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RoP: Muslim Families in U.K. Forcing Gay Sons to Marry

September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It's well-known and well-documented that certain sects in the Religion of Peace are perfectly willing to sell their underage daughters into marital slavery — as early as age one.
What may not be as well known is that they will also force their gay sons into marriage — even in Britain:
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Tags: Foreign Affairs · Gay Rights and Issues · Religion of Peace

RoP: Top Saudi Judge Says Killing of "Immoral" Broadcasters Permissible

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

As is so often the case with Religion of Peace posts, not much commenting is required:
The most senior judge in Saudi Arabia has said it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels which broadcast immoral programmes.
Sheikh Salih Ibn al-Luhaydan said some "evil" entertainment programmes aired by the channels promoted debauchery.
Dozens [...]

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Tags: Foreign Affairs · Property Rights · Religion of Peace

RoP: More Iranian Stonings Looming

July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

More goatherder justice:
Iran has sentenced eight women and one man convicted of adultery to death by stoning, activists said Sunday.
A lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine, who are between 27 and 50 years old, were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian cities. Trial protocol was not applied properly [...]

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Tags: Foreign Affairs · Gay Rights and Issues · Religion of Peace

RoP: Oxymoron of the Day

June 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today's Religion of Peace oxymoron is: Jordanian Justice Act —
Eleven Danes have been summoned to appear before the Jordanian public prosecutor to answer charges of blasphemy and threatening the national peace. They include the cartoonist who drew one of the Mohammed cartoons and editors from 10 of the 17 newspapers that reprinted them.
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