But, from having begun to read the Quoran.. It is a sick book (much like the Old Testament or Peter's part of the Bible), and those cultures who base their laws upon it should be doomed, and all of those who do not have a "Mental" defense against western memes.
... and this is why we're at war. I'm not talking about the war in Iraq, I'm talking about the larger "clash of civilizations." It's not just that they "hate our freedoms," it's that our freedoms are lethal to their way of life. Furthermore, as you may have already noticed, the Quran is in part a how-to manual for conquest and forcible conversion -- the radical Muslims go beyond mere defense of their culture and enslavement to it of the individuals unlucky enough to be part of it; they want to rule the world.
They are unlikely to achieve this objective, but they can do a lot of damage trying.
Matt, I realize that my last comment may have been a bit too ideological and theoretical for your personal fear. I would advise your sister to take her husband's threats very seriously. Under Islamic law (and the law in most majority-Islamic countries), wives have virtually no rights over their children if their husbands claim custody.
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He can divorce her, under Iranian law, by simply saying "I divorce thee" three times before witnesses. At this point she is divoreced; she has no claim against his assets, income or estate, and her children belong to him if he wants to take them.
He can separate from her, bringing her children with him and refusing to let her see them, and she has no legal grounds for complaint. She can't even divorce him for this.
He can physically chastise her any way that he sees fit. This is not assault and battery, she is essentially his property.
Would the laws of the US enforce these shari'ya claims on her? No, of course not (though some European countries, notably
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Oh, and your friend's brother is swine. What's more to the point, he's an accessory before the fact to first degree murder. I don't know if there's a time limit for that, but if there isn't, and he's still in America, I'd finger him if I were in your shoes. Happily, and with a song in my heart.
He deserves to either spend some time in prison or (even worse) be deported to the Islamic Heaven of Iran.
To get all three at once...saintjudasAugust 8 2007, 23:08:20 UTC
1) I completely understand about Islam. Although, I prefer not to attack the faith as a whole. The Bible has just as much beligerent and fanatic content as the Quaran - I have not done a methodical search to catalog all of the BS in each. Just like Christianity, there are those who choose to use those parts to support their own twisted agendas, and there are those who choose to reject those parts of each work in order to find something more acceptable (and rational
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Nature of Islam vs. Christianityjordan179August 9 2007, 00:57:28 UTC
Christianity and Islam are of course equally false, since there is no God, but Christianity has three features which make it less destructive than Islam.
(1) Render Unto Caesar
Because Christianity in its first three centuries was a faith of those with relatively little power, Christianity of necessity separated the religous and secular worlds. It has an inbuilt respect for established government as power, even while claiming a higher moral authority. This was a necessary survival mechanism -- varieties of Christianity which urged immediate revolution no doubt appeared and were summarily crushed by the Roman Empire.
By contrast, Islam claims supreme power over both church and state; indeed the concept of the umma (community of the Faithful) is sort of a combination of church and state in one. This makes it a lot harder for sane or tolerant regimes to develop in Islamic societies -- when they do, they do so through corruption. In Islam, the fanatic always occupies the moral high ground.
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... and this is why we're at war. I'm not talking about the war in Iraq, I'm talking about the larger "clash of civilizations." It's not just that they "hate our freedoms," it's that our freedoms are lethal to their way of life. Furthermore, as you may have already noticed, the Quran is in part a how-to manual for conquest and forcible conversion -- the radical Muslims go beyond mere defense of their culture and enslavement to it of the individuals unlucky enough to be part of it; they want to rule the world.
They are unlikely to achieve this objective, but they can do a lot of damage trying.
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Understand what I'm saying ...
He can divorce her, under Iranian law, by simply saying "I divorce thee" three times before witnesses. At this point she is divoreced; she has no claim against his assets, income or estate, and her children belong to him if he wants to take them.
He can separate from her, bringing her children with him and refusing to let her see them, and she has no legal grounds for complaint. She can't even divorce him for this.
He can physically chastise her any way that he sees fit. This is not assault and battery, she is essentially his property.
Would the laws of the US enforce these shari'ya claims on her? No, of course not (though some European countries, notably ( ... )
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He deserves to either spend some time in prison or (even worse) be deported to the Islamic Heaven of Iran.
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(1) Render Unto Caesar
Because Christianity in its first three centuries was a faith of those with relatively little power, Christianity of necessity separated the religous and secular worlds. It has an inbuilt respect for established government as power, even while claiming a higher moral authority. This was a necessary survival mechanism -- varieties of Christianity which urged immediate revolution no doubt appeared and were summarily crushed by the Roman Empire.
By contrast, Islam claims supreme power over both church and state; indeed the concept of the umma (community of the Faithful) is sort of a combination of church and state in one. This makes it a lot harder for sane or tolerant regimes to develop in Islamic societies -- when they do, they do so through corruption. In Islam, the fanatic always occupies the moral high ground.
(2) Limitation of MiraclesChristianity ( ... )
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