If u decide to follow a certain religion then u should be willing to go by it's rules...u can't pick and choose......u therefore must be very sure and make educated choices...If the Afghan guy was forced into islam than it is wrong to criminalise him...but if he freely chose it and then denounced it then by shareea he must first be councilled and talked to and given every opportunity to return to his faith.........u see it is not a game u cannot be muslim one day and something else another....if your not sure about it DON"T become muslim.........As i said before u choose your religion at puberty ....
I'd just like to add that the muslim population is more informed than most westerners think ..we don't go by what our media is saying (as in the US)...reactions in the west to middle east problems...palastine ,iraq etc ..these are the things that shape public opinion..........Our goverment wants us to be "friends" with israel that doesn't mean we are ...the people make up their own mind based on what they see and hear and witness first hand..lili.