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"Every day on television we are barraged by stories of a 'Muslim extremist, militant, terrorist, or insurgent,'" Hassan said in the 2004 release. "But the stories that are missing are the countless stories of Muslim tolerance, progress, diversity, service and excellencethat Bridges TV hopes to tell."
This is a horrible crime. But a killer is a killer, no matter what race or religion.
What would non-Christians think about a Christian parent killing their child and making up a kidnapping story…
I agree. Murder such as this is unconscionable. There are so-called Christians that do this as well. This man is a maniac, and maniacs exist no matter which religion they "proclaim" to be their own.
Some cultures will not blend. In this country a jerk that kills his wife gets punished. In some cultures a man who beheads his wife is a local hero and the killing is justified under their laws. You want to tollerate anything and everything, go ahead, but I stand by my beliefs that some cultures will not blend.
But you could ask the same question about the far right in this country..
..They bombed the Oklahoma Federal Building, assasinated the Head of the Arkansas Demcocratic Party, showed up armed at the White House a few weeks ago with a "delivery for Obama", I just posted the murder of two not long ago in Knoxville, they've murder numerous doctors who perform abortions, bombed abortion clinics, killed their own children by denying them medical care for religious reasons, murdered their kids...."cause God told them to", chopped off their babies arms and legs cause God told them to.
It's not like the right in the USA doesn't have a reputation for killing in the name of God and Country???
Actually no. First of all, who do you mean by 'the far right'? Conservatives? 'Dittoheads'? Or Ted Kazynski? (though he wasn't 'far right' so much as he was just plain nuts)
Regardless, you do make the point for me. The Tim McVeighs and Eric Rudolphs of the US are not only few and far between, but their actions are not condoned by society or by our legal system. A rather large difference from parts of this world where becoming a suicide bomber is considered a legitmate career choice, and certainly where killing you sister because she was caught talking to a man not her relative is considered justified.
We - the US - do not condone wife beating, we have not legalized it, and with the exceptions of cults our religious friends don't make it 'right' with the lord. The same cannot be said of Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Iran for a few examples.
Now, to get back to this particular story. It could be that the murderer was a lone nutjob, but it could also be that the murderer is acting out in accordance to his religious/cultural beliefs. Either way, completely illegal of course. Still, it would behoove us a society to ensure that cultural mores that include the abuse and murder of women not be allowed to gain a toehold in US society.
may be he was just a Freedom Fighter...you know, those talibans who fought the Soviets with help provided by western civilized countries.
What a strange post.....not even remotely on topic.
Oh! I get it! Because I find the systemic abuse and murder of women to be horrible I must be a Bush lovin' beer drinkin' Nascar wathin' redneck, right?
Wrong...hate bush, hate beer and hate nascar. Didn't agree with the war in Iraq either. That still doesn't negate the fact that there are cultures in this world that would make women expendable, especially when trying to save a mans 'honor'.
Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her husband — an influential member of the local Muslim community — reported her death to police Thursday.
Murder is murder. The reason and the method really doesn't matter. His religion or place of origin doesn't matter.
Murder is murder. The reason and the method really doesn't matter. His religion or place of origin doesn't matter.
Well, here in this country you would think so ,yes. However there is a growing segment of US society that advocate that such action is OK in a country of origin, thus making it OK here because we are "multicultural". See the thread on child sex offenders for an example of this.. There is NO justificaton for actions such as this in the US. "Multiculturism" be Damned! Your right to practice a religion or take "pride" in your cultural roots flat stops when you think it's OK to harm another person in the name of "honor" or some backward religious belief. Welcome to America. This is NOT the Middle East, Asia, Africa et al. When an individual comes here the obligation to observe our laws and our culture is prerequisite. Otherwise stay where you are. There have to be limits to our "tolerance" for "multiculuralism".
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