Proof's in the Pudding

Submitted by NEDEZERO (United States), Oct 1, 2005 at 14:50

...It amazes me that no matter how many instances of violence and torture committed in the name of this "peaceful" religion, there are those who continue to rationalize that it's only a few bad apples spoiling the bunch.

In spite of how many ways you can read the qouran, there is no question that... In EVERY Islamic society the following occur:

- Women are second-class citizens
- Jews and Christians are scorned
- No other religion is allowed to be overtly practiced (with Christianity being the exception in some cases)
- Men practice homosexual pedophilia until married (which is pre-arraigned with girls as young as 10)
- Dowries, honor killings, mutilation, and other vile forms of sharia law are practiced.
- Clerics can issue orders for murder as they see fit.

If this doesn't define ...a violent religion, I don't know what does. In America, Islam seems to appeal to militant-malcontent minorities and prisoners...! How many buildings must fall before we figure this out.

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