Comments on: RoP: Muslim Families in U.K. Forcing Gay Sons to Marry http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/09/rop-muslim-families-in-uk-forcing-gay-sons-to-marry/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:08:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Berez http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/09/rop-muslim-families-in-uk-forcing-gay-sons-to-marry/comment-page-1/#comment-7410 Chris Berez Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:48:28 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=6113#comment-7410 Wait, so the U.K. has a forced marriage unit (which, I agree, is justified), yet they allow Muslim communities to have their own courts operating under Sharia law when it comes to women who are very likely in abusive relationships; and, if given access to British courts, would most likely seek divorce? I realize that one stance does not directly correlate to the other, but aren't they at least somewhat intertwined? I just don't get it. Forced marriage is certainly a vile and evil practice, and the suffering of of gays in Muslim cultures, although utterly unsurprising, is still disturbing. But why would the U.K. make concessions to one aspect of Islamic barbarism in its secular, liberal society, yet turn a blind eye to another barbaric aspect? Wait, so the U.K. has a forced marriage unit (which, I agree, is justified), yet they allow Muslim communities to have their own courts operating under Sharia law when it comes to women who are very likely in abusive relationships; and, if given access to British courts, would most likely seek divorce?

I realize that one stance does not directly correlate to the other, but aren't they at least somewhat intertwined? I just don't get it.

Forced marriage is certainly a vile and evil practice, and the suffering of of gays in Muslim cultures, although utterly unsurprising, is still disturbing. But why would the U.K. make concessions to one aspect of Islamic barbarism in its secular, liberal society, yet turn a blind eye to another barbaric aspect?

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