A 14 year old girl died recently in Bangladesh from injuries received from a public flogging she suffered for adultery.
Hena Begum, 14 years old, reported that she had allegedly been raped by her 40 year old, male cousin. The cousin denied the allegations and said the girl was an adulteress and his family beat her physically, then told authorities. A village council, made up of elders and Muslim clerics in the district, sentenced her the next day to 100 lashes for her “adultery”. The girl collapsed after 80 lashes and was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
Islam is a religion that basically demeans women and treats them as lower class, subservient citizens. It claims to be a religion of peace yet this type of punishment is more common than many people realize in cases of rape. All it really takes is the word of a man over the woman. Recently, a couple in Afghanistan was stoned to death for adultery. Islam is also a religion that encourages honor killings if a woman brings dishonor on her family by fraternizing with the opposite sex who is not a family member. This even happens in the States. I don’t know any other modern day religion that kills people for their sins, yet there are those in the USA who want to embrace Islam as a whole and look the other way when it comes to these behaviors that are perfectly legal in many Muslim countries. People will decry human rights violations in a nation such as China but will refuse to say anything about the mistreatment of Muslim women. It makes no sense to me.
In New Jersey last year a judge dismissed a case of spousal rape against a Muslim man, who had forced, non-consensual sex with his wife, because Muslim law allowed it. Said the judge, "This court does not feel that, under the circumstances, that this defendant had a criminal desire to or intent to sexually assault or to sexually contact the plaintiff when he did. The court believes that he was operating under his belief that it is, as the husband, his desire to have sex when and whether he wanted to, was something that was consistent with his practices and it was something that was not prohibited." The case was overturned by the appellate court but the fact that an American judge ruled in such a manner proves the influence Sharia law is beginning to have even here in the United States. Either that or the judge personally feels all women should submit to their husbands without question.
Fortunately, three of the elders and one Muslim cleric in this case have been arrested in connection with the girl’s death and 14 others are wanted. It appears Bangladesh isn’t going to allow this type of activity for now. Bangladesh's high court has ordered district officials to explain why they did not protect the girl. The court ruled eight months ago that Shariah punishment was illegal. I wonder how long it will be before these practices are no longer illegal in Bangladesh, in European countries and, eventually, here in the States?
When the book "The Satanic Verses" was written by Rushdie, and the Islamists put a death sentence on him, I began to realize how spot on that name was, The Satanic Verses. This religion is perfect for Satan. He can bring millions under the name of Allah (Satan) and get some of his goals accomplished. This resurgence of Islam is Satanic, without a doubt.
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