Thats the advice from ninme , to whom a curtsy low to the ground for this cool story. I was trying to recall where I read one of the Afghan mullahs complaining that if Abdul Rahman was granted asylum in the West, then everyone would claim to be Christian to go there. But in some ways this is even better.
the publicity surrounding the Abdul Rahman case had resulted in a surge of interest in Christianity among Afghans, strong concern for the plight of Afghanistan's underground Christians -- and an antagonistic response from Muslims
The source is an Afghan Christian who runs several Christian websites in Afghanistan. Normally they garner about 300 visitors a month, but since Abdul Rahman's been in the news, he's getting hundreds of thousands of hits. Admittedly, many of them are from irate Muslims.
But there also are many messages of support, he said.And then there are emails coming from Afghans wanting to know more about Christianity, asking where they can get a Bible in the Dari or Pashto language, or sharing the news that they had become believers in Jesus Christ.Among the most stirring messages are those from Afghan Muslims marveling about a faith for which a man was willing to die and wanting to study the Bible further.As ninme points out, for many people, this may be the first time they've seen anyone behave virtuously in the name of religion.
