CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AFGHAN CONVERT FACING DEATH
An aid agency that supports persecuted Christians is calling on western governments to help a Christian sentenced to death in Afghanistan. Barnabas Fund has launched a petition to pressurize Afghan President Hamid Karzai to release Said Musa. Red Cross worker Said has been in prison for 8 months after converting to Christianity, and faces execution if he does not return to Islam. Said has had no trial and death threats have made lawyers frightened to defend him. The one-legged man claims he has been tortured and sexually abused in prison. Barnabas Fund says Karzai should uphold the Afghan constitution which acknowledges human rights. Instead, his government's policy towards converts 'appears no different from that of the Taliban'. [CHRISTIAN TODAY, 7 Feb.; The Sunday Times, 6 Feb.]
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