Dubai rape victim told she could escape jail if she marries rapist

she was in Yemen?

 

She should've went to the police station and reported the rapist for apostasy, renouncing Islam and making jokes about the prophet instead...would've worked out better for her.

 

So they rape you and you go to jail?

Imagine that in America

 

What a backwards ass country.

 

hotballa would love this place!

 

I am young and naive still I suppose. I have always been a math and science guy but recently getting into history. History of the Middel East is obviously very interesting. I will read a bunch and learn what I can but can you give a synopsis of the post WW1 dealings with Isreal?

From my reading, albeit brief, it seems the the UK f'd up the entire situation.

Jews and Muslims were always at odds but it seems money and politics have magnified the crazies, more so on the Muslim side, but both nonetheless.

My belief is that the money, via oil, that has funded the Muslims is what drove them out of control. The culture in tribal times has always been black and white, my way or the highway, and this culture w/o progress has driven groups to be more and more fundamentalist. Being a true fundamentalist of Islam is deadly. Being a true fundamentalist of Christianity is deadly also.

I think that people in predominately Muslim countries have been held back by their leaders. These leaders live an astonishingly hypocritical lifestyle...funded by the west. I HATE, absolutely HATE, the radical reform that has captivated people recognizing hypocrisy of their leaders. It is a shame that instead of embracing some of the acceptable western "practices" of equality (IE women and human rights, drinking, ect.) which the leaders embrace, they revolt towards more fundamentalist. Now the people in these countries that are good people are fearful of a good and just revolution are fearful of change because they see the failed uprisings in Iran, Iraq and Syria. The logical people could not comprehend the fact that it was their own people committing terrorist attacks. The bombings in Saudi Arabia were a major eye opener for many people. They could no longer deny that their beliefs drove people to unspeakable acts. I believe eventually the acts of terrorism will come full circle and the good of all people will prevail. Believe it or not good Muslims, Christians, Jews, vastly outweigh the bad ones.

Myself, I was raised Catholic, but as an adult have become non religious, but as hard as I try, I can not come up with a logical reason for the existence of life without a creator. There has to be a "God" of some sorts that made something. All religions are our interpretations of our existence none of which are better than the other.

So for me, to blame Islam, Christianity, of Judaism is very weak. All the flaws are result of humankind. The people who believe in Islam were suppressed by their leaders because of capitalism. By attacking their beliefs directly we are only making the problem worse.

 

It doesn't. It is my comment on the ***** show that is the debate of ME in general.

What happened to the victim is terrible. I am not in anyway trying to justify it.

Can you look at the big picture? I am trying to say, overall, that people are quick to blame a religion, type of people, or other and it is much greater than that. People are quick to turn this into a Muslim or Christian thing.

 

Totally fair point.

I am not using any of the Catholic bad times as a counter point btw. I am just saying that the bad points of Islam have not been redone. They have not been revised because of a long list of situations historically and have been held back, even forced further back, because of money. Catholicism calls for homosexuals to be beheaded. We know this is nonsense, but through proper evolution people realized this is stupid and not 'right'.

 

The money FORCED these stupid and pointless small points of the religion as a rallying point and has pushed us to where we are today.

 

I REALLY, REALLY, would like to have a good discussion and I am not picking a fight with you at all. As a raised Catholic, I realize there are man points I find trivial.

In the bible Homosexuality is a sin punishable by death. To me it is not unreasonable to ignore that and still be a great Christian. Islam may have more, hell 1000 more, insane rules, but because of their time and place in history the so called trivialities have been exponentially magnified as a rallying point.

 

Yea, I am not saying you were fighting, just emphasizing that I am not.

Your third paragraph is kinda what I am illustrating.

 

This kind of stuff is ridiculous.

 

I believe its in Leviticus and when Jesus came we moved on to a new covenant, therefore abolishing the laws of hate.