Thursday afternoon update II

- From the Canadian Islamic Congress, via David Frum concerning the potential execution of a man for converting to Christianity in Afghanistan:

"Afghanistan is not a free country. Maintaining law and order is the responsibility of the occupation forces, who must not turn a blind eye to this kind of injustice. To allow this man to be tried and possibly executed for a non-criminal, non-blasphemous act, and then blame Islam and Muslims worldwide, is totally unacceptable."

In other words, in order to save this man's life, the coalition, which the CIC doesn't even want there in the first place, is morally obligated to interfere with the Afghani legal system. Furthermore, if he is put to death, it will be because the coalition "allowed" it.

Huh?

- Here's a case where a school created uniforms specifically for observant Muslims, yet apparently that wasn't enough for one plaintiff. Good thing the House of Lords didn't back down on this one.

- It's encouraging to see someone from the UN speak up and tell corrupt African dictators that they need to look in the mirror. Corruption is the #1 predictor of poverty. Sorry, Bono, but all of the debt relief in the world won't solve that problem.