Rally for Abdul Rahman
- Posted by Beth on March 24th, 2006 filed in Afghanistan, General, Islamofascism
Now for some real news.
Mary Katharine Ham reports on a rally for Abdul Rahman that she attended today, along with Michelle Malkin, Charmaine Yoest, and others. She’s got pictures of it, too.
We got a couple of peeks out of the upstairs windows of the Afghan embassy, so someone was paying attention. With that, the news coverage, and a whole lot of prayer, we can hope Abdul will be helped. Check the other bloggers who were there for more coverage. My co-worker Josue, who took some of these pics, also blogged it.
Jeff Harrell was also there, and he reports on it (with photos) as well.
My friend Cam, who spoke on-camera at some length, said it best. “If this guy converted from Islam to atheism, we’d still be out here,” he said. Because Islamic law would still have condemned him as an apostate.
Well said. They’ve got links to others who were at the rally at their posts, so be sure to go check ‘em out.
There may be good news this weekend in the case:
An Afghan Christian facing possible execution for converting from Islam was likely to be released from jail “soon,” a senior government official said following huge Western pressure over the case.
“He is likely to be released soon,” the official said, adding there would be a top-level meeting on the matter Saturday.
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In Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he telephoned Karzai on Wednesday to express concern about a possible execution and “he conveyed to me that we don’t have to worry about any such eventual outcome.”Karzai “assured me that what’s alarmed most of us will be worked out quickly … in a way that fully respects religious rights, religious freedoms and human rights,” Harper added.
Pray, meditate, cross your fingers, whatever it is you do, for Rahman to be released.
Tags: Abdul Rahman, Islam, sharia, Karzai
Suricou Raven says:
You really shouldn’t try to use this story as an excuse for ACLU bashing. I know that some of their actions do look a lot like attempts to oppress christians. But this is not their intention - they just try to keep government from expressing religion. Any religion. I have never seen them take issue with what non-government people do, or with what government employees do so long as they dont do it in an official capacity. To contrast them with the islamic elitists is, much as I hate to use the politically-correct terminology, quite offensive.
I suspect some of those calling for the execution would also be offended to be compared to any organisation that supports seperation of church and state :)
gnadfly says:
This whole incident literally has me depressed. To think that we’ve sacrificed our sons and daughters to a country still run by religious nuts who spit on our children’s grave, our constitution and The Cross. And I’m not even a “Good Christian.” If I was fighting in Afghanistan and they cut off this guys head, I would have to immediately resign even at risk of court marshall. Their actions simply demand it. It shouldn’t even be to this point.