 President Hamid Karzai has personally intervened in the case of an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity, a top official said Saturday, amid fierce criticism in the West.
| Not that we've burned any embassies down, of course. We're not Islamic. |
Karzai was consulting with various government organisations to resolve the matter as soon as possible, the senior government official said on condition of anonymity. “The president is personally working to resolve it peacefully. There is a way out of it,” he said. “I believe it’ll take one or two days.”
| "Our country already looks stoopid enough. He's trying to limit the damage." |
Rahman was arrested under Islamic Sharia law about two weeks ago after his parents went to the authorities, reportedly following a family dispute. Sharia law, on which the Afghan constitution is partly based, rules that a Muslim who converts from Islam should be put to death.
| ... which pretty well negates the concept of freedom of religion. |
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