United Nations expresses concern over Afghan Christian facing death .:. NewKerala - India's Top Online Newspaper

United Nations expresses concern over Afghan Christian facing death .:. NewKerala - India's Top Online Newspaper: "United Nations expresses concern over Afghan Christian facing death
United Nations: The UN has voiced 'great concern' for an Afghan charged in a Kabul court for converting from Islam to Christianity and cautioned against the possibility of a 'rift' between Afghanistan and the international community over the case.

'I am unaware of any previous case of this kind in Afghanistan,' UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative Tom Koenigs said in a statement on Abdul Rahman, who was brought before the court under Muslim Sharia charges last week.

'It is my wish that Mr Rahman's legal and human rights will be upheld, and that this matter does not create a rift between Afghanistan and its international partners,' he said, stressing that freedom of religious worship is a founding principle of the UN, arising from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

This guy could get sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity. Yes, I see the tolerance here..........?