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In reply to the discussion: Iraqi teens stoned to death for wearing 'emo' clothes ... [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)33. Fundamentalists....such fun!
The clerics oppose the murders because they'd rather they be forced to recant publicly and hanged from a crane for crimes against Islam...that's how THEY roll...IMO, anyway. It's not that they're pissed that these poor kids are dead, they're pissed that they didn't get to pronounce the judgment to decide how they would die.
See what al-Sadr, the Biggest Pig at The Dance, has to say about these poor teens?
In a response to questions on his website on Saturday, Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric whose followers dominate Sadr City, described "emo" youths as "crazy and fools," but said they should be dealt with only through the law.
"They are a plague on Muslim society, and those responsible should eliminate them through legal means," he said.
"They are a plague on Muslim society, and those responsible should eliminate them through legal means," he said.
This description makes them sound SO dangerous, ya? A real "plague on Muslim society..."--gimme a break:
"I saw them a couple weeks ago ... a bunch of girls, high-school aged, walking together, dressed in black. They had long black eye makeup and bracelets with skulls and chains on their handbags with skulls," said Abdullah, 31.
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relgion didnt do this Iraq's interior ministry order the style to be crushed and their foot soldiers
leftyohiolib
Mar 2012
#14
the article doesnt say this is a religious issue so what we "think" is of little relevance. however
leftyohiolib
Mar 2012
#53
yes the satanic part is what he told his people as a justification for something the leader wanted
leftyohiolib
Mar 2012
#54
Saddam kept this bull crap from happening. Yes he was a dicator and He DID a lot of EVIL but
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#4
Yes, it was so much better being disappeared into his gulag for years of torture /nt
al bupp
Mar 2012
#12
I'm saying the Taliban-like mentality was NOT allowed in Iraq. I'M NOT SAYING SADDAM WAS
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#41
You didn't see it because they kept their murdering behind closed doors for the most part. n/t
cynatnite
Mar 2012
#42
They don't realize it, but the evildoers are creating a new generation of more tolerant Iraqis.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#5
It isn't about recruiting it is about OPPESSING. They want their point of view and ONLY their
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#8
What the hell?? Just for wearing "emo" clothes and haircuts?? This doesn't make any
Ecumenist
Mar 2012
#7
Well, this is Iraq degrading down to Taliban level. THIS is what the Taliban does.
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#9
Exactly! The only good thing about Saddam was the fact that he didn't let Teliban like mentality
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#44
Give the Christian Extremists half a chance and they will bring this delightful practice to America.
Speck Tater
Mar 2012
#13
YES. When I see the congregation coming out of my local Episcopal church on a Sunday,
Nye Bevan
Mar 2012
#18
Not will. Have. We hold them down better, but they're still struggling. And occasionally succeed.
saras
Mar 2012
#24
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Given the chance they would force women to only wear dresses not work
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#45
Religious barbarians. To think of those young lives snuffed out. Bastards.
GodlessBiker
Mar 2012
#28
Religious fanaticism has been the cause of millions of deaths throughout history.
Beacool
Mar 2012
#40
True, they would rather use their legal system to execute those who choose to be different. (n/t)
spin
Mar 2012
#48