(02-27-2015 05:08 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote: The world would be so much better off without Islam. It really is humanity's Achille's heel.
Agree. I can find fault and things I don't like in almost any religion, but Islam really is indefensible. Sure, I know muslims that are great people, but if you step back and look at it as a whole, it is a net negative to the world in a big, big way.
The Middle East used to be a center of discovery, culture, science, and art. Over time, as Islam has grown to dominate the region, the region has largely gone to ****. Think of the millions (billions?) of lives that have gone virtually wasted in the middle east. All that potential intellectual and human capital that was not only wasted, but in many ways was used as a tool to regress the region and ultimately all of humanity.
Ironically, when Islam was first founded, it improved the condition of women in the middle east by giving them some rights they never had and by condemning infanticide of female babies. Today, they're among the most subjugated people in the world.
This story is extremely sad, and unfortunately, stuff like this happens every day. It is sad that a woman (or child) can be raped by a married man and be blamed. With rules like that, I'm honestly surprised it doesn't happen even more frequently than it does. If you're a male in that situation, you literally have nothing to lose (from a legal perspective).
Hopefully justice will prevail in the end and this girl's family will put an end to this man's life in a terrible, terrible way.