Abdul Rahman was apparently the first person arrested and put on trial for apostasy in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, but already he is not the last. The international furor over Mr Rahman's prosecution has goaded Islamic militants to attack and harass other Afghan Christians.

During the past few days, Compass has confirmed the arrest of two other Afghan Christians elsewhere in the country. Because of the sensitive situation, local sources requested that the location of the jailed converts be withheld.

This past weekend, one young Afghan convert to Christianity was beaten severely outside his home by a group of six men, who finally knocked him unconscious with a hard blow to his temple. He woke up in the hospital two hours later but was discharged before morning.

“Our brother remains steadfast, despite the ostracism and beatings,” one of his friends said.

Several other Afghan Christians have been subjected to police raids on their homes and places of work in the past month, as well as to telephone threats.

via Persecuted Church Weblog.

See also Afghanistan's Secret Christians, via Michelle Malkin.