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This is an utter outrage! Man makes technological - but no moral - progress
as the centuries wear on.
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Subject: [pnews-news] Outrage in Afghanistan
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> Editorial
> Outrage in Afghanistan
> NY Times
> Published: March 23, 2006
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> What's the point of the United States' propping up the government of
> Afghanistan if it's not even going to pretend to respect basic human
> rights? President Bush himself said it was "deeply troubling" that an
> Afghan man is facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to
> Christianity.
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> In fact, the case is more than deeply troubling; it's barbaric, and we
> were glad that Mr. Bush promised yesterday to press for religious freedom
> in Afghanistan. The Afghan man, Abdul Rahman, was arrested two weeks ago.
> His parents reported him to the police for converting to Christianity 16
> years earlier while working for a Christian aid organization in Peshawar,
> Pakistan. He was hauled before a judge, where he said he had no regrets.
> "If he doesn't revert back to Islam, he's going to receive the death
> penalty, according to the law," an Afghan Supreme Court judge told Agence
> France-Presse.
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> And maybe Afghanistan should also return to stoning women to death for
> adultery? The United States, Britain and every other country helping the
> Afghan government should take a hard look at its legal institutions.
> Muslim leaders would also do well to condemn this strongly; those who
> continue to hold the teachings of Islam hostage to intolerance do grievous
> harm to their religion.
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> There appears to be a move afoot to declare Mr. Rahman mentally
> incompetent as a way to avoid the mess. That would be a cheap trick
> because the law would remain on the books. Afghanistan is not the only
> American ally that enforces cruel religious laws. But this is a country
> that was liberated from the Taliban by American troops and whose tenuous
> peace is enforced by those troops. If Afghanistan wants to return to the
> Taliban days, it can do so without the help of the United States.
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> NY Times
> Fair Use
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