Originally posted by Bicnarok
Yes the4y are, Pakistani folk kill of their Daughters if they don´t marry their chosen husband, there´s even escape hostels for muslim women in the UK now because of this. Its even worse if its an old codger who dies soon after & gets cremated in Pakistan (or india) because his wife can get burnt with his corpse if she´s unlucky.And in Germany and other EU countries which have a large Turkish population, often women are killed by their family for "honour " reasons.
Really tolerant peaceful religion then?
Please don't be irgnorant on this issue, it's such a well documented problem and the faith it involves is even more well documented.
With a little reading you'll find that the five pillars of Islam adhere almost exactly to the ten commandments and the beatitudes.
I'm in no way defending or condoning what the extremists of this or any faith do, they're all the same to me.
I just believe you shouldn't paint everyone with the same brush so easily.
Also, Regarding the "widow" burning. This is actually a worn out Hindi tradition that some old widows invoke because they can't bare livving without their departed.
The catch is if the widow chooses to go this way, despite her family's veiws/ objectsions they have to support her wish.
If your grandmother livved in constant physical agony with a termincal disease, would you support her taking her own life in a "cleaner" fasion, say using a euthanasia machine? yes?
Well why should emotional pain be suffered any more? If it's terminal anyway.
Sure the method is brutal but i think it's also symbolic of the extreme love these long live-d people have for one another.
" i would rather burn alive than walk this road without you"
We could learn something from this strength of commitment im sure with western marriages being the joke that they are.