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Yorktown

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3. Why be surprised?

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 10:32 PM

Mar 2015

Half the muslim population worldwide thinks blasphemy is punishable by death.

It's even more virulent than the same opinion in Christianity centuries ago in that, in islam, the general population has a right to enforce blasphemy Sharia.

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Second blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh [View all] Blue_Tires Mar 2015 OP

what a horror! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #1

nothing says religion... dhill926 Mar 2015 #2

Why be surprised? Yorktown Mar 2015 #3

Sorry but Sharia Islam is clear on blasphemy punishments riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #4

A sad am kick nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #5

Some perspective: Intentional homicide rates in Bangladesh vs. USA. redgreenandblue Mar 2015 #6

It is a particularly dangerous place for outspoken atheists, which is why this man was murdered. Coventina Mar 2015 #7

I don't think that's the point of the OP. It's about a guy hacked to death riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #8

One, two, or even ten events don't make this "country's reaction". redgreenandblue Mar 2015 #9

Bangladesh is ranked 146/180 for press freedom riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #10

It would have helped to include the ranking in the OP. redgreenandblue Mar 2015 #11

It's in the article. Did you read the article? riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #12

I didn't. redgreenandblue Mar 2015 #14

Speak one's mind against Islamist radicalism, get hacked to death brentspeak Mar 2015 #13