Well, even if this guy is released, it's not going to mend the logical incompatibility between Sharia law and democracy. An organization that forces one specific religion's tenets on everybody is not capable of treating everybody's opinions equally, and thus is not capable of being anything close to democratic.
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . Afghanistan's Still Not Free: Man On Trial For Being Christian http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/4823874.stm If Bush was really interested in overthrowing non-democratic régimes, he should overthrow the current Afghan government. How can a country possibly be democratic if there is no tolerance for opposing points of view? Sharia law is fundamentally incompatible with democracy. Period. Monday, 20 March 2006, 13:15 GMT Afghan on trial for Christianity An Afghan man is being tried in a court in the capital, Kabul, for converting from Islam to Rating: 5