RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdul Rahman

1965 - Today

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Abdul Rahman (Dari: عبدالرحمن; born 1965) is an Afghan man whose arrest and trial in February 2006 sparked widespread controversy among the international community. Abdul Rahman had been arrested by Afghan authorities for apostasy and subsequently threatened with the death penalty. He had converted to Christianity from Islam while providing medical assistance to Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. On 26 March 2006, under heavy pressure from foreign governments, the Afghan court returned his case to prosecutors, citing "investigative gaps"; Abdul Rahman was released from prison and remanded to his family on the night of 27 March. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Rahman is the 3,031st most popular religious figure (up from 3,038th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 139th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdul Rahman ranks 3,031 out of 3,187. Before him are Maelgwn Gwynedd, Joseph Parecattil, Gianni Ambrosio, John Kilian, Ravi Zacharias, and Peter Hollingworth. After him are Ricardo Vidal, John Shelby Spong, Gintaras Grušas, Richard Cushing, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and Antonio Napolioni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Abdul Rahman ranks 461. Before him are Michael E. Mann, Takahiro Shimada, Patrick Vervoort, Predrag Spasić, Illeana Douglas, and Jasna Šekarić. After him are Horace Grant, Yusuke Minoguchi, David Kelly, Gregor Foitek, Jan Svěrák, and Fernando Gómez.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman ranks 138 out of 177. Before him are Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Euthydemus II (-200), Dadullah (1966), and Zabiullah Mujahid (1978). After him are Islam Bibi (1974), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Nadia Nadim (1988), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Zablon Simintov (1960).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Afghanistan

Among religious figures born in Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman ranks 5. Before him are Abu Dawood (817), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Ali Hujwiri (1009), and Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006).

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