Bahrain court jails man two years for insult to Prophet's wife

Reuters ^ | 8-12-2012

[george76]

A Bahraini court has sentenced a man to two years in prison for making insulting comments about one of the Prophet Mohammad's wives... Aisha, a revered figure for Sunni Muslims, in comments online.

"The accused entered a website and made comments that were so morally filthy and depraved that the tongue could not pronounce them, and they slandered Aisha

...

Underlying tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites in Muslim countries are often ignited by such issues concerning figures from early Islam and the different interpretations of Sunnis and Shi'ites over the historical events of that period.

Such slander cases have become more frequent in recent years, as Sunni Gulf rulers watch with the alarm the rising influence of Shi'ite power Iran.

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Aisha and the Prophet's cousin Ali, revered by Shi'ites, fought on opposing sides during the first civil war of the early Islamic period. Sunnis and Shi'ites sometimes also disagree over an incident in which she was accused of adultery; the Prophet rejected the charge.

[Frank_2001]

Aisha was the nine-year old victim of a filthy murderous rapist and pedophile false prophet named Mohammed, founder of the maniacal death cult called Islam. So leave her alone!

[onedoug]

In a disobamaed reality, we’d be working to really turn these cavemen against one another.

[skinkinthegrass]

baaa! ..how she pronounced her name.

[Talisker]

A Bahraini court has...

A Bahraini "court"?

[gleeaikin]

I don’t think we really have to work all that hard for them to be fighting one another. Here is an interesting link about the situation in Egypt, now that the new President is dealing with the military which has just been attacked by Muslim militants with loss of life, not to mention loss of face. Interesting analytical piece.

http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-president-orders-military-chief-tantawi-retire-153521631.html

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

"The accused entered a website and made comments that were so morally filthy and depraved that the tongue could not pronounce them, and they slandered Aisha."

If he was accused of slander, then he's innocent.
Written defamations are libel.

[JoeProBono]

[octex]

In a disobamaed reality, we’d be working to really turn these cavemen against one another.
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That was my thought even before I read down to your posting.

I guess I’ve read too many novels in my life, but I would think that a few agents could infilterate each “camp” (sunni and shiia -sp?-) and stir up things to where the two sects would slaughter each other in large numbers.

[ken in texas]

... for making insulting comments ...

Well, nine year old kids do get their feelings hurt very easily. /s

[Moltke]

Aisha’s beauty and charms were second only to Mohammed’s favorite goat. And that’s a compliment, not slander.

[CodeToad]

Islam and Mormons were both started by a pedophile looking for sex.

[Pollster1]

So cute: a father-daughter dance! There must be cultural reasons why the pretty white dance dresses on those tiny little girls look so much like what we would consider child-sized wedding dresses.

[delcopatriot]

So cute: a father-daughter dance! There must be cultural reasons why the pretty white dance dresses on those tiny little girls look so much like what we would consider child-sized wedding dresses.

I think maybe they ARE wedding dresses; they are wearing wedding bands in the picture!

God save us...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks gleeaikin. Muzzies have been locked in a struggle to the death with their sworn enemies, other Muzzies, since there were Muzzies. :’)