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Charges against Abdul Rahman were dismissed on technical grounds of being "mentally unfit" (an exemption from execution under sharia law) to stand trial, by the Afghan court after intervention by the president Hamid Karzai. His case sparked international protest from many Western countries. Abdul Rahman who had "lived outside Afghanistan for 16 years and is believed to have converted to Christianity during a stay in Germany", was charged with apostasy and threatened with the death penalty.
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The next month converts to Christianity were arrested and jailed. In February 2006, the homes of Afghan converts to Christianity were raided by police. In addition to death,the accused can be deprived of all property and possessions, and the individual's marriage is considered dissolved in accordance with Hanafi Sunni jurisprudence. The apostate can avoid prosecution and/or punishment if he or she confesses of having made a mistake of apostasy and rejoins Islam. Prevailing Hanafi jurisprudence, per consensus of its school of Islamic scholars, prescribes death penalty for the crime of apostasy.
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Article 1 of the Afghan Penal Code requires hudud crimes be punished per Hanafi religious jurisprudence. See also: Talibanization, Islam in Afghanistan, and Religion in AfghanistanĪrticle 130 of the Afghan Constitution requires its courts to apply provisions of Hanafi Sunni fiqh for crimes of apostasy in Islam. Female genital mutilation laws by country.