According to the Associated Press, Parliamentarian Abdul Satter Khowasi advocated for the execution of Muslim background believers who were televised being baptized and praying in Farsi. "Those Afghans who appeared in this video film should be executed in public; the house should order the attorney general and the [intelligence agency] to arrest these Afghans and execute them," Khowasi said.
The television reports triggered protests by students at Kabul University. They shouted death threats and demanded the immediate expulsion of all foreigners accused of proselytizing. In addition, the government suspended operations of U.S.-based World Church Service and Norwegian Church Aid.
Proselytizing in Afghanistan is illegal, and apostasy is punishable by death. Reports indicate national believers are hiding, fearing execution. (Source: Mission Network News) – June, 2010
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