The US and some European governments are lining up to support the unfortunate Aghan Christian Abdur Rahman. It seems to me though that some other groups are missing in the general outcry namely the churches. I find it odd that people like me (who are frequently agnostic or atheist) are more worked up about this chap's fate than the leaders of his co-religionists. Now I could be wrong, maybe the pope or some other church has come out to protest but I can't find anything. For example as someone baptised and confirmed in the Church of England I would have hoped that the C of E would have issued some sort of press release about him but the only hit for "Afghan" on the CofE website is this statement on the overthrow of the Taliban in 2002:
The House of Bishops of the Church of England today issued a statement of concern on issues arising from the conflict in Afghanistan. The statement covers the status and treatment of prisoners, the rebuilding of Afghan society and the growing number of civilian casualties. ...
The Daily Ablution reported about how the Church in Wales was keen to grovel in apology for accidentally insulting any Muslim who might have accidentally read a (Welsh language) church newspaper which reprinted a cartoon from France Soir. Surely a Christian church should be more concerned about the potential death sentence being passed on a fellow Christian than about insulting believers in a different religion but apparently not. Given that I recall that in the 1980s Anglicans frequently prayed and organized on behalf of oppressed Christians in Eastern Europe or China why do they not similarly campaign against Christian oppression in Islamic countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.
Update: According to the BBC the bishops may have been saved from embarassment because the Afghans are bowing to governmental pressure and it seems at least one bishop has spoken out: he Bishop of Rochester, the Right Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, but its not exactly being shouted from the rooftops