Trans wrote:
> Henrik Svendsen wrote:
>> Redaktøren for et kvinderetsblad er blevet idømt to års fængsel for
>> blasfemi. Han havde udtrykt så unævnelige ting, som f.eks. at det
>> ikke burde være forbundet med dødsstraf at forlade muhamedanismen:
>>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4368704.stm
>
> Linket duer ikke.
Underligt. Det virker fint her, men så kopierer vi sq da bare hele
teksten:
Jail term for Afghan journalist
The editor of a women's rights magazine in Afghanistan has been
sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy.
The editor, Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, was convicted after a court in Kabul
concluded that several articles in his magazine Huquq-e Zan were
anti-Islamic.
Correspondents say the case underlines the fragility of journalistic
freedom in post-Taleban Afghanistan.
It also highlights a struggle between religious moderates and extremists
over what form Islam should take.
Mr Nasab was arrested earlier this month after he published a series of
controversial articles.
He wrote what he had the right to write according to Afghan law and
press freedom and freedom of expression
Rahimullah Samande
Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association
One of them argued that giving up Islam was not a crime that should be
punished by death, as sanctioned by some interpretations of Islamic
Sharia law.
Other pieces criticised the practice of punishing adultery with 100
lashes and argued that men and women should be considered by Islamic law
to be equals.
Clerics' ruling
The Ulema Council, a body of top Islamic clerics, reacted strongly
against the articles.
"The Ulema Council sent us a letter saying that he should be punished so
I sentenced him to two years' jail," Judge Ansarullah Mawizada told the
Associated Press.
Mr Nasab said that he didn't recognise the court and did not accept its
verdict.
The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association has also spoken out
against the verdict, saying it was outside the law.
"He wrote what he had the right to write according to Afghan law and
press freedom and freedom of expression," the association's president,
Rahimullah Samander, told AFP.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called for his
immediate release.
The editor has three weeks in which to appeal against the verdict.
In 2003, two journalists were arrested in Afghanistan over charges of
defaming Islam.
They were later released on the orders of President Hamid Karzai.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/4368704.stm
Published: 2005/10/23 08:52:34 GMT
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