Abdul Rahman - a worthwhile cause for CPT

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UPDATE 3-25-06

The AP is reporting that the court in Afghanistan has dropped charges against Abudl Rahman, citing a lack of evidence.  However, as you will read in this post, his life is still in danger from vigilante mobs.  From the story:

Rahman is being held in a cell by himself next to the office of a senior prison guard, the warden said. He showed the AP the outside of Rahman's cell door, but refused to allow reporters to speak to him or see him.

He said Rahman had been asking guards for a Bible but that they did not have any to give him.

Rahman, meanwhile, said he was fully aware of his choice and was ready to die for it, according to an interview published Sunday in an Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

"I am serene. I have full awareness of what I have chosen. If I must die, I will die," Abdul Rahman told the Rome daily, responding to questions sent to him via a human rights worker who visited him in prison.

"Somebody, a long time ago, did it for all of us," he added in a clear reference to Jesus.

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As I blogged before, the Afghani government is apparently trying to use an insanity defense in order to find a face-saving way out of the embarrassing predicament of Abdul Rahman, who is currently under trial in Afghanistan's Muslim-influenced court system, charged with the crime of apostasy because he professes to be a Christian.

It's a clever tactic, but many in the Christian community (and elsewhere) are concerned that an automatic declaration of "insanity" for anyone in a Muslim nation who professes Christianity will be detrimental in the long run.  Others see this is a blatant abuse of psychiatry.

And faithful Muslims in Afghanistan, determined to prevent any "Westernizing" or compromise of their beliefs, reject the "insanity" defense and are vowing to "pull him into pieces." (h/t Michelle Malkin)  The Washington Post quotes one Afghani cleric, "The government is scared of the international community. But the people will kill him if he is freed."  Rahman's life is definitely in danger.

So I'm going to make a suggestion.  Christian Peacemaker Teams seems like the perfect organization to save Rahman.  They should immediately send a delegation to Afghanistan to act as "human shields" protecting Abdul Rahman and securing safe passage out of the country for him.  Then they can establish a safe house for Rahman and other persecuted Christians living in Muslim nations.  In fact, they could make rescue and sanctuary work their primary mission in the Middle East.

Any one else agree?  It's certainly a worthy cause.

UPDATE:  I sent this email to CPT this afternoon:

Gentlemen,

 

I am writing you on behalf of Abdul Rahman, who is currently on trial in Afghanistan, accused of apostasy because he publicly professed his belief in Jesus Christ.  As you are all well aware, such a confession is punishable by death in an Islamic state.

 

I am writing you because I feel that Christian Peacemaker Teams should make every effort to see that Rahman is freed from prison, transported safely outside of Afghanistan, and given sanctuary.  Given that your members have stood up to Israeli bulldozers and have been willing to act as "human shields" in order to prevent military action in Iraq, a task such as protecting Abdul Rahman should pose no great challenge nor offer any dangers that your team members are not willing to face.

 

Are you willing to "get in the way" of angry Muslims in order to save the life of an innocent Christian man?  Will your organization commit itself to protecting and defending the thousands of Christians who live today as "dhimmis" in Muslim nations?

 

Thank you,

"Mike's Noise"

Comments

[Kevin M]

Don't count on Christian Peacemaker Teams or any other Christian organization to step up to the plate. Christians pray to solve their problems; Muslims slay to solve theirs.

Any guesses who's going to come out on top in such a confrontation?

PS: If these sanctimonious dullards truly believed in their mission in Iraq, then why are they coming home?!

[jim]

The Christian Peacemakers are typical useless whiney liberals. If they did go into Afhanistan they would get captured and the military would have to perform another mission to obtain their "release", whereupon the CPT would make a statement giving the credit to those who prayed successfully for them.

[John Fast]

This will be a perfect chance for them to show the truth to those hate-filled persons, such as myself, who claim the CPT's only want to hurt the United States, rather than caring about actually helping anyone.

Of course I'm not holding my breath, because I honestly do believe they care more (or only) about hurting the United States and don't give a damn about actually helping anyone, and may their hypocritical, self-righteous Pharisee souls go straight to Purgatory.

[JEGjr]

CPT are about as Christian as partial-birth abortion supporting "altar boy" John Kerry. I'm thinkin' they just enjoy the tax-exempt status. One thing is for sure, Abdul Rahman has got more REAL courage in his right pinky than anyone at CPT. Oh, and Abdul Rahman is quite sane I'm sure; the folks at CPT on the other hand...