LGF links to a story about a man in Afghanistan named Abdul Rahman who has been arrested and tried for being a Christian. The judge in the case is considering sentencing the man to death because, "We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law. It is an attack on Islam."

The whole story here is that Abdul became a believer when he was working in Pakistan helping Afghan refugees 16 years ago. He then moved to Germany and recently moved back to Afghanistan. His family turned him in when the custody battle over his two girls became heated. The prosecutor has offered to drop the charges if Abdul would convert back to Islam, but Abdul has refused.

While we may all have differing opinions about the idea of someone converting to Christianity or changing religious beliefs in other ways, I think we all agree that killing this guy is no way to remedy the situation. Sending him back to Germany or even to the U.S. is a valid option.

Europe stopped the Inquisition hundreds of years ago, but it looks like Islam is still stuck in that rut.

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