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2006-03-31 Afghanistan

Taliban call for jihad as Italy grants refugee status to convert

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Posted by Fred 2006-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maybe they could kill the foetus-in-foetu girl we featured on Wednesday's Page 3. I'm sure the Paks could rustle up the necessary paperwork.

Posted by Howard UK 2006-03-31 02:45|| 2006-03-31 02:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Expect a rush of (phoney) christian converts from this.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-03-31 08:16|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-03-31 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile, Afghan lawmakers vowed Thursday to investigate whether the judiciary violated Islamic law by freeing Rahman

Barbarians. Barbarians who love being barbarians.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-31 08:28|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-31 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Remember how embarrassed they are because Rahman converted from their beloved Islam, the religion of ubiquitous death and destruction, to the relative tranquility of Christianity.
Makes me blush just thinking about it.

Posted by wxjames 2006-03-31 09:05|| 2006-03-31 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Jihad? What Jihad? The Talibans are useless...they can only hit statues of Buddha! We are ready, mr Taliban.

Posted by enzo">enzo 2006-03-31 09:21|| http://cercasidemocrazia.blogspot.com/]">[http://cercasidemocrazia.blogspot.com/] 2006-03-31 09:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Investment tip: Buy Italian Flags!

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-03-31 12:42|| 2006-03-31 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Intersting blog, enzo. Love the reading list!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-31 15:07|| 2006-03-31 15:07|| Front Page Top

#8 via Instapundit (I'm catching up on my reading):
Convert Case Sparks Surge of Interest in Christianity Among Afghans

Hussain Andaryas, an Afghan Christian leader in the U.S., said the publicity surrounding the Abdul Rahman case had resulted in a surge of interest in Christianity among Afghans, strong concern for the plight of Afghanistan's underground Christians -- and an antagonistic response from Muslims. Andaryas runs a collection of Christian websites in Afghanistan's Dari-Persian tongue as well as daily radio programs and a weekly television program. He is in daily contact with individuals in his homeland, and has been reporting for several years about the risks faced by Afghan Christians -- all converts from Islam and thus considered apostates worthy of death, according to Islamic law (shari'a).

He said one of the websites, which carries news on Afghan Christians, typically drew about 300 unique visitors every month, but since the Rahman story emerged it had attracted half a million visitors. The number of emails received also has risen enormously, and 13 people are now tasked with responding to them. ...

And then there are emails coming from Afghans wanting to know more about Christianity, asking where they can get a Bible in the Dari or Pashto language, or sharing the news that they had become believers in Jesus Christ. Among the most stirring messages are those from Afghan Muslims marveling about a faith for which a man was willing to die and wanting to study the Bible further. Andaryas estimated there are up to 10,000 Christians in Afghanistan. He based that figure on the 6,000 messages sent to his ministry since it began in 1996, all from individuals inside Afghanistan who identified themselves as believing Christians. Even if some of those messages were not genuine, he said, the number would be more than evened out by Christians living in remote areas without access to computers; and those who are too scared to risk their safety by coming out.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-31 18:35|| 2006-03-31 18:35|| Front Page Top

#9 TW, I'd mentioned that this mass attempt at exodus was a big fear of the MM's if Rahman was allowed to leave the country.. alive. It was mentioned in a Yahoo News article, but I couldn't find it again to post it as a source.

This sudden coming out of Christians - or more truly a mass leaving of islam - was a big reason for the objection to letting Rahman live.

I think we've found our next cartoon. Or a tipping point. What think you?

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-03-31 20:02|| 2006-03-31 20:02|| Front Page Top

#10 I was a keen fan of seesaws in my playground days, Thinemp Whimble2412. That's how it feels to me. Of course, I have been accused of being a Pollyanna -- a blatant lie, of course, as my back was never broken, not even a little bit, however bedridden I may have felt at the time, and there isn't a single P anywhere in my name. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-31 22:04|| 2006-03-31 22:04|| Front Page Top

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