Well, not so new–it’s probably as old as history, and it’s against women. And it’s aided and abetted by the cultural relativists, who can never bring themselves to judge anything, except the (obvious) evil that is Amerikkka:
Cultural and moral relativists sap our sense of moral outrage by claiming that human rights are a Western invention. Men who abuse women rarely fail to use the vocabulary the relativists have provided them. They claim the right to adhere to an alternative set of values – an “Asian,” “African” or “Islamic” approach to human rights.
This mind-set needs to be broken. A culture that carves the genitals of young girls, hobbles their minds and justifies their physical oppression is not equal to a culture that believes women have the same rights as men.
So-called “feminists” who complain about western gender oppression and “dead white European males,” but turn a blind eye to this out of a misguided but fashionable leftist sensibility, brutally betray the ideals they pretend to, and their supposed “sisters.”
This is an interesting pre-war Iraqi document, if the translation is accurate:
He mentioned that a meeting in Beijing in the beginning of this month was held between the Prime minister of China and the German Chancellor Schroeder in the occasion of the opening project for the fast train and the latter was asked about the information that was obtained by the Chinese intelligence and it says that Iraq has moved his mass of destruction weapon to Syria and the German Chancellor told him that the German intelligence did indicate this. And after two days the US state secretary went to Damascus to check on this with the Syrian government that in turn denied this news…
Well, the fact that they denied it provides no information as to whether or not it’s true.
This is an interesting pre-war Iraqi document, if the translation is accurate:
He mentioned that a meeting in Beijing in the beginning of this month was held between the Prime minister of China and the German Chancellor Schroeder in the occasion of the opening project for the fast train and the latter was asked about the information that was obtained by the Chinese intelligence and it says that Iraq has moved his mass of destruction weapon to Syria and the German Chancellor told him that the German intelligence did indicate this. And after two days the US state secretary went to Damascus to check on this with the Syrian government that in turn denied this news…
Well, the fact that they denied it provides no information as to whether or not it’s true.
This is an interesting pre-war Iraqi document, if the translation is accurate:
He mentioned that a meeting in Beijing in the beginning of this month was held between the Prime minister of China and the German Chancellor Schroeder in the occasion of the opening project for the fast train and the latter was asked about the information that was obtained by the Chinese intelligence and it says that Iraq has moved his mass of destruction weapon to Syria and the German Chancellor told him that the German intelligence did indicate this. And after two days the US state secretary went to Damascus to check on this with the Syrian government that in turn denied this news…
Well, the fact that they denied it provides no information as to whether or not it’s true.
I’m glad that the case has been dismissed, but for lack of evidence?
An Afghan court has dismissed case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity for lack of evidence, an official said Sunday…
…Rahman had…been begging his guards to provide him with a Bible.
Something does not compute here. Clearly this was a political decision, taken to deal with the international firestorm (though there wasn’t enough of one, in my opinion, from either the State Department or some of our allies). The problem is that it only deals with this one case, and doesn’t address the underlying issue–Sharia law. Why won’t this come up again?
“Islam is a religion of peace, tolerance, kindness and integrity. That is why we have told him if he regrets what he did, then we will forgive him…”
Yes, we’re tolerant, so as long as he renounces his religious beliefs, we won’t kill him.
Is this what we liberated them for, and what American troops continue to die for?
[Update at 4:17 PM EST]
As I said, you can’t parody these folks. I was reading this Scott Ott post over at Free Republic, and at first took these first two paragraphs seriously:
Afghani Muslim clerics are threatening to take the Sharia law into their own hands:
…three Sunni preachers and a Shiite one interviewed by The Associated Press in four of Kabul’s most popular mosques said they do not believe Rahman is insane.
“He is not crazy. He went in front of the media and confessed to being a Christian,” said Hamidullah, chief cleric at Haji Yacob Mosque.
“The government is scared of the international community. But the people will kill him if he is freed.”
Raoulf, who is a member of the country’s main Islamic organization, the Afghan Ulama Council, agreed. “The government is playing games. The people will not be fooled.”
“Cut off his head!” he exclaimed, sitting in a courtyard outside Herati Mosque. “We will call on the people to pull him into pieces so there’s nothing left.”
As I’ve said before, this isn’t a clash of civilizations. It’s a clash between civilization and barbarism.