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Headline reads: Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings
EXCERPT: The prosecution presented wire taps and mobile phone records from the Shafia family in court to support their honor killing allegation. The wiretaps, which capture Shafia spewing vitriol about his dead daughters, calling them treacherous and whores and invoking the devil to defecate on their graves, were a focal point of the trial.
"There can be no betrayal, no treachery, no violation more than this," Shafia said on one recording. "Even if they hoist me up onto the gallows ... nothing is more dear to me than my honor." http://news.yahoo.com/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-honor-killings-202441543.h...
It’s hard to be hit with tears, first thing in the morning but this story is absolutely one of the most depressing tragedies of our times. A brainwashed family, consumed in superstition and misogyny, murder 3 young girls and another older female who is part of this polygamous unit because of some flimsy ‘honor’ by the male dominator of the household. In their delusional world of religious dogma there is no empathy, only the teachings from a couple of thousand years ago. No protection, no refuge for the children born into such homes. Even the word ‘home’ sounds depraved where such twisted disciplines exist. The saddest part of this nonfiction is… it still prevails in too many places on this planet today. Misogyny cloaked in religion is rampant all over the world. Will we, as human beings ever become discerning enough to realize that Supernatural Writings from thousands of years ago do not fit into today’s reality? Not as long as religion and its leaders hinder free thought, using the often subjective word ‘sin’ as a tool to control. So very Sad! thinkingblue
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One of those cultural extremist fanatics beheaded his wife here in
Western New York because she felt so empowered as a female
liberated from that repression that she began to act like a free
American instead of his property. I have no objection to their
Muslim religion, so long as they don't try to spread it by the sword
so to speak. The only objection I have is that imho, they should
not abuse the privilege of living in the USA by importing their
primitive, oppressive attitudes towards females here as if their
homes were some kind of embassy regarded as foreign soil.
Because not even their embassy misconduct themselves by
inflicting crimes on their family to test their diplomatic immunity.
No matter who you are in this world, and no matter where you
are in this world, you should act with prudence & self restraint.
Behaving like you're bowled over and swept away with the
" absolute power " that one's belief in religion gives you won't
fly if you Murder someone. His daughters didn't have a bar code
on their necks to be scanned out when they exited his country. - 4 months ago
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