THIS is "liberty"???!!!

First and foremost… GO SIGN THE PETITION!!!! Thank you!

I’m sure our readers are already well aware of the news out of Afghanistan about a man, Abdul Rahman, who is on trial for his life for converting to Christianity. Doug from Below the Beltway, asks “And these are the people we helped liberate?” and quotes a VOA News article:

On Thursday the prosecution told the court Rahman has rejected numerous offers to embrace Islam.

Prosecuting attorney Abdul Wasi told the judge that the punishment should fit the crime.

He says Rahman is a traitor to Islam and is like a cancer inside Afghanistan. Under Islamic law and under the Afghan constitution, he says, the defendant should be executed.

Excuse me, but how is this substantially different from the restrictions and tyranny of the Taliban?

ABC News (on page two) quotes the judge who is apparently presiding over this case –

The post-Taliban constitution recognizes Islam as Afghanistan’s religion, and decrees that Islam’s Sharia law applies when a case is not covered by specific legislation. The prosecutor says under Sharia law, Abdul Rahman must die.

The judge, however, holds hopes for a solution.

“We will ask him if he has changed his mind about being a Christian,” Mawlazezadah says. “If he has, we will forgive him, because Islam is a religion of tolerance.”

This is not tolerance, this is INTOLERANCE. So much for the so-called “Religion of Peace”! I can just imagine the outcry and rage of everyone if we swapped religions: if this man were on trial for his life because he converted to Islam from Christianity, and if the judge then called Christianity a “religion of tolerance.” Pfft! Hypocrites!

Over the weekend, Michelle Malkin noted that this story is not getting much media attention, even from our Christian President, and posted the charges Rahman is facing:

“Yes that’s true, a man has converted to Christianity. He’s being tried in one of our courts,” Supreme Court judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said, adding that his trial began early last week.

He said the man could face the death penalty if he refused to revert to Islam as Sharia law proposes capital punishment for any Muslim who converts to another religion. Afghanistan’s constitution states: “No law can be contrary to the sacred religion of Islam.”

Barbaric. Absolutely barbaric! This is not freedom, this is not liberty, this is not tolerance!

Michelle followed up yesterday, giving ABC due credit for reporting on the story, and also posting the addresses for the Embassy of Afghanistan and the State Department. I would strongly urge that we all follow her suggestion and write, politely but passionately, to express our deep concern and revulsion for this perversion of “justice”:

Write the embassy of Afghanistan:

Ambassador Said T. Jawad
Embassy of Afghanistan
2341 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
info@embassyofafghanistan.org

Contact the State Department:

U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Main Switchboard:
202-647-4000

Following those addresses, she adds much more information, so you ought to go over and read what she has posted.

(Crossposted at CatHouse Chat)

Jean Fraud sKerry for Democrappic Prez Candidate!/Open Post

It’s not too early to push for Democraps to nominate Jean Fraud sKerry again. Billary has her useful idiots, fellow travelers and evil minions pushing for her nom, but a Billary/sKerry ticket would be sooooo much fun to mock: “Stand By Your Man While Spending Christmas in Cambodia!” “Whitewater Swiftboat Veterans for Truth!” “That’s MY Little Blue Dress!” (OK, that last one’s a Jean Fraud sKerry-only campaign line… )

Extra points (10 points and your firstborn male child will buy you a cuppa Starbucks) for posts that link here and track back with mocking of Jean Fraud sKerry (who “released” his records—the last time—304 days ago… supposedly. Human eyes have yet to view them. Only the LA Slimes and the Boston Glob have copies, apparently, and Mass Media Podpeople don’t have human eyes), but now is the time for all good bloggers to come to the aid of twc and link to this post and track back.

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