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In reply to the discussion: This is horrifying beyond belief. And, no, what ISIS is doing is not comparable [View all]LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)291. Cenk only got part of it right.
She wasn't killed, but she didn't return to her parents. Her parents continued with the tradition of marrying their daughters off at a young age. Her sister married at the age of 12, I think.
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This is horrifying beyond belief. And, no, what ISIS is doing is not comparable [View all]
pnwmom
Aug 2015
OP
Remember, ISIS claims to be the ultra-orthdox wing of Islam, justified by the Q'uran, which it
ancianita
Aug 2015
#306
When this was posted earlier, I noted that this is at least the third major war crime/crime against
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#6
"new generation of war" raping women and girls has been SOP with occupying forces in more cultures
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#192
It was part of the plan for a lot of occupying cultures- so nothing new about it. Even when it was
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#194
I agree that they are operating outside international law especially in the kidnapping of young
JDPriestly
Aug 2015
#224
We are following the rules again after the Bush administration. And the degrees to which we went off
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#210
more from the horrific descriptions in the article. Monsters!!! Glad they lived to tell the tell
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2015
#7
Thank you for adding this. There was only so much I could quote, as you know . . .
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#15
as horrible as it is, I have a feeling it will be used as propaganda for more war
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2015
#175
Sorry, but men who rape little girls are responsible for their own behavior. End of story.
Coventina
Aug 2015
#28
I don't think anyone is saying that these sickos should be exempt from prosecution...
harrose
Aug 2015
#198
That wouldn't stand up under any rule of law. An accomplice has to be a knowing participant in the
Coventina
Aug 2015
#200
It's getting pretty close to giving ISIS a pass when a rape is labeled as the fault of the US.
Coventina
Aug 2015
#205
Do not forget that the norms of a culture setup the "o.k signal" to rape children
AikidoSoul
Aug 2015
#66
But did I say that we forced them to commit these acts? That is the accusation.
Cleita
Aug 2015
#134
So when you said "We caused this or Bush and his oil buddies did", just what did we or Bush cause?
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#137
Actually I think the world's philosophy is..."You broke it, so you fix it."
davidn3600
Aug 2015
#155
BS, this shit has been going on for centuries and happens in other parts of the world
JI7
Aug 2015
#151
Wrong. They are responsible for much of it. Read Noam Chomsky sometime on Vietnam.
Cleita
Aug 2015
#204
We can argue parts of what Chomsky believes we are responsible for, but in the M.E. we ARE
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#220
Child rape isn't from the old Testament. But this is 2015. Please show me a single Jewish
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#14
Why would it? It's just a collection of stories. But no one in 2015 is using the old testament
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#24
Yes. Please show a current example of organized Christians controlling territory
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#99
He is an individual pastor and doing a terrible thing. But he doesn't control any country
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#120
No. And it's not a matter of semantics. You are trivializing what ISIS is doing now,
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#141
That's exactly where you are -- justifying slavery in 2015 because it was practiced here
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#154
He's a lunatic and if he or his followers did that they'd go to prison. They control no territory.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#98
It is interesting most people don't know most of Islam's most brutal things are from the OT.
alphafemale
Aug 2015
#269
Sex trafficking is a terrible thing wherever it occurs. But the scale and the genocidal aspect
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#157
They didn't say people were heeding those bible verses, just that those verses exist.
arcane1
Aug 2015
#62
OFGS. Whatever is in the OT, try looking at ACTIONS NOW, TODAY, IN THE 21st C.
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#183
I have no words to describe how much I hate the religion that not only tolerates, but prescribes
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#30
Cenk Uygur retracts some of that story: her parents refused the offer, & she wasn't killed
Demit
Aug 2015
#121
You're the one "broad brushing a huge swath" of people because I didn't say anything about Muslims.
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#123
This isn't even about religion. It is about a serial rapist psychopath using religion
world wide wally
Aug 2015
#36
I think they do it in order to satisfy their pathologies as much as thinking they are "serving God"
world wide wally
Aug 2015
#144
Control of women is at the very heart and purpose of the three Abrahamic monotheisms.
Arugula Latte
Aug 2015
#103
I was in West Africa in the 70's and was shocked by the way women were treated.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#39
Good for you. Unfortunately, sometimes it takes that to get a person's attention.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#51
Racism I would say. My dentist is Iranian and one of the kindest people I have ever met.
jalan48
Aug 2015
#59
The fucking one that says fucking "ISIS" not fucking "All Muslims" for fuck's sake?
whatthehey
Aug 2015
#173
And I would explain to your boyfriend that it is the text I argue with, not him.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#85
Maybe because they feel powerless in some way and this ideology promises them
smirkymonkey
Aug 2015
#258
What does Catholocism offer women? What do ANY of the patriarical religions offer women?
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#122
This is about ISIS, not the Muslims or the Catholics or the Jews. ISIS is the only government
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#125
This being your first response to this thread, you're discussing what I'm discussing.
cleanhippie
Aug 2015
#184
ISIS is practicing genocide of the Yazidis in a large section of Iraq. How is that in any way
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#163
I think some people actually enjoy the fact that no group of people put "women in their place"
smirkymonkey
Aug 2015
#260
Iraq has to be a hellhole, but hey you know all that 'rose petals at the feet of liberators' stuff.
Rex
Aug 2015
#129
We have real evidence and testimony this time. Western powers aren't itching to invade, either. So
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#185
Perhaps it is our own behavior in the world that prevents us from stopping it
Oilwellian
Aug 2015
#208
I'll never understand the support here for one of the most anti-progressive idealogies on Earth
sub.theory
Aug 2015
#213
Back! BACK, I SAY! Back to the 8th century where you belong! There is no room here in the future
A HERETIC I AM
Aug 2015
#164
Plying the minions with easy access to sex. Slavery. Ad-Daesh is so perverse. n/t
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#170
Animals; I cannot consider these things as humans, as they have no humanity in them.
CanonRay
Aug 2015
#177
From the "Obligatory Comment" Dept: "All religions are bad." "Obligatory Corollary": "Abrahamic."
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#182
Oh bigotry thy name is misdirected outrage, Isis isn't Islam. Rep Ellison is a fine american
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#294
I wasn't responding to you bucko, none the less blanket statements about a group
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#299
" Maybe when I'm done, I'll be a better bigot." Not saying you are an asshole bigot, but in general
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#305
Tell that to the little 12 year old mormon being sold to her great uncle as a sex slave
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#215
So you recognize Isis as a government? Embarrassing that you want to
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#288
call it whatever you wish, the reality is that it is the controlling authority for millions.
cali
Aug 2015
#290
It is the official policy of the FLDS mormons, therefor you should agree it's basically the same?
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#298
I find child rape repulsive wherever it is found. The Catholic church is no better.
LiberalAndProud
Aug 2015
#300
Shoot I forgot all about the Jehovah's some sick shit coming out recently.
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2015
#303
And yet, myself, Bain'sBane, and others have attempted to shed light on slavery
closeupready
Aug 2015
#226
the Quran not only gave him the right to rape her — it condoned and encouraged it
recycled60
Aug 2015
#249