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They seem to have no problem rallying together in unison world wide in protest should they feel sleighted...
but not to condemn people using their religion to perpetrate evil?
you seem to ignore that.
Originally posted by winofiend
They seem to have no problem rallying together in unison world wide in protest should they feel sleighted...
but not to condemn people using their religion to perpetrate evil?
you seem to ignore that.
but not to condemn people using their religion to perpetrate evil?
Despite these claims of “exaggeration”, Nigeria has since outlawed accusing a child of witchcraft. A law challenged by Ukpabio, who tried to sue the Akwa Ibom state government, local police, and relief charities for damages and an exemption from the law. Failing in that initiative, her followers have used the press to attack the organizations that seek to help children accused of witchcraft. As the New York Times so aptly puts it: “In the name of religious freedom, Ms. Ukpabio seeks a gag order on anyone who disagrees with her.” Now she seeks to return to America again, to no doubt rake in donations from her American followers and admirers.
Helen Ukpabio
www.alternet.org...
Today as in 1925, religious fundamentalists are trying to control education in places all over the world.
The Taliban is famous for attacking girls’ schools; in the years they ruled Afghanistan, they forbade female education completely. In the uproar last year after the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani Taliban said they opposed only “secular” education, but last week they blew up a school bus full of girls in Quetta, pursuing survivors of the first suicide attack with a second attack on the hospital where they were taken.
And even secular education in Pakistan is not all that secular; both public and private schools are required to use a state curriculum for Islamic studies and Pakistani history which has been described as teaching “a narrow interpretation of Islam that encourages religious intolerance and extremism through negative references to Pakistan’s minorities (religious and other).”
The children??!!! REALLY??? And many of us have seen Hamas schools for little tykes - dressing them in fatigues, giving them toy 'AKs', teaching them to say "death to Israel!"
Are Americans really giving their kids REAL guns?
Does this mean Americans teach their kids to shoot people?
Seriously, as a non-American who has never held a real gun... those pictures of kids with guns, are sending chills down my spine.
Just because you don't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done right.
Originally posted by sk0rpi0n
One could then ask regular Christians, why they aren't protesting the violence perpetrated by the fundamentalists among them.
If fundamentalist Christians get together and start flying airplanes into buildings in God's name or if they start shooting little girls in the head in Gods name simply because they want to go to school .. I'll go protest them.
Exactly which century are you talking about? I don't know of any recent news of witch burnings..