I have friends and acquaintances who are Muslim, I served in Turkey and loved the country and the people, and I have great respect for observant Muslims who are serious about their religion, (as I do for Orthodox Jews, Buddhist or Christian Monks, anyone who has the self discipline to dedicate them selves to that level observance), as long as they aren't so wrapped up in their religion that they forget the rest of us have rights. (yes I am looking at you all you Sha'ria desiring knucleheads)
That said I really have to wonder about the state of the Islamic faith when something like this happens:
Aasiya Hassan recently filed for divorce, authorities said. According to Buffalo News reports, she obtained an order of protection on Feb. 6, barring her husband from their home in Orchard Park.
Under sharia law followed by Muslims, a woman can ask for a divorce, but only a man can grant the request, and he can refuse, according to a book on sharia published last month, Cruel and Usual Punishment, by Egyptian-born American author Nonie Darwish.
Under Islamic law, crimes such as apostasy (leaving Islam), adultery, theft or drinking alcohol are punishable by beheading, stoning, amputation of limbs or flogging, the book says.
And almost no one mentions the fact that this is acceptable under Sha'ria Law, or the fact that men will claim that the wife committed adultery if she files for divorce as a scare tactic.
It isn't the fact that this guy killed his wife that I find disturbing, that happens with all too much frequency, it's the fact that he beheaded her and no one has thought the fact that he did was unusual. Have beheadings by Islamic terrorists just conditioned us to accept this as another facet of being Muslim?
What's almost as disturbing is the fact that there is a movement to implement Sha'ria in the U.S.
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