11-06-2003, 11:22 PM
No I don't think you understood Mislimah. You have (all) mostly been tolerant of my questions on here which makes me think you are a decent enough bunch of people but there were too many things that alarmed me about Islam. In its extreme form, radical Islam is dangerous. I see it being used as an excuse to deny women their basic human rights specifically and human rights in general. It is totally backward and incompatable with a modern world, freedom and democracy. I believe the president of Pakistan said just that a few days ago. I don't believe that the Qu'ran is a divine book at all, far from it. I think it was made up by a clever, manipulative cult leader, Mohammad.
I am absolutely appalled to hear of the human rights abuses made in the name of Islam. I can not fathom how anyone could agree in Sharia law, particularly when it comes to stoning someone to death. This is absurd, grotesque and lacks the compassion that I expected from a "religion of peace". Because Iran is considered a fairly moderate (compared to Saudie) I looked around their shenanegins and I was astonished to find the age of consent for a girl to get married was 14 ! Which was recently increased from 9 (and we all know why this is) but younger still if the parents approve so a girl of 9 can be married.
Sad, sad, sad.