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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
26. What does the Pakistani High Court have to do with it?
Tue Feb 26, 2013, 09:56 AM
Feb 2013

This happened in Bangladesh. Your apologetics are getting very strained.

sick...an abused child murdered because she was abused noiretextatique Feb 2013 #1
And because skepticscott Feb 2013 #2
Yes. Because of EXACTLY THAT. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #4
Which religion and which god? ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #5
Yeah we just executed them until 2005, and only then by a 5-4 decision did we stop. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #6
Massive differences to be sure, but feel free to keep up the strawman ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #11
Deuteronomy 22:22. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #13
I guess your reading of these texts would make you a good rightwing fundamentalist, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #19
The point is that our two versions of the abrahamic religions are not all that different from Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #24
I never made any claim about "the abrahamic religions" nor about any supposed "islamic version" struggle4progress Feb 2013 #40
Uh, no "church" flogs children skepticscott Feb 2013 #9
Regularly? ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #10
No, they don't kill children "regularly" skepticscott Feb 2013 #12
Yes. Regularly. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #15
the article said it was a Mosque, not a church, and Xings have beaten children to death.. >Link rabid_byter Feb 2013 #78
yes: religious insanity noiretextatique Feb 2013 #90
Sickening, just fucking sickening. EvilAL Feb 2013 #3
I hope her murderers have no peace get the red out Feb 2013 #27
They deserve absolutely no peace, none! EvilAL Feb 2013 #74
There are certainly a variety of issues here. One issue is extrajudicial punishment, which struggle4progress Feb 2013 #7
Apologetics by Google..well done skepticscott Feb 2013 #8
Two years after, we can probably do more here than simply repost the story struggle4progress Feb 2013 #14
You will find skepticscott Feb 2013 #17
Fatal whipping exposes Bangladesh’s fatwa crimes struggle4progress Feb 2013 #20
And if we look at an even bigger picture... Meshuga Feb 2013 #28
It looks as if the Bushbots had lost control by 2008: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #61
Very few people on DU would think that religiously-motivated violence is acceptable LeftishBrit Mar 2013 #98
Yes, complex issues. Complex RELIGIOUS issues. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #16
Perhaps you meant to reply to skepticscott, who actually used the word "complex," struggle4progress Feb 2013 #18
Here is my current assessment of the incident: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #23
Your tireless efforts to absolve religious beliefs of any possible role in this (and other) trotsky Feb 2013 #25
While sticking one's head in the sand to make one feel better about the reality of the situation cleanhippie Feb 2013 #29
I've provided fifteen or twenty links to news stories relevant to the case, enabling anyone struggle4progress Feb 2013 #36
I posted that link in response to a specific question. cleanhippie Feb 2013 #37
I've provided fifteen or twenty links to news stories relevant to the case, together with struggle4progress Feb 2013 #41
You should know by now Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #75
Personal attacks don't help anything, Charles. trotsky Feb 2013 #76
Of course, there is a very dark side to religion, Thats my opinion Feb 2013 #81
I dunno, I've given you multiple opportunities... trotsky Feb 2013 #82
EVERYTHING you've written? skepticscott Feb 2013 #93
The only religious aspect okasha Feb 2013 #77
Gender Justice: Is Bangladesh Ignoring ‘Fatwa’ Violence Against Women? struggle4progress Feb 2013 #21
What we know so far: these events occurred two years ago, in a tiny Bangladeshi village without struggle4progress Feb 2013 #22
What does the Pakistani High Court have to do with it? trotsky Feb 2013 #26
What does this article have to do with Religion? Nothing grantcart Feb 2013 #30
Which ideology were those assassins following? trotsky Feb 2013 #31
Your lack of irony in regards to your name notwithstanding your grantcart Feb 2013 #51
NTS is all you've got? trotsky Feb 2013 #53
"Christian Bible" grantcart Feb 2013 #57
I'm going to respond without using the vicious personal attacks that you are engaging in. trotsky Feb 2013 #58
Thanks for the correction. It was a careless mistake of mine: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #32
And yet despite court rulings... trotsky Feb 2013 #33
I've provided links supporting the following account of events: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #42
The advantage I have is the truth. trotsky Feb 2013 #46
If you can build a coherent case for your view, based on such facts, as might be actually available struggle4progress Feb 2013 #48
You mean like the facts reported by CNN? trotsky Feb 2013 #50
One ought to be able to sort out conflicting claims: for example, the report you are citing asserts struggle4progress Feb 2013 #62
And yet not one of those discrepancies does a thing to dispel the central issue being discussed: trotsky Feb 2013 #66
... Hena Akhter (also known as Hena Begum), died six days after being lashed ... A village court struggle4progress Feb 2013 #34
Thanks for the update. okasha Feb 2013 #35
I've posted what I could find easily from standard news sources struggle4progress Feb 2013 #38
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #39
Gee, wouldn't it have been nice skepticscott Feb 2013 #43
Perhaps you could make your best case that this was actually religiously motivated, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #44
Start here skepticscott Feb 2013 #45
A number of accounts indicate that the venue was some sort of extrajudical "village court" struggle4progress Feb 2013 #47
Apologetics by Google 2.0 skepticscott Feb 2013 #49
I provided nearly two dozen links in a careful effort to determine what we know. struggle4progress Feb 2013 #55
No, you provided two dozen links skepticscott Feb 2013 #59
I say: facts first, analysis second. You would have it the other way around, it seems struggle4progress Feb 2013 #63
I would characterize your "argument" skepticscott Feb 2013 #65
They started beating on the girl before they had organized their cover story struggle4progress Feb 2013 #89
You're slipping, s4p. trotsky Feb 2013 #52
You'd better get busy... trotsky Feb 2013 #54
And as long as I'm making a task list for you, trotsky Feb 2013 #56
The "fantasy" in my #47 can be supported by links, with only minimal interpolation: struggle4progress Feb 2013 #64
"minimal interpolation"?!? trotsky Feb 2013 #67
Do you know (say) what religious position Idris Member holds? struggle4progress Feb 2013 #68
Can a person be motivated by religious beliefs without holding a religious position? trotsky Feb 2013 #69
The usual Islamic use of "fatwa" refers to an opinion by someone trained in their canon law, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #70
You didn't answer the question. trotsky Feb 2013 #71
Now let's turn to "Shilpi's brother Akkas Meermalot" struggle4progress Feb 2013 #72
Answer my questions. trotsky Feb 2013 #73
Let us now examine your quote: "When .. a so called religious leader .. gives an edict .. most struggle4progress Feb 2013 #85
Until you answer my questions, I don't really care how you choose to defend the murderers. trotsky Feb 2013 #86
And in my experience, you still wouldn't care if I answered your silly questions struggle4progress Feb 2013 #87
On the contrary, I'd love answers. trotsky Feb 2013 #88
Religiously, Bangladesh is about 90% Muslim and about 9% Hindu. It has universal suffrage. In 2008, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #60
Evidently, the Muslims still running the country like in the middle ages demosincebirth Feb 2013 #79
Personally, I'd be quite pleased if we could get 3/4 of the seats in the US Congress filled struggle4progress Feb 2013 #80
Reallly? I guess you haven't read the new in the last few years. If calling "bigoty, demosincebirth Feb 2013 #83
Since you reach sweeping conclusions about the 140+ million Muslims in Bangladesh, struggle4progress Feb 2013 #84
As I find yours nt demosincebirth Feb 2013 #91
Because I don't reach conclusions about 140+ million folk from the actions of 14 or so? struggle4progress Feb 2013 #92
Don't be fatuous Act_of_Reparation Mar 2013 #94
Bangladesh is the most densely inhabited country in the world with a population over half struggle4progress Mar 2013 #95
Try to keep up with the converseation please Act_of_Reparation Mar 2013 #96
Naturally, we should take seriously whatever AI says about human rights issues, including rates struggle4progress Mar 2013 #97
It's not the government that did this LeftishBrit Mar 2013 #99
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