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Is she still alive? leftynyc Oct 2012 #1
Yea I wonder that too. Is 60 lashes enough to kill a young girl? L0oniX Oct 2012 #4
Yes sakabatou Oct 2012 #6
There is no mention leftynyc Oct 2012 #9
Now if the Mormon LDS had a 15 yo girl whipped 60 times... L0oniX Oct 2012 #10
Uh, actually a few years ago, some mormon nut whipped his daughter because she had been FORCED to Ecumenist Oct 2012 #42
Is that from the fundamentalist leftynyc Oct 2012 #43
"it's dishonest to say the fundies are part of the mainstream religion" Ash_F Oct 2012 #51
There's a contingent of DUers who denounce posters as Islamophobes if they call out the barbarity riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #15
I've been accused of bigotry myself leftynyc Oct 2012 #41
Indeed ...if you look below you will see the attempt to re-frame this incident with an excuse... L0oniX Oct 2012 #54
Timbuktu is a no-go area for Westerners Ash_F Oct 2012 #29
were the men whipped? of course not nt msongs Oct 2012 #2
This. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #5
kick... littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #3
This is where violence is warranted. Daemonaquila Oct 2012 #7
Mali is on the brink of civil war Ash_F Oct 2012 #8
On the brink? It's been in the middle of one for months. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #21
Well there hasn't been much shooting yet. Ash_F Oct 2012 #22
Uh, half the country's under rebel control and a quarter million people are displaced Posteritatis Oct 2012 #24
30K, due to the conflict Ash_F Oct 2012 #25
"bolstered by the influx of fighters returning from Libya" arewenotdemo Oct 2012 #39
soon like now -Mali prepares for attack on northern insurgents azurnoir Oct 2012 #44
Um, they've gone over the brink I believe Scairp Oct 2012 #23
The world can and should do something. Ash_F Oct 2012 #28
Hideous...More woman hate. My spouse thinks the US should offer "sanctuary" immigration whathehell Oct 2012 #11
Me too and I wonder why it's not mentioned more often. Cleita Oct 2012 #27
I don't know... whathehell Oct 2012 #34
There's no reason it'd be legally unfeasible, just politically Posteritatis Oct 2012 #38
okay then what would the rules be concerning this? azurnoir Oct 2012 #45
Yes, I don't see why the refugee status should be any different for women than Cleita Oct 2012 #40
The photo in the second link above shows a young girl with skinny arms holding a plate secondwind Oct 2012 #12
A young vendor wears a veil as she walks along an alley in Timbuktu. L0oniX Oct 2012 #14
Absolutely disturbing. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #13
So disgusting, so very disturbing. Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #16
Disgusting. 840high Oct 2012 #17
are Islamist Women going to stand up to this crap? samsingh Oct 2012 #18
religion heaven05 Oct 2012 #19
Religion is a poison, a toxic brew of authoritarian legalism that will never get anyone to God. L0oniX Oct 2012 #30
like heaven05 Oct 2012 #33
This is a case of cultural insanity. Religion is merely the particular vehicle. n/t pnwmom Oct 2012 #37
Some religions certainly are. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #49
Leaders of the RCC are a depraved nest of grifting, misogynistic, gay-hating, power-hungry criminals Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #52
Extremism needs to be exterminated. dorksied Oct 2012 #20
Women in those countries should be eligible for asylum. tblue Oct 2012 #26
okay women in THOSE countries what countries would THOSE be? azurnoir Oct 2012 #47
Horrific. DirkGently Oct 2012 #31
OMG! Odin2005 Oct 2012 #32
I just figure this happens all the time. It is horrible. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #35
I'm shocked a Muslim female, in that part of world, being treated brutally SpartanDem Oct 2012 #36
A question for the OP azurnoir Oct 2012 #46
While the focus is on the girl who was shot for promoting education others are also being harmed and L0oniX Oct 2012 #48
my game? what game? and oh the girl in your OP did not get shot azurnoir Oct 2012 #50
I don't see where it would make it less worth looking at because of the state of the country... L0oniX Oct 2012 #53
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