It’s not too far fetched to believe Islamofacist are above ensnaring women for the faith, when they are not above ensnaring their own (actually children of other muslim families) to act as human bombers (“suicide bombers” is a misnomer).

Using brainwashed minors (a couple reference the 15th such incident within the past 2 months):
http://www.teachkidspeace.org/doc1020.php
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1117247288558
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/002257.php

Using handcuffed or otherwise clueless human bombers:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05123/498196.stm
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woiraq134256907may13,0,2890610.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines

Using mentally impaired (Down Syndrome) human bombers:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4070337

Using pets (where’s PETA? Out killing all the unwanted pets they can get their hands on):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/27/wirq27.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/05/27/ixportal.html

Using women/men who have shamed their families, ie extramarital sex/being penetrated (men penetrating men, women, animals is ok, being penetrated is not):
http://www.freespeech.com/archives/001794.html
http://www.911digitalarchive.org/objects/21.html

You’ll really like this one — love/divorce/spiritual advisor = the cause:
http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol35I1/page15.htm

Religion of peace/love! Come again Mr. Bush?

One place to start is with black Sudanese women forced into Islam to save their life and what’s left of honor.

To be uninformed about such diabolical tactics is akin to a pet sheep willingly led to slaughter.

Check these out:
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engafr540762004

http://www.camlaw.rutgers.edu/publications/law-religion/articles/RJLR_5_1_2.pdf

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,2020-531-1165770-17549,00.html

The Death & Deception post below is interesting.
http://platform.blogs.com/passionofthepresent/2004/07/

Submission illustrates the total repression of women at the hands of Islamic men. As a result of this percieved outrage and “desecration” of Islamic sensibilities, a fatwa has been placed on her head. Remember Slaman Rushdie? She also lives under lock and key, guarded 24 hours a day, and transported everywhere in an armored vehicle.

That’s the price of liberty and free-speech in Holland, just another socialist EU country besieged by jihadists. In a recent interview, she said “This fatwa isn’t just directed against me but against Holland, against the entire Western world. We are all targets. In the eyes of radical Muslims, any country in which Muslims can be criticized openly is an enemy of Islam.”

I think it would be great if she migrated here and resumed her political career here. Just think, the MSM/DNC would have a cow, since they couldn’t call her a house n***ress, or any nonsuch.

Enough is enough and there is no comparison in intentions. Trying to save our lives and having inadvertant civilian casualties is not the same as “targeting” the largest population centers for as much killing as possible.

What is the alternative to trying to save our lives? Actus? What’s the answer? Give the terrorists whayt they want

Note the dichotomy here…..

Assuming the story to be true, we can agree.

Losing face in, say, Japan cuts across all religious lines, in ways that may strike a Westerner as strange. It doesn’t matter if the Westerner is Christian or Buddhist, they just don’t feel shame the same as a Christian or Buddhist Japanese.

We westerners may find polygamy repugnant, while an African Christian may have no qualms about having several. Is he less of a Christian than you?

Likewise, how many Americans would shut down their businesses and disappear out of shame that their daughter is “exposed” as a whore or that their son was caught in the act with a donkey?

The fact that the writer is recounting his history does not require that he express his remorse in a way satisfactory to you. The fact that he repented and worked to restore the damage is proof enough of his faith.

Yes I know the way he did it is not the American way of profusely apologizing for everything, whether or not one was responsible, a la Slick apologizing to Africans for slavery or Clarke apologizing for having failed the Americans over 9/11 (for what??). That sort of apology is glib and designed to elict empathy and score points without truly repenting.

All I’m saying is you can’t ascribe your values in tone and writing to a Christian in another culture.

As for Paul, I’m not ascribing anything from him to this man’s testimony. I’m comparing your reaction to him, to that of some christians quibble about Paul’s apparent harshness and lack of Christly love.

Can we agree that regardless, the author was scarred by his experience within the hellhole that is Islam?

Where does blending them into energy drinks fall on that continuum?

Stephen,
More and more folks from the middle east are learning their english from yanks. Either from American workers, at American Univs or from sat. TV. Esp if they aren’t from the upper crust.