{"id":11679,"date":"2021-08-26T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T08:19:00","slug":"the-dangers-facing-afghan-christians-inside-their-country-and-escaping-from-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/2021\/08\/the-dangers-facing-afghan-christians-inside-their-country-and-escaping-from-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The dangers facing Afghan Christians inside their country and escaping from it"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, completed with the fall of Kabul on Sunday 15 August, creates great danger for Afghan Christians, all of them converts from Islam or the children of converts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If they are caught by the Taliban, they are very likely to be killed. Although the Hanafi school of sharia, which predominates in Afghanistan specifies death only for adult sane male apostates from Islam (with imprisonment for adult sane female apostates), the Taliban\u2019s track record of an ultra-strict interpretation of sharia means it is very likely they will kill all apostates, both men and women, and probably their children too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if Afghan Christians join the thousands of other Afghan citizens desperate to flee Afghanistan for various reasons, will they be able to reach a safe haven? Should they try and get to neighbouring countries overland, or try to escape by a flight from Kabul International Airport?<\/p>\n\n\n\n