People in other parts of the world aren't as fortunate.
A judge in Saudi Arabia has recommended that imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi go before a high court on a charge of apostasy, which would carry the death penalty upon conviction...First they imprison the guy. Then they gave him 600 lashes. Now he might be executed. All for 'insulting' islam.
Badawi's legal troubles started shortly after he started the Free Saudi Liberals website in 2008. He was detained for one day and questioned about the site. Some clerics even branded him an unbeliever and apostate.
In July, a Jeddah criminal court found Badawi, who has been in prison since June 2012, guilty of insulting Islam through his Free Saudi Liberals website and in television comments.
Badawi was sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes...
I guess I won't be traveling to Saudi Arabia anytime soon.
1. If you refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to liquor,
You may be a radical islamist.
2. If you own a $8,000 machine gun and $12,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes,
You may be a radical islamist.
3. If you have more wives than teeth,
You may be a radical islamist.
4. If you wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon to be unclean,
You may be a radical islamist.
5. If you think vests come in two styles: Bullet-proof and suicide.
You may be a radical islamist.
6. If you can't think of anyone you haven't declared jihad against,
You may be a radical islamist..
7. If you consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing,
You may be a radical islamist.
8. If you were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs,
You may be a radical islamist.
9. If you have nothing against women and think every man should own at least four,
You may be a radical islamist.
10. If you find this offensive or racist,
You may be a radical islamist.
2 comments:
I like to that I'm a pretty tolerant person. As long as nobody is shitting in my bed, what you do ain't gonna bother me.
That said, I can't help but wonder (more and more frequently, it seems) how much better off the entire world would be if we were to wipe radical practitioners of the "Religion of Peace" off the face of the earth.
I'm with you, Bear. This world would be so much better off if people would just live and let live. But for some reason there are lots of assholes out there who insist on running others' lives. Islamists aren't the only ones, but IMO they are the worst.
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