Pakistan woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved

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53. As little as 3 centuries ago, Christian churches were torturing and burning to death at the stake

fellow Christians for having different opinions about certain beliefs. They were called heretics.

Gradually we grew out of this horrible practice, mainly because the people wanted and demanded
change. Islam is 600 years younger than Christianity. Will it take them just as long to outgrow
their cruel practices? Maybe, instead of criticizing them, we could try to do something positive
in helping them to quicken the pace of change.

Perhaps trying to change such matters through the auspices of the United Nations could bear
some fruit. If, after much research and study, the vast majority of the rest of the world would
together demand that such practices be stopped -- or else! These fanatics would have little choice
but acquiesce.

I do feel that these practices were in vogue for many thousands of years -- long before Islam
began -- such as the genital mutilation of women, as well as the killing of baby girls. Mohammed,
the founder of Islam, forbade the killing of baby girl babies. "Why not marry them off, instead?"
he asked. The killings stopped. Female circumcision has nothing to do with Islam either. It has
been practiced in a few areas for thousands of years, long before Islam was born.

If we put our hearts and minds to it, I believe that the United Nations could very well be successful
in changing these practices.