The Muslim Postcolonial – A Counter-Perspective on Apostasy in Islam
On The Muslim Postcolonial: Afghan Convert Controversy
A Counter-Perspective on Apostasy in Islam by Yoginder Sikand. I do not completely agree, but nevertheless worth reading.
Following close on the heels of the furore fuelled by the Danish cartoons another major controversy is now set to further complicate relations between the West and the Muslim world. This concerns the possible execution of an Afghan Muslim convert to Christianity, Abdul Rahman, for having changed his religion. The Western press has taken particular interest in the issue, and Western leaders, including of countries that have themselves been among the most heinous violators of human rights and backers of repressive regimes in the Muslim world, have sent urgent messages of protest to the Afghan government demanding that Abdul Rahman be spared.
