Muslim who had hoped to portray Muslims in a possitive light, beheads wife.

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Sorry, you are not getting it. I am no expert on being muslim by any means, but there is nothing to my knowledge inherent in being a muslim that makes one more likely to engage in domestic violence, and the more devout one is, the less that should be true. I think you have mistaken muslim and living in third world countries.

bygones

[Peikko 1,575]

This is clearly typical and expected behavior, much like cannibalism in Brazil.

Joyce is so much more eloquent than Ms Cleo

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The article of course has focused people's anger just where the writer intended, the 'savage muslim'. How sad.

What ordinarily would be a horrible domestic violence crime has now been associated with being muslim and on down the slithery slope to terrorism

Promoting the muslim culture is a separate issue to domestic violence. Domestic violence is at least as prevalent in US society as it is in any other society so this has nothing to do with his being a muslim, nor should it reflect badly on the overall muslim community. This is yet another example of sloppy thinking.

beheading is an act that has become associated with muslim culture in modern times. no other modern culture that i know of condones it at this time. it is officially recognised as an appropriate form of execution by many muslim states.

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It seems like it would take quite a bit of effort to cut someones head off (unless a sword were used), ..thats a lot of friggin anger man!

A sword wouldn't cut someone's head off. It'd most likely get halfway through and become lodged in the spinal column. Maybe a claymore might be able to do it, but it would require a massive amount of force.

An axe, however, could do it.

depends on the sword and the man swinging it. many different types of swords in existence. prolly the best sword for cutting a person's head off would be the Chinese dao type, which may have a blade as wide as 6", and is single edged. it is designed as a chopping weapon, not for thrusting. a good dao can weigh up to 15 pounds. i have a jade dao that is as sharp as a razor and weights about 12 pounds, in about 36" length. one blow to the side of it, and it's a pile of shards, but it would sever a head if correctly swung. chinese executioners sometimes used jade dao on special political prisoners in the classical period.

True. I suppose I was thinking of the "mythical status" that's been attributed to the katana. In movies it can cut through steel and apparently, many people in real life believe a katana could slice down a large tree.

[Peikko 1,575]

The article of course has focused people's anger just where the writer intended, the 'savage muslim'. How sad.

What ordinarily would be a horrible domestic violence crime has now been associated with being muslim and on down the slithery slope to terrorism

Promoting the muslim culture is a separate issue to domestic violence. Domestic violence is at least as prevalent in US society as it is in any other society so this has nothing to do with his being a muslim, nor should it reflect badly on the overall muslim community. This is yet another example of sloppy thinking.

beheading is an act that has become associated with muslim culture in modern times. no other modern culture that i know of condones it at this time. it is officially recognised as an appropriate form of execution by many muslim states.

Oh, so because there are muslim countries that behead people, that means that muslims are more likely to engage in domestic violence? Sloppy thinking again.

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The article of course has focused people's anger just where the writer intended, the 'savage muslim'. How sad.

What ordinarily would be a horrible domestic violence crime has now been associated with being muslim and on down the slithery slope to terrorism

Promoting the muslim culture is a separate issue to domestic violence. Domestic violence is at least as prevalent in US society as it is in any other society so this has nothing to do with his being a muslim, nor should it reflect badly on the overall muslim community. This is yet another example of sloppy thinking.

beheading is an act that has become associated with muslim culture in modern times. no other modern culture that i know of condones it at this time. it is officially recognised as an appropriate form of execution by many muslim states.

and OJ

[Peikko 1,575]

As I said, the OP article deliberately promotes this false correlation between the real issue, a horrible and tragic case of domestic violence and being muslim. Nasty.

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Its about justifying preconceptions.

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Cliches exist for reasons.

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Sorry, you are not getting it. I am no expert on being muslim by any means, but there is nothing to my knowledge inherent in being a muslim that makes one more likely to engage in domestic violence, and the more devout one is, the less that should be true. I think you have mistaken muslim with something else.

actually the rate of Muslim men committing acts of domestic violence is on the rise in America. We tend to view it from an American perspective when actually it most times a result of honor killings or honor beatings because in most Muslim viewpoints any acts of disobedience by a woman towards a man is a matter of offended honor. And most Muslim nations take violence towards a woman guilty of such behavior as being within the rights of the husband and or father depending on the situation.

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A sword wouldn't cut someone's head off. It'd most likely get halfway through and become lodged in the spinal column. Maybe a claymore might be able to do it, but it would require a massive amount of force.

An axe, however, could do it.

That is true if your sword is a khukri, kirpan or wakizashi (sp); but fails if the sword is a Middle Eastern sabre (lots thicker, stronger blade than the fencing sword; curved and double-edged to boot), European double-edge broadsword, "pirate" cutlass or American cavalry sword. Edited February 16, 2009 by CherryXS

[Peikko 1,575]

Being a muslim is not an excuse to treat women like ######, even though this does seem to be the prevalent notion, particularly on this site.

Edited February 16, 2009 by Madame Cleo

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Being a muslim is not an excuse to treat women like ######, even though this does seem to be the prevalent notion, particularly on this site.

it is not our viewpoint it is a fact in muslim culture that women are treated as property hence a muslim man can have more than one wife if he chooses women dont have that same option. Most Muslim countries dont allow a woman to own property. It is not a matter of what we think it is a matter of fact in the Muslim belief system.

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Sorry, you are not getting it. I am no expert on being muslim by any means, but there is nothing to my knowledge inherent in being a muslim that makes one more likely to engage in domestic violence, and the more devout one is, the less that should be true. I think you have mistaken muslim with something else.

FYI, Islam is the only religion for which tracts were distributed stating that descendants of forced converts were "heroes" while those of voluntary converts were "cowards" (specifically distributed to Pakistani soldiers, almost cent-percent constituted of mohajir and Punjabi, in 1971--see Robert Payne's "Massacre" © 1972 for details). Since this couple were specifically from Pakistan (the very country to distribute such tracts, as well as to actively seed/fertilise Islamist extremism for its own ends--and which now faces the vultures coming home to roost)...

[Peikko 1,575]

I think you are confusing facts with propaganda. There are cultures where women are treated like ###### but it's not part of the muslim religion.