17/10/2006
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Abdul Rahman is a 41-year-old Afghan man. Sixteen years ago, while working in
Pakistan for a christian Ngo that assisted Afghan war refugees, he decided to
convert to christianity. He thought he was free to do it, but he was wrong. Last
february, his father-in-law, who
didn't want his nieces to be raised by an infidel, reported he was an apostate.
Police arrested Abdul, finding the 'evidence' of his crime: a Bible in his bag.
After two weeks in jail, the 'apostate' was trailed by the Supreme Court, to which
he confessed his conversion to christianity. Judge Ansarullah Mwlavezada has thus
explained the accused his abjuriation of Islam was a serious crime and an untolerable
attack to Islam, punishable with the death penalty according to the Sharia, on
which the Afghan Constitution is based. General Prosecutor Abdul Wasi declared:
"Islam is the religion of tolerance, therefore we give the accused the chance
of being forgiven if he rejects his conversion and returns to the Islamic religion".
But Abdul refused, answering: "I will keep being Christian forever". Rahman was
then released in wait for the final judgement, death by hanging.
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"We want Abdul Rahman back in Afghanistan"
The abductors of the italian journalist Gabriele Torsello have made their request:
they will free the reporter only in exchange for Abdul Rahman, an afgan citizen
who converted himself to Christianity and in march left Afghanistan for Italy,
where he obtained political asylum. The kidnappers have been contacted monday
afternoon at around 20,30 pm, afgan time, by Rakhmatullah Hanefi, the security
advisor of Emergency hospital in Lashkar-Gah, to whom they addressed their request.
The apostate faces in Afghanistan the death penalty. The abducters also set an
ultimatum for the exchange: the negotiation must be concluded "within the end of
the Ramadan, Sunday night".
Abdul Rahman is a 41-year-old Afghan man. Sixteen years ago, while working in
Pakistan for a christian Ngo that assisted Afghan war refugees, he decided to
convert to christianity. He thought he was free to do it, but he was wrong. Last
february, his father-in-law, who
didn't want his nieces to be raised by an infidel, reported he was an apostate.
Police arrested Abdul, finding the 'evidence' of his crime: a Bible in his bag.
After two weeks in jail, the 'apostate' was trailed by the Supreme Court, to which
he confessed his conversion to christianity. Judge Ansarullah Mwlavezada has thus
explained the accused his abjuriation of Islam was a serious crime and an untolerable
attack to Islam, punishable with the death penalty according to the Sharia, on
which the Afghan Constitution is based. General Prosecutor Abdul Wasi declared:
"Islam is the religion of tolerance, therefore we give the accused the chance
of being forgiven if he rejects his conversion and returns to the Islamic religion".
But Abdul refused, answering: "I will keep being Christian forever". Rahman was
then released in wait for the final judgement, death by hanging.His case generated a strong mobilization all over the world, and the Afghan government
came in for a wide criticism. The former Italian government, in particular Foreign
Minister Gianfranco Fini, immediately granted Abdul Rahman political asylum. Abdul
Rahman's trial was interrupted "due to procedural flaws", and Rahman was released
and hosted in a secret and protected site. Many Afghan MPs stated that Rahman
should be held and executed. Imam Abdul Aziz, who is also a parlamentarian, stated:
"All this will pave the way to government opponents to reaffirm that the fight
against terrorism is legitimate". "According to the Afghan code, Abdul Rahman's
release is unlawful. Rahman should not be allowed to leave Afghanistan. He should
be kept under custody" Lower Chamber president Yunus Qanuni declared during the
Parliament debate. On March the 29th, Abdul Rahman secretly left Afghanistan and
was
then brought to Italy.
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