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In reply to the discussion: Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)161. Fundamentalist ANYTHING is bad....
Just look at Punjab and the fundamentalist Sikhs. Parochial doctrine is enforced through fear and often brutality.
Not that Orthodox followers are "superior".
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Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death [View all]
politicat
Feb 2013
OP
the fucking piece of shit imam and those who beat her to death should all be burned to death
JI7
Feb 2013
#3
Because it really doesn't matter that the jesus freaks or whoever else used to suck just as bad.
Codeine
Feb 2013
#62
It's not even the only problem among Bengalis. Indian Bengalis are Hindu, and it's just as bad
Recursion
Feb 2013
#111
Islam (or Hinduism) gives specific form to the problem but isn't the problem itself.
AlbertCat
Feb 2013
#112
I fully understand this is easy for me to say, and that doing it would be much harder
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2013
#8
The horror and pain of this poor girl's last moments from some "justice" handed out by the imam
riderinthestorm
Feb 2013
#9
Saying this is the fault of "religion" is like blaming "government" for Nazism.
whathehell
Feb 2013
#26
Grasp at straws much?..We "used" to do many things -- We now have enforced LAWS against these things
whathehell
Mar 2013
#196
Well they are American Christian churches, led by American Christian Missionaries
Taverner
Feb 2013
#146
No proof at all that assertion. Cultures can be completely resistant to change
snagglepuss
Feb 2013
#119
Please...A few abberant Americans of every & no faith do, but they are then CHARGED with a crime,
whathehell
Mar 2013
#193
Really? And the last time another religion beat a fourteen year old girl to death was,.........?
ohiosmith
Feb 2013
#17
Yes, you'll likely see a lot of that here, unfortunately, though the gutsier truth tellers do seem .
whathehell
Mar 2013
#199
Yeah, goodness knows American Xtian fundies are legally whipping 14-year-olds to death all the time.
Codeine
Feb 2013
#19
Or a real life video game, like shooting ducks at the circus. He shoots, he scores! A win!
freshwest
Feb 2013
#44
If that could be accomplished w/o too much opposition that would be great.
LiberalFighter
Feb 2013
#73
Again -- Like blaming "government" for Hitler..Could you be just a LITTLE more specific, LOL?
whathehell
Mar 2013
#197
boy, I wish we could do that...my granddaughter is 14....I would kill barehanded anyone who
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#37
Give any fundamentalist of any religious persuasion political power, and people die.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#81
I suspect the rapist, the imam, and the doctors who lied on the autopsy are all doing just fine
renate
Feb 2013
#49
Well..... probably not *all* religion. I don't see my local Episcopal congregation
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#57
This isn't an isolated nutcase. This is pervasive, widely practiced, culturally approved
pnwmom
Feb 2013
#76
The guy was a rapist. His victim was a young girl. Their situations are not comparable. n/t
pnwmom
Feb 2013
#109
You already hit on the answer. Civil Prosecution of the principles involved....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#114
So I guess the comparison of a "what if it was here" comparison doesn't work for you....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#125
LOL!!! I'm glad you find it offensive for someone to stand in judgement.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#137
Linking all Muslims with Sharia is like linking all Christians with the KKK.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#150
Mainly because I know people who are Muslim and they hate this crap as much as you.
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#167
I'm saying it's NOT in the name of Islam. It's by the will of religious fanatics.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#182
Well, ya know there are some people who say 9/11 was an inside job....
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#189
I've said we need the equivalent of an international women's shelter....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#133
Shilpi was forced to marry Mehbub Khan several years ago, under circumstances that suggest
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#207
No it's not. When it comes to the last century (and more) it's a matter of statisitics and
cali
Feb 2013
#136
It popped up in my RSS reader (via a tech blogger I follow), then disappeared from it.
politicat
Feb 2013
#115