AP - Senior Muslim clerics demanded Thursday that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves in to Western pressure and frees him, they will incite people to "pull him into pieces."

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated Thursday that Afghanistan will act quickly to head off building U.S. anger over the case of a Muslim-born man on trial for his life for converting to Christianity.

AFP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice phoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai to step up US pressure to free an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - Senior Muslim clerics demanded Thursday that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves in to Western pressure and frees him, they will incite people to "pull him into pieces."

AFP - US President George W. Bush said he would pressure Kabul over the "deeply troubling" case of an Afghan facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - President Bush called on Afghanistan on Wednesday to respect the religious freedom of an Afghan citizen on trial for his life for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - President Bush called on Afghanistan on Wednesday to respect the religious freedom of an Afghan citizen on trial for his life for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Reuters - President Bush said on Wednesday he was deeply troubled that an Afghan man could face the death penalty in Afghanistan for converting to Christianity from Islam.

Hector Duarte Jr. - AHN Staff Reporter Washington D.C. (AHN) – When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, anyone promoting Christianity faced arrest, while those converting from Islam could be tortured and even put to death. This policy was supposed to change after U.S. forces ousted the...

AFP - Afghanistan said that a man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity might be mentally unfit to stand trial, as international pressure over the case mounted.

In the days of the Taliban, those promoting Christianity in Afghanistan could be arrested and those converting from Islam could be tortured and publicly executed.

Western nations are protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man who could face death for converting from Islam to Christianity. One U.S. congressman said he found the situation "outrageous," especially because "soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense" of the Aghan government.

AP - An Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor and presidential adviser said Wednesday.

The United States and other Western nations are protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. He could face the death penalty.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a letter to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. "In a country where soldiers from all faiths, including Christianity, are dying in defense of your government, I find it outrageous that Mr. Rahman is being prosecuted and facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity," Lantos wrote.

AFP - International pressure is mounting on Afghanistan over the case of a man who faces the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - Prince Charles on Tuesday criticized the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad as well as the "ghastly" violence that followed their publication, and he called on all to respect the religion of others.

AP - Prince Charles on Tuesday criticized the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as the "ghastly" violence that followed them, calling on all "responsible men and women" to respect the religion of others.

Prince Charles tells Egyptian television he tried to warn of growing problems between Islam and the West a decade ago.