Afghan Journalist's Death Sentence for Insulting Islam Getting Closer....
Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh's last appeal is tomorrow, if he loses he'll be killed shortly thereafter. America's response to this insanity, the State Department has, "expressed concern." Pathetic.....
PUL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan: The prison uniform Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh wears is emblazoned with crudely painted black scales of justice, but the young journalist insists on the eve of his appeal that he has yet to see justice done.
A court found Kambakhsh, 24, guilty on Jan. 22 of distributing an article that questioned the Muslim practice of polygamy. It handed him the maximum sentence on the charge of insulting Islam — death.
The case highlights the continued virulence of conservative religious attitudes in post-Taliban Afghanistan as well as the shortcomings of its rudimentary justice system.
"I didn't write this article. I didn't print it. I didn't distribute it. I reject these accusations," Kambakhsh said. "I am a scapegoat in some political game."
....A U.S. State Department spokesman expressed concern that Kambakhsh was sentenced to death for "basically practicing his profession."
Abdul Malik Kamawi, a spokesman for the Supreme Court, said Kambakhsh's case will go before an appeals court in the capital on Sunday.
ZIP
Glad we gave them freedom
Posted by: Elric66 | May 17, 2008 at 02:42 PM
I wonder what Mohammad Tariq Khan thinks of this. It isnt the evil USA sentencing this guy to death for "insulting" Islam.
Posted by: Elric66 | May 17, 2008 at 03:18 PM
"A court found Kambakhsh, 24, guilty on Jan. 22 of distributing an article that questioned the Muslim practice of polygamy."
What say you TK, Abdulloh and Mohammed Tariq Khan? Any thoughts on this sentence?
Posted by: Elric66 | May 17, 2008 at 03:38 PM