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Afghanistan

One-legged Afghan Red Cross worker to be hanged after converting

2011-02-07

Insh'allan, baby...

An Afghan physiotherapist will be executed within three days for converting to Christianity. Said Musa, 45, has been held for eight months in a Kabul prison were he claims he has been tortured and sexually abused by inmates and guards.

Mr Musa, who lost his left leg in a landmine explosion in the 1990s, has worked for the Red Cross for 15 years and helps to treat fellow amputees.

He was arrested in May last year as he attempted to seek asylum at the German embassy following a crackdown on Christians within Afghanistan.

He claims he was visited by a judge who told him he would be hanged within days unless he converted back to Islam. But he remains defiant and said he would be willing to die for his faith.

Note that he'll die for his faith but he won't blow anyone up for it. That's a subtle difference between his current and former faiths.

He told the Sunday Times: 'My body is theirs to do what they want with. Only God can decide if my spirit goes to hell.'

Defence lawyers have refused to represent him, while others have dropped the case after receiving death threats.

Mr Musa was arrested after a TV station showed western men baptising Afghans during secret ceremonies.

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#15 Thank you, ma'am.

Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-02-07 20:39

#14 Love the nym, Pollyandrew. :-) A good point, as well.

Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-07 16:35

#13 Similar to the old Soviet-controlled East Bloc, "Dar" is a teetering house of cards ready to fall. Both systems are parasitic, cancerous and predatory. They ultimatley produce nothing but fear and decay and are only able to continue existence by sucking the life and will from their respective host, keeping the host weak and off balance.

To heal, the host must figure out first that it is ill due to the very thing that was always sold to it as a life source. Then the end should come rather quickly.

Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-02-07 15:20

#12 This is a sign of the growth of Christianity at the expense of Islam. A losing religion does not inspire faith unto death... as opposed to faith unto killing. I've linked this article from 2008 before, but it fits here. The long-term questions are:

1. Will the relatively higher, but quickly dropping, Muslim birth rates offset the twin threats of out-conversion and general rejection of Islam and Sharia by the younger generation? and

2. Can we hold back the tides of hard and soft jihad until then?

But for now, may God watch over Mr. Musa and all those who are kufr within the would-be walls of Dar al Islam.

Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-07 11:36

#11 "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers." Matthew 24:9

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28

He is a Christian who recognizes the real God. Semper Forte

Posted by: Ulirong Speaking for Boskone9797 2011-02-07 09:40

#10 "Afghanistan is the GOOD war."
President Barry Soetoro

Clueless bastid.

Posted by: Besoeker 2011-02-07 09:15

#9 A fatal accident for the prosecutor and the judge would not be inappropriate on the same day as the hanging.

Posted by: Water Modem 2011-02-07 09:04

#8 He's not dead yet, and the State Department abhors this kind of bad PR. So even if he is executed, he will be the last for a long time. Sucks to be a political puppet.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-07 09:01

#7 How many gang bangers are off'd for turning colors or becoming snitches in the States? Tribes are tribes.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-07 08:00

#6 In a sane world both the judge and prosecutor would be arrested by western military.
They would prosecuted, tried and convicted for attempted murder under the color of law.
They would be sentenced to death and subsequently hanged by the neck until dead.

But that's something we cannot do! It would be cultural imperialism, islamophobia even!

The real political strategery in Afghanistan is unfortunately largely immune to outrage or even mild criticism, as it it based on a bipartisan (in the US) and international consensus.

I do not particularly like B. Hussein Obama, and I do hold him responsible for the present US policy, but, as far as "Operation ~~Extinguishing~~ Freedom" is concerned he has maintained continuity with G. Hussein Bush, T. Hussein Blair, G. Hussein Schröder et al.

The Afghanistan project is about subsidizing, protecting, assisting and partially surrendering to genuine evil.

There may be a realpolitikal argument for this, but we should not put lipstick on a monstrous pig(*).

(*)I apologize for offending monstrous pigs with this comparison.

/rant

Posted by: Spemp Flaque6730 2011-02-07 06:30

#5 Why is the US supporting that depraved government? Time to pull out the troops and leave them to it.

Posted by: anon1 2011-02-07 03:44

#4 Are these the consequences of 'moderate Taliban' participating in liberated Afghanistan's government?

Powell endorsed this concept in October of 2001.

Posted by: Spemp Flaque6730 2011-02-07 03:42

#3 Why doesn't this count as a trigger for NATO removing all support for the Afghan Govt? If they're going to behave as despicably as the Taliban, surely we should pull out and let the miserable f*ckers slug it out together.

Posted by: Bulldog 2011-02-07 03:28

#2 This man is going to die for his faith like a real Martyr. May God take care of him.

And may G*d take care of all the idiots who still think that Dar can be civilized.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-07 03:02

#1 You're never, ever, see this reported in the U.S. Media - doesn't support the narrative that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance.

Its a pathetic religion following a pathetic 'god' who can't stand any questions, any criticism, any free thought, any competition, and especially anyone leaving it.

This man is going to die for his faith like a real Martyr. May God take care of him.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-02-07 01:08

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