I cannot contemplate this form of barbarism. As much as we are told here in the United States, in spite of countless terrorist attacks, that Islam is the religion of peace and that we should not judge all for the sins of a few, we must endure these acts.

Islam as a collective, cohesive entit had the perfect oppurtunity to demonstrate their moderation. In Afghanistan, the cradle of the Taliban and al Qaeda, they could have shown the world that they fervently chose to rebuke the narrow, dogmatic thinking of the barbarians that sacked the World Trade Center. Yet, the citizens, in the form of a mob, led by radical clerics, choose to embrace some of these antiquities strung together as religious beliefs.

For now, the newly converted christian is safe….

Abdul Rahman, released from a maximum security jail outside Kabul late Monday, was being kept at a secure location for his own protection following calls for his execution, deputy attorney general Mohammad Ishaq Aliko said. “He is free now but he is being kept in a special place and that is only for his own security,” Aliko said. “He is under protection. The United Nations and the (Afghan) human rights commission are both aware and are involved.”Several diplomatic sources said he was being held at the United Nations compound in the capital, but the world body would not confirm this.An official said authorities were bracing for more protests after about 200 people demonstrated in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Monday demanding Rahman’s execution in accordance with Sharia Islamic law.An official said authorities were bracing for more protests after about 200 people demonstrated in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Monday demanding Rahman’s execution in accordance with Sharia Islamic law.No demonstrations were reported Tuesday but Afghans continued to demand that he be tried according to Sharia law, which says he should be sentenced to death unless he reverts to Islam.

An official said authorities were bracing for more protests after about 200 people demonstrated in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif Monday demanding Rahman’s execution in accordance with Sharia Islamic law.No demonstrations were reported Tuesday but Afghans continued to demand that he be tried according to Sharia law, which says he should be sentenced to death unless he reverts to Islam.“If the government forgives him, the people will not. The people will kill him,” said tribal elder Shah Baran in the eastern province of Zabul…

Hat Tip - Michelle Malkin
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… is Abdul Rahman?  He was released to his family (not cool since they were the ones who turned him in) and he just disappeared.  Apparently Abdul’s witness is having a positive effect on his fellow countrymen in Afghanistan, CNS reports that interest in Christianity is apparently increasing.