Musa Sayed, 45, and Ahmad Shah, 50, awaiting trial and facing death penalty in Afghanistan for conversion to Christianity from Islam

The two men were arrested in late May and early July, after footage of them reciting Christian prayers in Farsi and being baptized were broadcast by a local television station.

Norwegian Church Aid and Church World Service of the US were later suspended by the Afghan government after the television program reported that they were proselytizing, which is also illegal in Afghanistan.

AFP reports that

Several Afghan MPs have expressed their anger over the case, with one from western Herat even calling for the men to be dragged from their homes and publicly executed.

Source: AFP


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