March 21, 2006

Muslims React to Apostasy Trial in Afghanistan

The Big Pharaoh has a collection of reactions from Muslim commenters regarding the upcoming trial of Abduhl Rahman in Afghanistan for apostasy. Remember, these are comments on an English language website--not al Jazeera. Here are a few zingers:

"I am a female medical student. Converting out of Islam is forbidden"

"In our law, a person who forsakes the religion should be killed and there is no freedom in this regard."

"To my secular Muslim brothers who are expressing their sympathy towards this man: these are the teachings of Islam, no negotiations in them."

Luckily, not all the comments were that bad. But I'd suggest reading the comments carefully before taking them at face value. Hint: the word if is used a lot.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 02:31 PM | |