An update on Abdul Rahman: The Afghan authorities are saying he's talking crazy (saying stuff like "Praise Jesus," no doubt :) ), and if he's crazy, they can't kill him for turning Christian.

I suspect President Hamid Karzai and his team are praying to their God that some type of face-saving solution emerges from this horrible mess.

Here's the NYT story, in which Dubya says he is "deeply troubled" by the case.

This CTV.ca News story has some stuff from Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

This was another interesting nugget:

Two Afghan journalists were sentenced to death for blasphemy three years ago but they fled and sought asylum abroad.