Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, who edits Haqooq-i-Zan (‘Women's Rights’) magazine, was sentenced on Saturday for articles propagating equality between the sexes and questioning harsh punishments – like death by stoning – reserved for Muslims who convert away from their faith.
The sentence was imposed on the recommendation of the Ulama Council in Afghanistan, a group of senior Islamic clerics. They declared that it was necessary to thwart ‘apostasy’
The case is causing a particular political storm because President Hamid Karzai’s own adviser on religious affairs filed the complaint against Nasab.
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