Afghan Christian faces martyrdom

22.03.06, 10:58
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4831426.stm

Islam hath no fury like a woman scorned.
It was a custody battle you see - so the ex-wife is trying to get hubby
killed using Sharia law ... because he converted to Christianity.

Do you think English ex-wives would behave this way given, half a chance?
    • russh Re: Afghan Christian faces martyrdom 22.03.06, 11:11
      From my experience, many women would behave in the same way! Reasoning is not
      always their strong point in a crisis.
    • usenetposts We may as well not be there. 22.03.06, 11:39
      If armies from all over the west are sitting there keeping the peace and
      bringing in democracy and we cannot stop a person from being murdered by
      mullahs on account of receiving the Lord Jesus as his personal saviour, then
      what may I ask are we doing there? If this brother is murdered, then I think
      we should rethink the entire strategy.

      I would like to achieve a situation where Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan are one
      region, without internal borders, and we simply patrol the outer perimeter and
      let them stew in their own juice. we could send all our junkies and recidivists
      to join them in there - they would have their own natural supply of drugs and
      could get on with it. We could send over there anyone interested in having a
      Shariah government, and just let them get on with it, as long as they had no
      access to technology. Obviously we would draw the border so that the oil-rich
      areas were excluded, and these would be put into the care of the Q8ies and the
      Kurds.

      Our role in Iranqistan should be that of border guard and airstriker, not as
      policeman. Not until we make a few more strides in robotics, anyway.
      • varsovian Re: We may as well not be there. 22.03.06, 12:35
        I've heard similar ideas about northern England!
      • russh Re: We may as well not be there. 25.03.06, 16:49
        You know I do not have any religious faith, so to me it is irrelevant if this
        guy is truly a Christian, just claims to be, or has just lost faith in the
        Islamic religion.

        What I cannot condone, as a human, is that any religion, or regime, can condemn
        a person criminally (let alone condemn them to death) just for expressing his
        beliefs, or contradicting the regime of the country.

        When I hear the words 'religious police' being used in reference to Islamic
        countries, it makes me cringe. It also makes me furious that the Islamics in
        free countries, such as the UK, do nothing to stop this barbarity, and even
        condone it. These people should be thrown out of the UK, and sent to their
        beloved Islamic countries with all haste.

        Re you suggestion of the one-region Islamic state - not a bad idea. Maybe we can
        develop it further.

        Look at this extract from an Arab journal:

        "Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated. This
        man must die," said cleric Abdul Raoulf, who is considered a moderate and was
        jailed three times for opposing the Taliban before the hard-line regime was
        ousted in 2001.'

        And this man is a moderate!
        • usenetposts Re: We may as well not be there. 26.03.06, 00:18
          russh napisał:

          > You know I do not have any religious faith, so to me it is irrelevant if this
          > guy is truly a Christian, just claims to be, or has just lost faith in the
          > Islamic religion.
          >
          > What I cannot condone, as a human, is that any religion, or regime, can
          condemn
          > a person criminally (let alone condemn them to death) just for expressing his
          > beliefs, or contradicting the regime of the country.
          >
          > When I hear the words 'religious police' being used in reference to Islamic
          > countries, it makes me cringe. It also makes me furious that the Islamics in
          > free countries, such as the UK, do nothing to stop this barbarity, and even
          > condone it. These people should be thrown out of the UK, and sent to their
          > beloved Islamic countries with all haste.
          >
          > Re you suggestion of the one-region Islamic state - not a bad idea. Maybe we
          ca
          > n
          > develop it further.
          >
          > Look at this extract from an Arab journal:
          >
          > "Rejecting Islam is insulting God. We will not allow God to be humiliated.
          This
          > man must die," said cleric Abdul Raoulf, who is considered a moderate and was
          > jailed three times for opposing the Taliban before the hard-line regime was
          > ousted in 2001.'
          >
          > And this man is a moderate!

          Precisely. This is one of the "good Muslims" that we are trying so hard to keep
          on side, anything but fight their hides properly and get this thing done with
          once and for all.

          Where's the modern Churchill who dares to put into the political arena what you
          and I and so many other people know, but nobody seems to want to state
          officially?
    • hardenfelt Re: Afghan Christian faces martyrdom 23.03.06, 17:17
      It seams the prosecutor wants to pardon him because of insanity. A very right
      decision in my opinion.
      • usenetposts Re: Afghan Christian faces martyrdom 23.03.06, 18:14
        hardenfelt napisał:

        > It seams the prosecutor wants to pardon him because of insanity. A very right
        > decision in my opinion.


        That's what they said during the Soviet Union, as they injected believers with
        nerve agents in psychiatric institutions so that they could "cure" them of
        their faith.
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