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Old 05-17-2006, 10:34 AM   #1
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A conference grouping an array of world religions, including Christians, Jews and Muslims said on Wednesday everyone should have the right to convert to another faith.


Seems like a good thing I guess...everyone should have the right to choose what they want to do...

Saudi Arabia bans public expression of non-Muslim religions, and sometimes arrests Christians for worshipping privately, while Pakistan's Islamic laws deprive local Christians of basic rights although churches can function.

In Iran and some other Muslim countries, converts to other religions or to humanism -- like controversial Dutch Somali-born politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali -- are condemned as "apostates" and can be executed if they refuse to repent.

In Afghanistan, Islamic clerics in March condemned Western pressure for the release of man who had been jailed after converting to Christianity and said he should have been executed for abandoning Islam.






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Old 05-17-2006, 12:22 PM   #2
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I'd be pretty amazed if any of those places ever changed their laws regarding the persecution of followers of other faiths. Maybe I'm wrong though.
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Old 05-17-2006, 04:15 PM   #3
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They will change. How long will it take? Who knows.

Although Iran is considered "an axis of evil" their populace (specifically young students) have done much in making significant changes within their society regarding western ideas. I believe there will be change but it must come from within.
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