The AP is reporting that the Afghan man, who is facing a trial and the death sentence, for converting from Islam to Christianity, may be insane.

How convenient. The Afghan government escapes international condemnation, this man will go —free— (you know the Mohammedans will kill him in the street), and an international incident is averted.

I fully agree that to be Christian is to be mad. We are fools for Christ. If people would only label me insane for the love of Jesus Christ!

What should happen here is that the Western armies in Afghanistan should do an Israel and plow into the prison where this man in being held, free him, and bring him to safety in the West.

Here’s a few snippets from the AP story

Afghan convert may be unfit for trial

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan man facing a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.

Abdul Rahman, 41, has been charged with rejecting Islam, a crime under this country’s Islamic laws. His trial started last week and he confessed to becoming a Christian 16 years ago. If convicted, he could be executed.

But prosecutor Sarinwal Zamari said questions have been raised about his mental fitness.

“We think he could be mad. He is not a normal person. He doesn’t talk like a normal person,” he told The Associated Press.

Thank the Lord for that. What these Mohammedans see as madness we know to be the truth.

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The Bush administration Tuesday issued a subdued appeal to Kabul to let Rahman practice his faith in safety. German Roman Catholic Cardinal Karl Lehmann said the trial sent an “alarming signal” about freedom of worship in Afghanistan.

Is the West waking up?

The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Afghanistan and highlights a struggle between religious conservatives and reformists over what shape Islam should take there four years after the ouster of the fundamentalist Taliban regime.

Afghanistan’s constitution is based on Shariah law, which is interpreted by many Muslims to require that any Muslim who rejects Islam be sentenced to death. The state-sponsored Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has called for Rahman to be punished, arguing he clearly violated Islamic law.

The case has received widespread attention in Afghanistan where many people are demanding Rahman be severely punished.

No, not the first of its kind. Remember the roundups during the Taliban times. People were herded into a western built soccer stadium and summarily executed. People sat in the stands cheering on the executions. Executions of men, women, and children. But hey, its Shariah.

“For 30 years, we have fought religious wars in this country and there is no way we are going to allow an Afghan to insult us by becoming Christian,” said Mohammed Jan, 38, who lives opposite Rahman’s father, Abdul Manan, in Kabul. “This has brought so much shame.”

You insult yourselves by clinging to the falsehood of Islam.

Rahman is believed to have converted from Islam to Christianity while working as a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.

He then moved to Germany for nine years before returning to Kabul in 2002, after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime.

Police arrested him last month after discovering him in possession of a Bible during questioning over a dispute for custody of his two daughters. Prosecutors have offered to drop the charges if Rahman converts back to Islam, but he has refused.

The witness of the martyrs stands strong in the face of the falsehood of Islam.