Afghans protest convert's release

'n Berig in gister se Toronto Star

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hundreds of people protested in a northern Afghan city Monday against a decision to free a man who faced a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said.

About 700 people, including Muslim clerics, gathered in central Mazar-e-Sharif, chanting "Death to Bush" and other anti-Western slogans, a day after a court announced it had dropped its case against Abdul Rahman, said police commander Nasruddin Hamdrad.

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