Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Giant Step Backwards

Abdul Rhaman is facing the death penalty in Afghanistan for his conversion to Christianity. Read the details here.

This is not why we freed Afghanistan from the Taliban. Afghanistan has made some important steps towards becoming a free society, but if this man is executed they will take one giant step backwards.

Here is a petition to sign on his behalf. Also Michelle Malkin's site had updates on this and the contact information for the Afghan and US embassies. I'm going to be very disappointed in our President if he does not address this.

Note to Afghanistan: the Roman empire couldn't kill off Christianity by executing its followers. Ironically, America's democratic republic can trace it's philosophical roots back to the Roman Republic and further still to the Greek city- states like Athens.

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin