Sorry for the lack of posting on the Abdul Rahman situation (or anything else) today - I had a couple of appointments at my local Veterans Hospital, and that can sometimes be a trying experience (much like dealing with the good folks at Blogger.com! LOL).
Lots of uproar in the blogosphere today over the shameful treatment of Abdul Rahman, who faces execution in Afghanistan for the "crime" of converting from Islam to Christianity.
Michelle Malkin, as always, is at the forefront of the Abdul Rahman situation. Read, in order, Video: "I Am Not an Apostate", Bush: "Deeply Troubled", Rally for Abdul Rahman, and Canada Supports Abdul Rahman. Who would have thought that the leaders of Canada, Italy, and Germany would be stronger than President Bush - who, at last check, was still "troubled ... deeply troubled."
When reading Rally for Abdul Rahman, be sure to click through to Mark Tapscott's full post at Tapscott's Copy Desk: Who Will Save Abdul Rahman?. He mirrors my thoughts when I posted No Moonbats for Abdul Rahman yesterday.
It appears that a couple of "the usual suspects" may actually come down on the side of right. Michelle quotes a CAIR press release calling on Abdul Rahman to be released, and noting that his conversion "is a personal matter not subject to the intervention of the state."
Amnesty International also chimed in, although their statement was tepid at best, and sounded very much like State Department language: "urgently commit themselves to judicial reform," "reportedly faces calls for execution," "reportedly been accused," and so on.
Enough with "concerned," "deeply concerned," "troubled," and so on. Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and killing someone for their religious beliefs is wrong. Period. Paragraph. End of story.
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