Religious Freedom Deteriorated for Christians in Afghanistan Last Year, Says State Department
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Lambert Mbom

Afghans wave banners saying “Quran is our law, Islam is our religion” during a protest in Kabul on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

(CNSNews.com) – While America continues its nearly 10-year-long war against terrorists in Afghanistan and continues to invest aid and resources there, the State Department’s 2010 International Religious Freedom Report rates Afghanistan’s performance as poor in terms of religious freedom, with the situation deteriorating for Christians.
The report begins by stating that Islam is the “religion of the state” and that “no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam.”

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