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To: Khepera

Supposedly the police and lawyers are Muslim who are outraged and seeking prosecution, but whether these tribes practice Islam versus tribal justice and to what extent, is not clear to me. Islam enjoins compassion; indeed every Islamic epithet of Allah is "the Compassionate, the Merciful." One supposes if some hillbilly community of KKK members did some terrible deed that we must therefore condemn all of Christendom, too. The failure to adhere to religious morality in no way diminshes its excellence in preserving life and fostering happiness.

48 posted on 07/01/2002 5:16:07 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Cultural Jihad
Good response. I couldn't agree more. I was only speculating that it may have not been Islam that was to blame.
51 posted on 07/01/2002 5:20:02 PM PDT by Khepera
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To: Cultural Jihad
"...but whether these tribes practice Islam versus tribal justice and to what extent, is not clear to me. "

So what does Islam say about this event? Is this legal under the Koran? Do you support this ruling? Yes or no?

76 posted on 07/01/2002 5:53:43 PM PDT by MonroeDNA
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To: Cultural Jihad
One supposes if some hillbilly community of KKK members did some terrible deed that we must therefore condemn all of Christendom, too.

Your analogy breaks down when you consider the fact that such an atrocity is just not possible in America. Our court system would never sentence the sister of a defendant to be gang-raped. Even if some KKK members were to conduct such a sickening deed in private, there would not be 1,000 people in the streets cheering it on, as there were in this Pakistani case. Instead, the public outrage would be instantaneous and overwhelming once word leaked out. The people who did this would immediately be arrested and tried for high crimes. Christianity would not come under attack. In fact, if the people committing this crime tried to say they did it in the name of Christianity, real Christians would fill the streets to disavow any connection at all to this depravity.

Where is the Muslim outrage over what transpired in Pakistan in this case? And I'm not talking about lawyers visiting the tribe and "urging" authorities to prosecute the rapists. What about the 1,000 people who filled the streets to cheer this spectacle on? Face it, these are the actions of a warped culture.

86 posted on 07/01/2002 6:04:30 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Cultural Jihad
The failure to adhere to religious morality in no way diminshes its excellence in preserving life and fostering happiness.

Must be why the religious police in Saudi Arabia carry whips.

178 posted on 07/01/2002 6:58:38 PM PDT by El Gato
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