So far, 347 coalition forces, including 278 Americans, have died to liberate Afghanistan from the oppressive Taliban regime. President Hamid Karzai, the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan, has been an honored guest speaker before a Joint Session of Congress. He was awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal and has been named an honorary British Knight.
Will Karzai now preside over the execution of a man for the “crime” of converting to Christianity? Will Afghanistan repay the U.S.-led coalition that liberated her by betraying the very principles of religious liberty and pluralism that animated that mission? Will Karzai let that happen?
Let’s pray that he doesn’t. Let’s pray for Abdul Rahman, visit www.persecution.org, and learn about the other victims of persecution around the world. We don’t do a good enough job of honoring and remembering those who suffer for Christ. It’s not just something that happened long ago.
The fact that murdering Islamic fanatics have hijacked the word “martyr” makes me so mad I could spit. A martyr is not someone who kills himself and others in the name of his religion. A martyr is someone, like Rahman may be, who submits to a death sentence rather than renounce his faith.
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This is a first! We agree!!!
Any ways, thanks for reminding us all that there is still many Christians who literally suffer their life for the name and sake of Jesus Christ.
And you are correct about making the distinction between a martyr (one who is put to death for refusing to concede on his or her convictions/faith) and one who willingly surrenders his or her life (especially when such surrendering of life is done as an act of suicide which often results in the murdering of other people).
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