From WorldNetDaily.com:
Rome, 22 March (AKI) - Abdul Rahman,
the man condemned to death for having abandoned Islam, is just one of many
Afghanis who decide to convert to Christianity, but most are forced to do so
secretly, argues Arab Christian author Camille Eid. In an interview with
Adnkronos International (AKI) Eid, author of "The Christians who come from
Islam", said during a recent trip to Afghanistan he met many similar
cases. "They are Christians who have sprung out of nowhere and it's unclear
how they have decided by themselves to convert" he added. The US, Italy, Germany
and Canada
have all expressed concern over the fate of Rahman who converted to
Christianity 16 years ago.
"I also spoke to a priest who had passed through Kabul and he said he was amazed that women
sitting on the ground at the local market saw he was a foreigner and a
Christian, by the cross he was wearing, and attracted his attention to them by
making a sign of the cross with their fingers. He was convinced that they were
trying to send him a coded message" said Eid, a Lebanese Maronite who
lives in Italy.
According to the author, Abdul Rahman is not the first Afghan citizen to have
been sentenced to death for apostasy since the fall of the Taliban regime.
"The Islamic Taliban militias who still control entire areas of the
country issued a statement in June 2004 in which they referred to a death
sentence handed down to an Afghan converted to Christianity, Moulawi Asad
Allah."
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