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To: wagglebee
"...the Koran (at least the way many read it) allows for child brides to be married against their will and allows (and in some instances recommends) the inhumane treatment of women."

You're quite right. And not only the Koran. Mohammad's own example as recorded in the Hadiths is horribly instructive: his collection of slave-concubines, including a Jewish woman who was forced to watch her husband being beheaded, and then claimed by Mohammad for his harem; and his consummation of marriage with his child-bride Aisha (married at age 6, consummated at age 9, when Mohammad was 54) -- what disgusting things for a so-called prophet to do.

27 posted on 03/21/2006 11:23:17 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Islam. False scripture, False god. Big problem.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

When the teachings of a group allow for such barbarism, there comes a time when the group itself has to be held accountable. Obviously not all Muslims are barbarians, in fact the overwhelming majority are not; however, very few Muslims (especially in the areas of the world that are predominantly Muslim) are willing to denounce those portions of the Koran that condone actions such as these.

It is not unlike Eisenhower forcing the citizens of nearby towns to view the concentration camps, the fact that they were not participants did not excuse their passive assent.


28 posted on 03/21/2006 11:31:12 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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