Afghan man facing death penalty for religion

This is current. This is an action under the current Afghan government in the capital Kabul that we helped put in place.

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic laws, a judge said Sunday....

"We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law," the judge said. "It is an attack on Islam."....

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, said Ahmad Fahim Hakim, deputy chairman of the state-sponsored Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission....

"He would have been forgiven if he changed back. But he said he was a Christian and would always remain one," Wasi told AP. "We are Muslims and becoming a Christian is against our laws. He must get the death penalty."

I'm sure there will be outcries among the fundamentalists who view this as an attack on Christianity, but I see it seperate from the particular religions. I see it as a signpost of just how short a distance Afghanistan has actually travelled. We may have changed the nameplates, but exactly how much did we really change the government?