Macroaggressions: The Specialty Of The Sick Medieval Barbarism That Is Sharia Law
Public Sharia beatings and death -- think of it as football for Muslim majority countries!
Yes, while college students in America are throwing their books aside to wail that someone asked them "Where are you from," women are being hospitalized from their state-ordained beatings in Muslim countries. (That is, when their bodies aren't being carried to a pit and thrown in after they were stoned to death for adultery.)
Jennifer Newton writes for the Daily Mail that an Indonesian woman was caned for being "close" to a man she was not married to.
Hundreds of people gathered outside a mosque in Indonesia to see a woman scream out in agony after being caned as a punishment for being in 'close proximity' to a man she wasn't married to.Nur Elita was marched to the yard of Baiturrahumim Mosque in Banda Aceh for violating the region's strict Sharia laws, after she allegedly showed affectionate behaviour to a fellow university student.
Under the law men and women, who are not spouses, are not allowed to get too close due to the 'khalwat' offence and punishment is by public caning.
...After being brought to the stage as the crowd cheered, the woman was forced to kneel down while a masked man repeatedly whipped her with the cane.
We don't treat animals this way. We with Western values, that is.
She received five lashes and at the end of the punishment could be seen lying on the floor doubled over in pain.Eventually she was carried off the stage, into an ambulance, and had to be taken to hospital.
Tell me again how it's wrong to "judge" other people's beliefs?
A couple of Australian politicians are getting hammered lately for remarks along the lines of 'some cultures are superior to others'. I thought that was unremarkable and self-evident, but apparently it's hate speech.
Ltw at December 30, 2015 3:33 AM
"Hundreds of people gathered..."
This in itself stuns me. The beating is bad enough, but who wants to watch? I know intellectually that some people are Cluster B's and find barbarism (as long as it's not directed at them) to be entertaining, but I'm still floored whenever I come across an example of it.
Cousin Dave at December 30, 2015 6:25 AM
Cousin Dave, They were watching either because it was not safe to avoid (Are you against our law?) or because it's entertainment.
That's the nature of humanity no matter where or the 'cultural'.
I would love to see if "our" Muslims here would speak out against but to do that we would have to have 'watchers' in the mosques and that's a no-no.
Bob in Texas at December 30, 2015 6:33 AM
Bob is right -- we are driven to watch.
Amy Alkon at December 30, 2015 7:14 AM
Bob, there's probably some truth to that. The Soviets and Nazis were both famous for rounding up people to "participate" in political rallies.
Cousin Dave at December 30, 2015 7:28 AM
I would remind Cousin Dave that back in the olden days when the US had public hangings, that would be an event for the whole family: come into town, pick up some supplies, meet with family, friends and neighbors, and take in the hanging.
It also reminded them that justice was swift.
I R A Darth Aggie at December 30, 2015 7:41 AM
I'm appreciating the benefits of TV more than ever, I R A.
Amy Alkon at December 30, 2015 2:29 PM
These people are like the ones who slow up traffic taking in a bad accident on the other side of the highway.
mpetrie98 at December 30, 2015 8:38 PM
I've always disagreed with that criticism, mpetrie98. When you see a bunch of flashing lights and first responders moving around, slowing down and taking stock of the situation is sensible. watching the action isn't, of course, but blasting through the accident zone without slowing isn't either.
Ltw at December 31, 2015 1:30 AM
Yes, but I'm talking about the accident being on the other side of the divider, with all lanes open on your side.
mpetrie98 at December 31, 2015 9:20 PM
But you can't see whether it's on your side of the divider on the approach, not until you get close. Flashing lights = slow down, at least until you know what's going on. Slowing down is a perfectly rational response to wtf is going on here.
Ltw at January 1, 2016 4:54 AM
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