Afghan Believer

The trial of Abdul Rahman, a few weeks ago in Afghanistan, was very interesting. "How could someone dare to convert from Islam?", many Muslims wondered. Such people are labelled infidels and are often killed in MANY Islamic nations around the world. People in the West talk about "freedom of speech" and "freedom of religion" which the populations of these Islamic countries know absolutely nothing about. How did the Afghanistan court settle it? Simple-He must be crazy! Of course! That's it! The reason this topic comes to mind is that some friends who are secret missionaries in Afghanistan wrote the following segment in their newsletter:
Afghan believer
The trial of the Afghan believer at the end of March brought mixed blessings to this country. As regards politics, this country felt the weight of the rest of the world forcing it to do what the world wanted rather than be able to process the case on their own. This stirred up more anti-foreigner sentiments, which if you know the history of Afghanistan leads only to destructive actions. On the positive side of things, it exposed the reality that Afghans CAN be Christians, and that they actually exist. This has stirred up curiosity among the masses about what in the world this thing is called Christianity. On the negative side, the fact that he was given asylum made Christianity political, and for Afghan’s who might choose this religion would be tainted by political motives. We are under the impression that in order for true birth to take place here there must be death. Please pray that the Word would get out in this country.
Let's pray for Afghanistan indeed!