Grisly video released to warn Afghanistan Christian minority
A grisly video released to international media by two separate Afghan sources depicts four Afghan militants beheading a man believed to be a Christian in Herat Province.
The video is intended to warn Afghanistan's tiny Christian population of the dire consequences if American forces leave Afghanistan. President Barack Obama announced his intentions to begin a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops earlier this week.
The video is intended to warn Afghanistan's tiny Christian population of the dire consequences if American forces leave Afghanistan. President Barack Obama announced his intentions to begin a gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops earlier this week.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "If U.S. troops are not in Afghanistan the Taliban will come to power," Obaid S. Christ warned. Now exiled to India, Christ says that "We will have the same situation we had in the 1990s when the Russians left Afghanistan, when we had civil war and millions killed."
Christ acknowledged that the U.S.-backed government headed by President Hamid Karzai has been no friend to Christian converts. He says that earlier this year, two civilian courts sentenced two Afghan Christians to death for changing their religion.
It was only after bowing to international pressure, including personal visits to one jail by U.S. and European diplomats, the two were released and allowed to leave the country. Both now live in Europe.
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