தவறாக குரானை மொழிபெயர்த்ததாக ஆப்கனியர் கைது

தவறாக குரானை மொழிபெயர்த்ததாக ஆப்கனியர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்

Afghan blasphemy suspect arrested
Agence France Presse
KABUL: An Afghan official accused of misinterpreting the Holy Quran in a translation of the holy book was arrested trying to cross into Pakistan Sunday, a day after parliament banned him from travelling, the attorney general said.

Mohammad Ghaws Zalmai, a spokesman for attorney general Abdul Jabar Sabet, was picked up at the Torkham border crossing in the early morning, Sabet told reporters in Kabul. "Ghaws Zalmai was arrested at the border gate as he was crossing into Pakistan," he said.

Sabet said he had also ordered the arrest of a Kabul preacher, Qari Mushtaq, who had approved Zalmai's version of the Quran. On Saturday both houses of parliament slammed the official's translation into Dari of the Muslim holy book, saying he had misinterpreted many issues. It ordered that he should not be allowed to leave the country until the religious committee of the Upper House had studied his text. Media reports said several thousand copies of his translation have been distributed free. Zalmai, a former journalist who heads media affairs in Sabet's office, told AFP he did not want to comment on the issue.

Abadullah Abad, a medical doctor who had obtained a copy, said he could not see how Zalmai's translation was fundamentally different to another accepted Dari version.

"I read it and compared it to the other accepted copy of the holy book and found nothing altered," Abad said.