An Afghan Christian facing possible death penalty will be released, Afghan officials say.
Abdul Rahman is charged with conversion from Islam to Christianity. Apostasy is subject to capital punishment under the Islamic sharia law. Many Afghan judiciary officials and clerics have demanded Abdul Rahman be sentenced to death.
Since the beginning of the trial, the Afghan government has been under serious international pressure.
Pope Benedict XVI has called on the Afghan president to “show clemency” towards Abdul Rahman.
Last week President Bush urged President Karzai to find a “favourable resolution” to the issue.
The decision is however quite tough for Karzai, as he needs to keep happy both his international allies and Afghan religious conservatives.
Abdul Rahman converted to Christianity almost 12 years ago when working with a foreign organisation in Pakistan.
He was arrested in Kabul last month after a family row over who to take care of his children. His family are reported to have refused to submit the children to him.
Some Supreme Court officials have said the suspect will be released on health grounds. They say he is not psychologically fit.
3 comments:
Nice blog.. my first time here.
I agree with you that Karzai faces a dilemma here, but I think the problem may partly pertain to the way our constitution tries to palacate both the international declarations and the Shariah law... the double talk in that constitution has created this whole confusion...
I myself wrote about this a few days back: safrang.blogspot.com
Thanks dear Hamesha,
I think the constitution has deliberately been written in an ambiguous manner, in order to resolve such controversial issues in a way to meet satisfaction of both the conservatives and the reformists. I understand the pressure the Afghan government was facing pertaining the case, but whatsoever, I think the issue was very weakly handled.
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