Afghan woman offered jail release if she will marry rapist...

ejmaztec wrote: »

It might be part of their culture, but no-one in their right mind would respect it.

i was trying to be satirical

Freddie59 wrote: »

Too true. The debate is about the debasing of a woman by a so-called "peaceful religion" yet the usual suspects trot on here to defend it, and take a snide sidewsipe at the Catholic Church in the process. Nothing changes indeed.

No. The debate is about the debasing of a woman by some members of a so-called "peaceful religion.

I'm guessing that you are a Christian. In that case, using your flawed logic and not knowing what particular flavour of Christianity you practice, I will go ahead and say that you are in support of the cover-up of the systematic rape of children perpetrated by priests and that you also agree that the Westboro Baptist church are right to picket the funerals of US soldiers and victims of anti-gay hate crimes.

Edit: Actually, there is no debate here. No one is defending the actions taken against this woman. If you think there is, I'd like you to point them out to me.

Dean09 wrote: »

While I fully agree what happened here with the catholic church is horrendous, that was the actions of sick and twisted individuals and not written into religious law that it's right.
A lot of the islamic religion is back in the stone age where women are 2nd class citizens etc. And this story just solidifies the fact that something needs to be done to save innocent people from suffering at the hands of the extremist rulers of their country.
This is 2011 and stories such as this, and of women being whipped/stoned for literally no reason, should not be allowed to happen.

I suggest you read some of the Bible. There's a hell of a lot of horrific stuff that it demands it's followers do. And many sects of Christianity have no problem following these bizarre demands. But most Christians are perfectly able to know what should and shouldn't be done. This is mainly due to education; something that not many Middle Eastern region leaders want their people to have.

The first thing I thought when I read about this was how many soldiers have died in Afghanistan and how supposedly the new regime would be a major improvement on the old Taliban regime.
It looks as if not all that much has changed.

If I was a western soldier based there or had family members who had died or been wounded there I would just ask "what the fook was it all for ?".

There are enlightened and moderate muslims out there, indeed Afghanistan was not so bad until the Soviets stuck their nose in.
But the rise of radical Islam and the adoption and continuation of frankly backward discriminatory traditions in some muslim areas of the world is quiet scary.
Oh and it is just not muslims who may have discriminatory backward traditions as evidenced by some of the stuff that happens in India, Africa or indeed parts of Europe.

What makes it even worse is that some people who have moved to the west actually believe that they should be able to carry out the same backward traditions here.

AFAIK there have been a few honour killings in this part of the world and there is no way that type of cr** should be tolerated.

jmayo wrote: »

What makes it even worse is that some people who have moved to the west actually believe that they should be able to carry out the same backward traditions here.

AFAIK there have been a few honour killings in this part of the world and there is no way that type of cr** should be tolerated.

This is the closest thing we've got to time-travel on this planet, with a lot of people travelling from some god-forsaken hole in the 15th century, straight to the 21st century in a matter of hours.

Freddie59 wrote: »

Yes they have and they do. And it is equally inexcusable. Glad to see you mentioned the Crusades - something that belongs in the Middle Ages - along with the Islamic "religion". I see you have not condemned the actions in this case in your rush to judge the Catholic Church. Well done.:rolleyes: I take it you are neither married nor have children?




It would make you wonder why.

Outright condemnation of anybodies religious belief regardless of how backward is petty & small minded. I might not have a wife or children but who are you to judge me? I no longer practice Catholicism because the Vatican & the Pope protect paedophiles & I don't believe people that do such should decide what my morals should be. Just because I don't go around screaming "down with the Catholic church" doesn't mean I agree with the behaviour they basically condone by not allowing the proper authorities to deal with these "sickos".

humanji wrote: »

You could have just said she's dressed how she wants to be dressed.

No humanji! They are all forced to dress like that. All of them. ALL! Every last one of them. Without exception.

ALL OF THEM!!!!!!ONE1!

Islam, like the sh1te in the bible is written so that it is completely open to each persons interpretation just like mystic megs advice. there will be sensible folks and then there are the ones from leitrim who take things too literally.

I agree, human rights groups should avoid this political correctness boll0x that allows peoples beliefs to lower a persons quality of life (but who judges if a person is worse off).... Leitrim folk think its great fun to jump into a puddle in a bog and end up swallowing that water which cant be good. i hear the Germans like to p1ss on eachother.

ejmaztec wrote: »

This is the closest thing we've got to time-travel on this planet, with a lot of people travelling from some god-forsaken hole in the 15th century, straight to the 21st century in a matter of hours.

That just makes me think of Borat movie.
Hell he could do a new one where he is an Afghani who moves to the US.
Fecking hell it could be great laugh, that is if cinemas weren't too afraid to show it.
Of course it would probably be the end of his career, if not his actual life, seen as how some muslims out there have fook all of a sense of humour.
Oh and when the Arabs/Iranians would find out he is jewish it would really get them out.

shangri la wrote: »

Islam, like the sh1te in the bible is written so that it is completely open to each persons interpretation just like mystic megs advice. there will be sensible folks and then there are the ones from leitrim who take things too literally.

I agree, human rights groups should avoid this political correctness boll0x that allows peoples beliefs to lower a persons quality of life (but who judges if a person is worse off).... Leitrim folk think its great fun to jump into a puddle in a bog and end up swallowing that water which cant be good. i hear the Germans like to p1ss on eachother.

Now go easy on people from Leitrim.
That is racism.
BTW where are you from ?

Oh and FYI bog water is supposedly quiet good for some things like bad feet.

Freddie59 wrote: »

It is a "religion" that belongs in the Middle Ages - not the 21st Century.

Actually Fred, religious parity would infer that the most extreme brand of Islam is on a par with 1970's Catholic Ireland where domestic rape victims were often offered the choice of compulsory servitude in a magdelene laundry or making themselves less attractive to the father, brother, uncle, husband that was raping them.

I deduce from the fact that you have two grown daughters Freddie that you were around at the time. That sort of abuse was carried out in your name and with your approval was it?

If all Muslims are to blame for the actions of a rabid minority that by that "logic" I look forward to you contributing to reparations for the afflicted here. After all the last State funded and Church supervised laundry didn't close here until 1996.