Tragically sad story out of Afghanistan: According to an AP report (click here for CNN link to article) a reporter who printed off and passed out a report from the internet that challenged the practice of polygamy endorsed by Islam has been sentenced to death by a three judge panel in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. DEATH!!
The AP reports that following the death sentence, Afghanistan's upper house of parliament not only approved of the death sentence but condemned the world community for attempting to interfere in the death sentence.
The reporter has challenged the sentence and is now waiting to learn whether or not the appeals court will stand up against fundamentalist Islam to protect the natural right of people to speak out against immorality and injustice.
No one should expect any court in Afghanistan to support freedom. Ultimately the issue may end up in the hands of Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan. Karzai should be expecting international pressure to build if he can not convince the appeals court to alter the sentence. If Karzai is forced to address this issue, it will be very difficult for him to challenge the fundamentalist Islamic power structure that really controls Afghanistan. If he pardons this man against the wishes of the clerics do not be surprised if the followers of fundamentalist Islam murder him in the streets to ensure he is "properly punished" anyways.
How can average Americans or people around the world even begin to comprehend the way these fundamentalist Muslim leaders think or behave? How do we find common ground with a group of people who would kill someone for saying a religious practice is wrong?
The chasm between the culture of Christianity and the culture of fundamentalist Islam is so vast as to seem, in cases like this, to be insurmountable.
The chasm between secular political cultures and political cultures driven by fundamentalist Islam also seems too vast to bridge in situations like this.
People around the world must begin to actively challenge these sorts of fundamentalist practices. How can any rational person think that death is the appropriate sentence in this case? There is no reason here- there is only a warning of about the dangers of Sharia law. (click here for info from the Council on Foreign Relations on Sharia law)
Wake up America- this is a serious threat...
The AP reports that following the death sentence, Afghanistan's upper house of parliament not only approved of the death sentence but condemned the world community for attempting to interfere in the death sentence.
The reporter has challenged the sentence and is now waiting to learn whether or not the appeals court will stand up against fundamentalist Islam to protect the natural right of people to speak out against immorality and injustice.
No one should expect any court in Afghanistan to support freedom. Ultimately the issue may end up in the hands of Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan. Karzai should be expecting international pressure to build if he can not convince the appeals court to alter the sentence. If Karzai is forced to address this issue, it will be very difficult for him to challenge the fundamentalist Islamic power structure that really controls Afghanistan. If he pardons this man against the wishes of the clerics do not be surprised if the followers of fundamentalist Islam murder him in the streets to ensure he is "properly punished" anyways.
How can average Americans or people around the world even begin to comprehend the way these fundamentalist Muslim leaders think or behave? How do we find common ground with a group of people who would kill someone for saying a religious practice is wrong?
The chasm between the culture of Christianity and the culture of fundamentalist Islam is so vast as to seem, in cases like this, to be insurmountable.
The chasm between secular political cultures and political cultures driven by fundamentalist Islam also seems too vast to bridge in situations like this.
People around the world must begin to actively challenge these sorts of fundamentalist practices. How can any rational person think that death is the appropriate sentence in this case? There is no reason here- there is only a warning of about the dangers of Sharia law. (click here for info from the Council on Foreign Relations on Sharia law)
Wake up America- this is a serious threat...
Labels: Free Speech Absent in Islam as Reporter Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan
posted by Susan Shogren Smith at
1/30/2008 10:34:00 AM
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