#1 2008-07-18 07:02:32
Infuriated because his younger sister was going to clubs, wearing immodest clothing and planning to leave her family for a new life in New York City, Waheed Allah Mohammad stabbed her…
Of course, for those who are really into Cultural Relativism, this is perfectly normal and acceptable behavior for someone from a Muslim society and shouldn’t be judged according to Western norms.
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#2 2008-07-18 15:36:56
Then it should be judged against contemporary, secular, Muslim norms, wherein women are no longer chattel and cannot simply be done away with because they get uppity. Per the article, the honor killing behavior predates Islam itself.
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#3 2008-07-18 15:38:26
So we should just get rid of all the South Asians and this shit won't happen here no more? (we can keep the arabs)
Last edited by orangeplus (2008-07-18 15:38:52)
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#4 2008-07-18 15:44:02
pALEPHx wrote:
Then it should be judged against contemporary, secular, Muslim norms, wherein women are no longer chattel and cannot simply be done away with because they get uppity. Per the article, the honor killing behavior predates Islam itself.
For the best of us, civilization is a thin veneer. For many moslems it's a mono-molecular smear.
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