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and if you need more proof of the folly of faith:

"A 23-year-old journalism student has been sentenced to death by an Islamic court in Afghanistan, charged with blasphemy after downloading a report from a Farsi website that stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed. This man's efforts to provoke debate on the matter at his university by distributing the report to fellow students and teachers ended in his arrest, a trial by religious judges is is not Taliban times, mind you) without legal representation and his death sentence."

The Independent newspaper is launching a campaign today to secure justice for Mr Kambaksh. You can sign their petition here:

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