Afghan court jails editor for blasphemy against Islam.An Afghanistan court has sparked an international furor over its decision to imprison im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- a magazine editor who published articles allegedly offensive to Islam. In early October, an adviser to President Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (Persian and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. December 24, 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime. filed a complaint against Ali Mohaqiq Nasab. He was arrested and brought before a court, which quickly convicted and sentenced him to two years in prison. The charges against Nasab were based on articles in Haquqe Zan (which translates as "Women's Rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and "). According to Agence France-Presse (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ), the stories were critical of some religion-based punishments, such as the death penalty for adultery and stoning for those who choose another religion. The court's action drew criticism from public interest groups, as well as the United Nations. The Committee to Protect Journalists  The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) , a New York-based group, called for Nasab to be released. The director of the Afghan Protection of Journalists Committee also derided the court, saying that Mohaqiq "is being hounded by the clerics who oppose his moderate views." The president's adviser who complained about Mohaqiq's work told AFP that while the country believed in the freedom of speech, there were limits. "Under the name of freedom of speech, one cannot slander God, or prophets or influentials," said Ghulam Mohaidin Baluch. |
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