Wirey
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Malala Yousafzai attack: 8 of 10 reportedly convicted were actually released, police say - World - CBC News
There's no honour among lunatics.
There's no honour among lunatics.
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'Imprisoned' men who shot Malala actually released
- Thread starter Wirey
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Well that does it!
I'm not moving to Pakistan.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Where's those trained bees when you need them?
I read that on Yahoo News and was disgusted.
That poor girl was shot in the head because when a teen she spoke up for
women then AlQueda "he-men" attempt to assassinate her.
Now she is a marked woman in exile in Britain.
What justice?
No one will ever convince me that Islam is a religion of peace or that muslims
seek peace.
Releasing these men gave them free license to murder. As if the needed permission.
That poor girl was shot in the head because when a teen she spoke up for
women then AlQueda "he-men" attempt to assassinate her.
Now she is a marked woman in exile in Britain.
What justice?
No one will ever convince me that Islam is a religion of peace or that muslims
seek peace.
Releasing these men gave them free license to murder. As if the needed permission.
Sultan Of Swing
Well-Known Member
And to think the US supported them against India simply because India was friends with Russia (then the Soviet Union).
dust1n
Zindīq
"However, BBC reported Friday that the court ruling itself says only two men were convicted.
The British broadcaster reported that a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London said the other eight men were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
News of the acquittal of the eight apparently emerged after the Daily Mail tried to find all 10 men in Pakistani prisons, BBC said."
I really don't know anything about the incident. Who were these 10 men?
The British broadcaster reported that a spokesman for the Pakistani High Commission in London said the other eight men were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
News of the acquittal of the eight apparently emerged after the Daily Mail tried to find all 10 men in Pakistani prisons, BBC said."
I really don't know anything about the incident. Who were these 10 men?
DawudTalut
Peace be upon you.
You can see their conduct is not anything but barbarism and releasors (if so) are same, and such acts are not a religion, viz Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity or Islam.
You are absolutely right. This criminal act isn't religion based and I need be careful
not to judge an entire group by the acts of so very few.
I'm sorry if you understood me to be prejudiced as I don't mean to be.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
The book of your religion isn't exactly tolerant, peaceful, or without it's demand for blood and death over the most trivial of things.
It's why I personally judge a person, and not their religion.
I understand your attitude about being judgmental. Sometimes I speak before I thing especially
about matters so abhorrent as shooting an innocent girl.
There seems to be no end to the violence the world is seeing come from those that claim
to commit murder in the name of some god.
It's difficult not to lump all people when the crimes against humanity are so commonplace
and transparent to the general public.
We live in an age of almost instant communication and the world sees the results of
these horrific acts soon after they happen.
We watch as unarmed, helpless, people are led to slaughter and it's disgusting.
I know of no other "religion" that is so openly violent towards even those of the same
faith.
I don't know if Islam can mature past these depraved acts of senseless killing.
Obviously those that act out against fellow humans in such a horrible way do not represent all of Islam.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Don't forget, your own religion's history is rife with senseless violence, a lot of blood shed, death, and war, and even Christians used to slaughter each other by the city. According to Machiavelli the Christians had such a hard time fighting against the Ottoman Empire is because the Christian kingdoms were not united and fought against each other.
And, also, it was a Christian, Guy Fawkes, who is credited as being the first modern terrorist.
Yes and how many centuries ago was all that?
Fawkes died over four hundred years ago.
I admire you fire about ancient history but apply that to this day and age.
These condemnations of Christianity from centuries ago are old, inappropriate , and
quite frankly a sophomoric arguments in light of modern terrorism.
As an adult I'd expect a better comparison than 2015 event versus 1605 events.
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Well, I can modernize it with groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Provisional IRA. Tribes of African Christians butchering Muslims tribes, and a Christian Texas man shooting an atheist to death because he thought the atheist was the devil.
Your religion seems to have mostly outgrown its own violence (but it's far from being gone), but it's still the pot calling the kettle black if you believe the violence of your religion is somehow less than what we see today. But, it doesn't matter when it happened, the things you criticize Islam for a very much applicable to Christians since its beginning. And what you criticize the Quran for teaching, such similar passages are still, to this day, a part of your Bible.
And you also have to consider the fact that today Christians frequently come the West, and even Western Muslims are hardly any different. But, in the Middle East, we see the same religions, but we see a fundamentally different culture. A culture, where in some parts such barbarism is condoned, championed, and seen as necessary. It's not only Muslims that are over generalized, but the entire Middle East as a whole is often over generalized and lumped into a large group of blood thirsty and deranged zealots.
DawudTalut
Peace be upon you.
Peace be on all.
In fact, before the advent of Prophet Islam (pbuh) Arabs (and region) were fight battles over little things, there were unending tribal fight etc......Holy Prophet (pbuh) lifted them up made them human then human-with-morals, then into human-with-spirituality and the made them people-of-God.
Alas, They have gravitated back to low levels and same tribal fights are again flaring. The world see the label they carry [i.e. Islam].
Allah and Holy Prophet (pbuh) had prophesied these sinkings and also told the remedy in terms of coming of Reformer.
According to Ahmadiyya Muslims, that Promised Reformer has come since 1889. His peaceful reforms under his Khilafat continues by the grace of Allah the Exalted. [Ref: Ahmadiyya DIR]
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
And there's both a fascinating and also terrifying story behind this. The Pakistani's were going to launch a pre-emptive strike against India, the latter of which made the mistake of concentrating their nukes mostly in one area. Fortunately, one of the Pakistani generals blew the whistle on this, thus spoiling the sneak-attack. The Indians hurried and scattered their nukes and delivery system, plus scrambled their jets in case the Pakistanis went head with their plans.
I never found out what happened to that general afterword, but I gotta feeling he wasn't rewarded to his heroic actions.