printIn the matter of Afghanistan V. Abdul Rahman: Rahman faces the death penalty for converting to Christianity. The Christian Science Monitor characterizes the case as showing “the tension between the more Western approach being advocated by Karzai’s government, and more conservative elements in the country.”
Come again! Conservative elements? These are criminal, not conservative, elements.
By natural law standards, to kill someone for of his beliefs is a crime. Natural justice is immutably true; it is the ultimate guide to what’s right or wrong. The law of the state—any state—ought to be rejected and condemned when it conflicts with natural law.
Most of what Bush does is naturally illicit, but that’s another story.