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President Bush’s observation that Islam is a “religion of peace” will someday return to haunt his legacy. A little more than four years since the American flag was raised in the Afghan capitol of Kabul, the Islamic leaders that took over from the Taliban are proving that they are no better.

In a country where American blood was spilled to free the Afghan people from the sadistic clutches of Islamic extremists, it turns out that the sadism wasn’t the invention of the Taliban but rather, simply the canons of Islamic law.

Abdul Rahman, an Afghan citizen, has been arrested and accused of a crime against Islam. He is currently on trial in Kabul and his crime is so heinous that if convicted, he will most likely face execution. And what exactly did Rahman do to deserve such a harsh sentence? Why, he converted to Christianity.

Here in America, I suspect that the news has created a party atmosphere in ACLU offices across the land. And I also suspect that more sober observers will rationalize Mr. Rahman’s quandry by noting that Afghanistan is, after all, an Islamic country. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

American soldiers fought and died so that the American flag could be raised in Afghanistan as a symbol of freedom and justice, so where’s the freedom and justice? The judge excuses his barbarism with this nonchalant comment, “We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law. It is an attack on Islam.”

Obviously, the Muslims in Afghanistan aren’t afraid to admit that Islamic law is both intolerant and barbarous, at least in the eyes of civilized humanity. Islamic apologists in the West however, including seeming enemies like Cindy Sheehan and President Bush, go out of the way to put lipstick on this pig.

This seemingly insignificant trial halfway around the world points directly to the truth of what we in the civilized world are facing. The enemy is clearly not “extremism” or “radical Islam” but Islam itself. Under the noses of the U.S. military and in plain sight of Congress and the White House, Muslims in an official capacity are calmly commiting horrific acts of inhumanity. Consider how Abdul Wasi, the prosecuting attorney in the case, sums it up, “We are Muslims, and becoming a Christian is against our laws. He must get the death penalty.”

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