It is unbelievable that after freeing the country from the oppression of the Taliban that a member of the Afghan parliament could advocate capital punishment for leaving Islam for Christianity.
On Tuesday, the Associated Free Press reported that Abdul Sattar Khawasi, deputy secretary of the Afghan lower house in parliament, called for the execution of Christian converts from Islam. Speaking in regards to a video broadcasted by Afghan television network Noorin TV showing footage of Christian men being baptized and praying in Farsi, Khawasi said, "Those Afghans that appeared in this video film should be executed in public, the house should order the attorney general and the NDS (intelligence agency) to arrest these Afghans and execute them."
How could a man be so bold? How could he be so brazen? Is this not outrageous?
No. It is Afghani law:
The broadcast triggered a protest by hundreds of Kabul University students on Monday, who shouted death threats and demanded the expulsion of Christian foreigners accused of proselytizing. As a result, the operations of Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and U.S.-based Church World Service (CWS) have been suspended over allegations of proselytizing. The Afghan government is currently undertaking an intensive investigation into the matter. According to Afghan law, proselytizing is illegal and conversion from Islam is punishable by death.
Freedom. You are doing it wrong.
If Abdul Sattar Khawasi had his way, the Christian men and women who "freed" Afghanistan would be beheaded and the Taliban would be back in power, throwing acid in the faces of women who dared to leave their house without their husband’s permission.
This is what we spilled American blood for? Really?
By the way, if you wanted, you could kill one of the converted. It’s legal:
Qazi Nazir Ahmad, a lawmaker from the western province of Herat, said killing a converted Muslim was "not a crime".
For my Christian brothers living in fear for their lives, I offer a word of comfort from the New Testament.
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
God be with you, my friends.
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