Wolfgang, the Afghan government has left this guy's fate in the hands of its (reactionary and fundamentalist) judiciary, rather than risk the mob violence that intervention might provoke. I hope you're right, but Amnesty is not sounding too sanguine about his prospects.

Western governments of course are striving to see democracy established throughout Afghanistan. But this case raises a critical question. What if an electorate votes in the party that stands for killing anyone who converts to Christianity? Is there any moral obligation on other nations to intervene in the internal affairs of such a (democratic) state?