Family Research Council Speaks Out in Rahman Case

As usual, Tony Perkin’s is spot on. Here’s what he put in today’s Washington Update:

“Freedom of worship is an important element of any democracy and these are issues as Afghan democracy matures that they are going to have to deal with increasingly,” says State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. This is all he offers in response to a threatened judicial murder. Abdul Rahman is being tried for apostasy in American-liberated Afghanistan. Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) so far has been silent. Hooper is usually quick to decry any anti-Muslim slight. By not speaking out against this outrageous action, CAIR is dealing with the issue. The judge in Rahman’s case soothingly assures us that all will be forgiven if he renounces his Christianity because “Islam is a religion of tolerance.” Really? Today, I sent letters to President Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and to Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), the respective foreign affairs committee chairmen. Religious freedom is not just “an important element” of democracy; it is its cornerstone. Religious persecution leads inevitably to political tyranny. Five hundred years of history confirm this. Americans have not given their lives so that Christians can be executed.

I’m with you Tony. Has our world already spun out of control?