Currently we have: Sunni Muslism vs Shi'ite vs Kurdish. They can't even get along with people in the SAME RELIGION.

So yes, Religion is the cause. It is not a "scapegoat", it is the cause. Period. End of Story. Care to address the crusades? Or the current war against the infidels?
 
MudGrrl

MudGrrl

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I knew a couple of guys in the AF who used to go out on interesting missions.

One of the things that they had to do before going on a mission was to change their dog tags to fit in with the religion of the region they were going to, so they could be around people.


My dog tags say "No Preference"
 
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