Day: March 26, 2006

class=”linktitle”>Scalia Claims Guantanamo Detainees Have (7 links)
Think Progress
This week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the special military commissions created by the Bush administration to try Guantanamo detainees violate national and international law, as human rights groups charge.
But Justice Antonin Scalia doesnt have to wait for arguments  his mind is already made up. Newsweek reports that in a controversial unpublicized March 8 speech, Scalia dismissed the idea that the detainees have rights under t

class=”linktitle”>Rahman Freed — But Not Free (7 links)
Rhymes With Right
I think that Time gets it right here, and others may be jumping the gun in celebrating the release of Christian convert Abdul Rahman from jail. The dismissal of a case against an Afghan citizen for converting from Islam to…
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class=”linktitle”>ABDUL RAHMAN TO BE RELEASED (13 links)
Michelle Malkin
Just in…But this story is far from over:
An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence, and he will be released soon, an official said.
“The court dismissed today the case against Abdul Rahman for a lack of information and a lot of legal gaps in the case,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter.
He said the case has been returned to the prose
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Abduh Rahman Released (9 links)
Macsmind – News, Conservative Commentary and Common Sense
Case Dropped Against Afghan Christian”POLICHARKI, Afghanistan (AP) – An Afghan court has dismissed case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity for lack of evidence, an official said Sunday.The court, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, had been under intense international pressure to drop the case against Abdul Rahman, who faced a possible death sentence for his public conversion.Some Islamic clerics had called for hi
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Abdul Rhamin Will Be Released (9 links)
Stop The ACLU
Via ABC
An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence, and he will be released soon, an official said.
The court dismissed today the case against Abdul Rahman for a lack of information and a lot of legal gaps in the case, […]]]>
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class=”linktitle”>Rahman Unbound (8 links)
Captain’s Quarters
ABC News reports this morning that the Afghanistan convert to Christianity, Abdul Rahman, has had the charges dropped against him for abandoning Islam (via Michelle Malkin): “The court dismissed today the case against Abdul Rahman for a lack of information…
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