He and his supporters fear that if he is forced to return to Afghanistan, he will be tried as an apostate for renouncing Islam and executed under Afghan law.
The BHA and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), among other organizations and countless bloggers, have forcefully spoken out over the past days against Muradi’s detention.
Muradi said that he has been living in England for most of his youth, where he is a member of both the BHA and the CEMB.
Before entering the police headquarters on September 10, Muradi talked with members of the CEMB in a video now posted on youTube (watch above).
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The deportation was to take place on September 14, but Andrew Copson, the director of education and public affairs at the BHA, was quoted on the BHA website as saying: “[Muradi has] now been given his phone back and told that he’s no longer under imminent threat of deportation.”
“But he’s not sure what that really means in practice and neither are we, especially given that he was only just moved to Dover,” Copson continued.
“We may have bought some time but we must keep up the pressure.”
Muradi’s personal entry on the CEMB website reads:
“I was not born to be a Muslim and be afraid of God and more importantly I did not sign an agreement with him/her/it to worship him. As a child religion has been forced upon me. I have been forced to pray, fast and etc. It has been like a habit with me rather than a religion. In Afghanistan where I was living questioning the existence of god or religion is deemed blasphemy and punishable by stoning to death. Now in the UK I have the opportunity and courage to declare who I am. I AM A FREE MAN WITHOUT ANY EXTRA BONDAGE ON ME.”
Reported by Byron Asher.
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