When Muslims Pray, Angels Must Cry...
Isn't it just a lovely religion? From the New York Times:
Afghan Clerics, in Friday Prayers, Call for Convert's Execution
By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 24 — Afghan clerics used Friday Prayers at mosques across the capital to call for death for an Afghan man who converted to Christianity, despite widespread protest in the West.
As the international pressure on Afghanistan grew, the clerics demanded the execution of the Afghan, Abdul Rahman 41, if he does not convert back to Islam. His conversion 15 years ago was brought to the attention of Afghan authorities as part of a child custody dispute.
One speaker, Mawlavi Habibullah, told more than a thousand clerics and young people who had gathered in Kabul that "Afghanistan does not have any obligation under international laws."
The prophet says when somebody changes religion, he must be killed" he said.
He and others demanded that the country's political leaders and judges resist international pressure over the case, placing them squarely at odds with President Hamid Karzai, who has promised to bring democracy to Afghanistan.
Oh, my goodness it's just the most peaceful religion ever...NOT!
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"The prophet says when somebody changes religion, he must be killed" he said.
Hmmm. I wonder when the fatwa against Cat Stevens will be announced? He "changed religion" about the same time as Rahman.
Using all the implements of modern warfare, we seem to have executed a regime change for a people who would go full speed in reverse to abide by laws of a less enlightened era.
For all our measures employed to insure human rights among our client states, we are duly faulted when we grant licenses to counries whose cultural priciples are less humane than our own.
Many years ago the country was outraged by the sentence of caning of an unruly American adolescent who went on a rampage of vandalism in Singapore. This was a punishment that was the law of that nation; not its culture.
Given the growing movement toward secularism, if the Afghan convert to Christianity wanted to declare himself an atheist the main streets of the world's major cities would be clogged with protests.
You should read the Old Testament sometime. It very clearly demands that God's followers kill anyone who does not worship God.
Of course, modern Christians have gotten good at ignoring their own religion when it's inconvenient, so there's an uneasy peace between modern society and ancient mythology.
John,
You should read the new testament sometime. After all that's where the
The fact that Judaism and Christianity have matured as faiths is a testament to them.
Islam has exhibited absolutely no tendancy or willingness to re-examine it's principles.
That's the million difference.
Although I agree with the thrust of your comments, QC, I don't quite follow how referring to the New Testament explains Judaism's maturation. The New Testament is a cornerstone of Christianity, but is irrelevant to Judaism.
That said, the "Religion of Peace" has a lot to learn from....oh, let's just say it....better religions.
Well Derek,
You are absolutely right. However, I'm speaking of today's world not history.
Christianity and Judaism have moderated and changed as society has matured. Islam is the same violent, bloody religion it was the day Mohammed dreamed it up.
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