Originally Posted By ecdc And what did this deviant youth do, you ask, to deserve such a brutal punishment? She stabbed a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. Where is the rest of the Islamic community denouncing this outrageous behavior? Apparently, too busy protesting some cartoons. <a href="http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/4701/17_Year_Old_Girl_Sentenced_To_Death_By_Hanging" target="_blank">http://www.shoutwire.com/views tory/4701/17_Year_Old_Girl_Sentenced_To_Death_By_Hanging</a>
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Originally Posted By DVC_dad And we are far more worried about Gitmo than how the general culture is treated there. tsk tsk tsk...
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>And we are far more worried about Gitmo than how the general culture is treated there.<< What's being done in Gitmo is being done in our name. But I am worried and concerned about civil rights violations around the world, and the idea that a young woman can be executed for fighting off her rapists is insanity. I think that you don't perceive as much concern over this particular issue than about torture at Guantanamo is because it really isn't that controversial of a topic here. I think all of us are on the same side here - that this is a bad thing.
Originally Posted By bboisvert This is a terrible civil rights problem, no question. But it is a soverign nation that has it's own code of conduct. It's up to the world community to deal with Iran in masse. What about these Austrailians, travelling in Bali, getting 20 years for smuggling small amounts of drugs. The Bali courts are a sham, but it is their law. China is no saint when it comes to human rights either. There seems to be a lot of lip service given by our gov't and other countries to clamping down on the human right violations around the world. It used to be that the rest of the world (except the Communist bloc) would follow our lead when decrying these atrocities. Now, we no longer have the clout to lead the charge. And that is truly a shame.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper It isn't that we don't have the clout. We do, and you can be sure the next time someone is in trouble they will be looking to the US for help. When countries stop relying on us to solve their problems only THEN will be concerned with how the world views us.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy I have been watching this story for over a month and it's just another example of the " religion of peace " in all it's glory once it takes root in a culture. To try and even bring up Gitmo is a joke. Again, why do liberals do everything they can to put the blame on US when it's obvious the true evil is Islam?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Where is the rest of the Islamic community denouncing this outrageous behavior? Apparently, too busy protesting some cartoons.<< Ouch, and very true.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer The evil isn't Islam, Beau. It's conservative religious fundamentalism. Liberal Muslim countries aren't doing this - just the conservative ones.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Tom, it IS Islam that is evil. The leaders of Islam are to blame for the riots. Think about it... the LEADERS of Islam, the clerics and Imans are the ones who are pushing this take over the world with jihad program. Why?? Because the Koran tells them to do it in very clear language.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer That's a different issue than the hanging of this young woman in Iran, Beau.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy They are hanging her because they are running their country with Islamic Sharia law. Sharia law is the version of Islam that the LEADERS of Islam tell the masses to obey if they are to honor Allah. Did you hear that Terrorst we have on trial...Musawi.... or whatever his name is?? He said he was NOT a French citizen because he would not be part of those who accept homosexuals. When the libs figure out that Islam would kill a liberal before they would kill a conservative if given a choice, then they might actually start to get reality.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>They are hanging her because they are running their country with Islamic Sharia law.<< Exactly. A conservative religious fundamentalist version of Islam. This isn't happening in liberal Turkey or Indonesia, is it?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Because the Koran tells them to do it in very clear language.<< Just wondering -- have you read the Koran cover to cover? Because you talk about it with such authority, I'd think you'd need to have read it and studied it to totally understand it.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk The way I see it is that there is evil in everything if that is what you choose to see. The hero in this story is the girl who defended herself knowing of the consequences. If she is hung, she will be in a better place than where she is now. I would have made the same choice had I been in her situation.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>If she is hung, she will be in a better place than where she is now.<< Excellent point.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy >>If she is hung, she will be in a better place than where she is now.<< Well that's the same attitude the homicide muslim bombers have when they murder innocent people... you know ... a better place with 72 virgins. It's all BS. We are on earth to honor god by helping our neighbor, being good people, respecting others. Islam has none of this. K2man... No I have not read the Koran cover to cover, but I have read many, many of its passages just to make sure I wasn't taking things out of context. Make no mistake... it calls for jihad against anyone who does not convert to Islam.
