Afghan Clerics Threaten Trouble Over Convert
By REUTERS
Published: April 2, 2006
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan clerics and their followers threatened violence against the government on Sunday over the release of a Christian convert, saying he had to be brought back from Italy and put on trial.
There has been fiery criticism of the government over the release of the convert, who was spirited out of the country last week, but protests have been few and peaceful.
The convert, Abdur Rahman, 40, was jailed last month for converting to Christianity and could have faced trial under Islamic sharia law that stipulates death as punishment for apostasy.
After a storm of Western criticism, led by the United States, Rahman was released and taken to Italy.
About 1,000 people gathered in a mosque in the northeastern town of Kunduz and demanded that Rahman be brought back from Italy and sentenced to death....
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-religion-afghan.html
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