A follower of Islam has professed his faith in Christ, and converted to a form of Christianity. Precluding this man’s home and locale, this story would be of no consequence; however, this man lives in Afghanistan.

But still, why does your all too humble pundit take time to ponder and explore such transpirings half a world away? To state it simply, his government is threatening to take his life over this conversion.

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 23 — Despite growing international concern, the judge presiding over the prosecution of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity said today that international pressure would not affect his rulings in the case.

Ansarullah Mawlavi Zada, the head of the public security tribunal here in the Afghan capital, said he had received no international pressure to date, but vowed to resist it.

“There is no direct pressure on our court so far, but if it happens we will consider it as an interference,” said Mr. Zada. He added that he expects to rule in the case in the next several days.

The dliemma lies with whether and to what extent do we become appalled by such occurences. On one hand we are encouraging and fostering a fledgling, sovereign nation, but on the other hand we wish to show the value of religious freedoms as most of western civilization enjoys. But I believe therein exposes the cunnundrum for this nation has not ever been given the oppurtunity to join the modern world, and has no cognizance of how barbaric these types of transaction seem and are to the rest of the world.

Not only is this an enlightment of how Afghanistan has a long distance to travel as they become more affluent with their new found freedom, your humble pundit believes it is an indictment of Islam. This instance cannot be construed in a vacuum for similar instances and occurrences pertaining to this “religion of peace” occur far too ofen in our world. Whether it be Judaism or Christianity, it matters not, Islam generally has qualms with something that is not itself.

Though I appreciate the sentiments of Donklephant wherein I found this story, I do not share their perspective entirely as to what we should take from this occurrence,

Listen, Afghanistan is better off without the Taliban, but if a guy can be executed for converting to another religion, then the Islamic state is broken and our strategy on spreading freedom throughout the Islamic world has a fatal flaw, does it not?

Of course…what’s the alternative? And how can we fix this?

The United States must lead the way in demonstrating to Muslims that such barbaric totalitarianism will not be tolerated.