Were he alive today, Josiah Royce would be troubled by the case of Abdul
Rahman, an Afghan citizen who converted from Islam to Christianity twenty-
five years ago. When Rahman sought custody of his children, Muslim family
members reported his conversion to authorities. Now Rahman is being
tried in Afghanistan for rejecting Islam. A guilty verdict apparently entails
the death penalty.
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