Western governments successfully protested the trial ? and possible death penalty ? of an Afghan convert to Christianity. (Under Islamic law, those who convert from Islam have three days to reconsider.) The Western protests were made in the name of "religious tolerance" by leaders in Afghanistan. Are those Western leaders being intolerant of a religion by demanding Afghan Muslims not to follow their tenets, or are there certain religious laws that are not deserving of tolerance?
There is a lot of sway in being tolerant to the beliefs of another faith; however, when a life is at stake, the tolerance debate does not hold water. We cannot sit by and watch while someone is executed for exercising their right to choose their own faith. It is interesting to me that the media has turned tolerance against this man. Is it because he is a Christian?
Last year, when a woman was sentenced to death in Africa for having an adulterous affair, the world community was justifiably in an uproar. But now it is about a man choosing to follow Jesus, and we are being called intolerant of the beliefs of Islam.
