He’s doing fine. He has to be filmed from behind during interviews, and he’s getting a new identity from the Italian government and so that the local jihadis don’t find him and cut his head off.

But other than that, he’s doing swell.

Spiegel reports on a day in the life of Afghanistan’s Christians:

The locations of services change constantly as well, and they are always held in private homes, where everything has to be prepared well in advance. The household staff must be away; neighbors mustn’t notice anything; and everyone has to have the 100 percent trust of everyone else. It is too dangerous to even have a Bible at most services, says Kabar, who knows his prayers by heart. Police have come and searched his house three times already, but failed to find anything incriminating. “They know I’m a Christian,” he says. “But I won’t give them any reason to put me on trial.”

Even though Afghanistan has dismissed its case against Abdul Rahman, this is a cold comfort for Kabar. He and his friends fear that anger among Islamists over Rahman’s release could spur them to take matters into their hands and act even more brutally toward converts. “Abdul Rahman’s release is a good thing,” he says. “But the international community needs to keep its eyes open.”

Indeed. According to AKI, the mujahid parties in the country may reap political benefits from Rahman’s escape.

Finally, on a related note, some advice from John Fund to aspiring Ivy Leaguers: if you’re planning to have a youthful criminal indiscretion, and you’re trying to decide between shoplifting and blowing up a skyscraper, think big.

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