Mark Levin on Abdul Rahman

Mark Levin wasn't on the radio this afternoon, but he has some pertinent comments on his blog at NRO:

Last night on my radio show, I spoke at some length about the plight of Afghan citizen Abdul Rahman, who is facing the death penalty for the crime of converting from Islam to Christianity. (A recent news report suggests that the prosecution will now claim Rahman is mentally impaired, which might result in the government dropping the death penalty). I observed that the vast majority of soldiers who liberated the 25 million Muslims living in Afghanistan were Christian; the vast majority of soldiers presently protecting the young Afghan democracy from Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists are Christian; and through it all many brave soldiers, most of whom are Christian, died in these efforts.

I was and remain a staunch advocate for this war. But one thing we've apparently not conveyed to our Afghan allies is that an essential element of democracy is tolerance — tolerance for differing views and practices. Our soldiers, most of whom are Christian, did not die so their faith could be put on trial.

I also note that Muslims rioted across the world over Danish cartoons that they believed ridiculed their religion. Embassies were burned to the ground, people were killed, world leaders issued statements of condemnation, and so forth. And yet here we have a man who faces death because he chooses to practice Christianity and recognizes Jesus Christ as the son of God.