An Afghan parliamentary official has called for the public execution of Christian converts from Islam following a television report that raised the suspicion of proselytizing and resulted in the suspension of two Christian organizations.
The report was broadcast by the little-known Afghan channel Noorin TV, described by The New York Times as an “antigovernment gadfly,” and it showed photographs purportedly of Westerners baptizing Afghans and videotapes of Afghans praying to Jesus.
A European diplomat told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that Noorin TV had broadcast controversial reports in the past and there might be a “hidden political agenda at a time when stirring up anti-foreign sentiment is quite fashionable in Kabul.”
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for an investigation into the organizations and “strongly instructed” government officials to take “immediate and serious action” to prevent further conversions, according to a report by AFP. (BP)
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