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US Military Yields to Al Jazeera, Destroys Afghan Bibles 

WASHINGTON, D.C., International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the U.S. military leadership in Afghanistan has confiscated and destroyed several Bibles in Afghan languages which had been sent to an American soldier serving in Afghanistan. The military confiscated the Bibles after the Arab media outlet Al Jazeera released a story earlier this week with videos of American soldiers discussing how to distribute the Bibles.

U.S. Central Command's General Order Number 1 prohibits American soldiers from proselytizing. Al Jazeera's report wrongly indicates that there are no Christians in Afghanistan, and so the only purpose of the Bibles could be for proselytism.

However, Al Jazeera's report is wrong on two counts. ICC has received reliable reports that there are at least 10,000 Afghan Christians living in Afghanistan. The case of Abdul Rahman in 2006, who was riticism, the US military is violating the very mission that brings them to Afghanistan - to promote democracy. The US military is not going to promote democracy by limiting the freedom of conscience of the people who are supposed to adopt a democratic form of government, but they are doing just that by destroying Bibles that Afghan people have every reason and right to obtain."

 

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