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	Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. - Proverbs 16:8

Congratulating ourselves

Los Angeles Times

Friday 24 March 2006, 11:13 am
Keywords: Christian Topics , News Articles

Conservatives have questioned the administration's support for democratic governments in Islamic countries.

"How can we congratulate ourselves for liberating Afghanistan from the rule of jihadists only to be ruled by radical Islamists who kill Christians?" wrote Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, a lobbying group, in a letter this week to Bush and congressional leaders.

Afghanistan's new constitution calls for religious freedom of expression, but the document has an unresolved conflict with Sharia, which does not permit conversions out of Islam.

Mawlawi Ghulam Haider, 75, a mullah in a Kabul mosque, said: "If somebody becomes a Christian or converts to any other religion than Islam, he must be given a chance over three days to think and return to Islam. If he returns to Islam, he can live happily ever after. But if he doesn't turn back … he will be punished by death."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usafghan24mar24,0,3398976.st
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