Taliban to execute all non-Muslim evangelists

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have imposed the death penalty on anyone who converts from Islam to another religion.

Mon, 08 Jan, 2001 - 08:13

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have imposed the death penalty on anyone who converts from Islam to another religion.

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar announced on Taliban-run Radio Shariat that any non-Muslim found trying to win converts will also be killed.

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