Afghan reporter sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam

[LitKey]

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's upper house of parliament lauded the death sentence handed down against a local journalist who was found guilty of insulting Islam, an official said Wednesday.

In a statement signed by Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, the chamber's chairman, the Senate also condemned what it called "international interference" to have the sentence annulled, spokesman Aminuddin Muzafari said Wednesday.

The journalist, 23-year-old Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh, was sentenced to death last week by a three-judge panel in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif for distributing a report he printed off the Internet to journalism students at Balkh University.

The article asked why men can have four wives but women can't have multiple husbands.

The court in Mazar-i-Sharif found that the article humiliated Islam. Members of a clerical council also pushed for Kaambakhsh to be punished.

"That issue was not in the (Senate's) agenda, but when lawmakers gathered on Tuesday they insisted on talking about that case," Muzafari said.

Following a debate, lawmakers decided to issue the statement supporting the court's decision, he said.

Kaambakhsh has appealed his conviction and the case will now go to an appeals court. President Hamid Karzai will have the final say in the matter.

International human rights groups have condemned the sentence and called on Afghan authorities to quash it.

What a load of shit. Karzai better repeal his death sentence.

[FreeFuze]

I think that Islam is the most unfair of the religions. Seriously, they treat women like objects. What the fuck!

[LitKey]

I think that Islam is the most unfair of the religions. Seriously, they treat women like objects. What the fuck!

If you're a Muslim woman and you voice your opinion about it publicly, you become the victim of an "honor killing" in countries like Somalia and Iran. Now even in western countries such as Denmark where the Muhammed cartoons were originally published, you will be put on a hit list and murdered if you say anything that criticizes Islam. The original cartoonists of the Muhammed cartoons are currently still in hiding because they are being hunted by murderous extremists.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said when he spoke at Columbia University, "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals like in your country [the USA]." Obviously that's not true because it is impossible for there to be no homosexuals in a country with a population of about 70.5 million, but he said that because if you are a homosexual in that country and your sexuality is found out, you will be flat out murdered.

[Zero001]

It is a load of shit. This is why religion and government should never mix.

This however, brings up the question "Should the U.S and the rest of the world become involved?" It obviously goes against our morals, but should we try and force the rest of the world to think and act like us? Thoughts of WWII and Hitler come to mind, but this is a religious situation that's been happening in these countries for years.

[phatman76]

It is a load of shit. This is why religion and government should never mix.

This however, brings up the question "Should the U.S and the rest of the world become involved?" It obviously goes against our morals, but should we try and force the rest of the world to think and act like us? Thoughts of WWII and Hitler come to mind, but this is a religious situation that's been happening in these countries for years.

Zero, we should never get involved, that is until their religion comes tearing through buildings in the cockpits of jet planes, blasting through subway tunnels, and cutting through buses on the backs of suicide bombers. Is it right for the west to hold down this part of the world and force it to civilize? No, the free market would do that anyways as we see happening in places like Dubai. It is not right for us to intervene, but it is necessary. Military intervention is indeed warranted the second they take their religion to us in force. Hitler wanted absolute power and control, and the Islamic extremists are more like him than we.

[Slavic]

For the sack of proper knowledge and integrity please do not take this as the practice for Islam as a whole. I'm sure you all know that Iran's state religion is a warped version of Islam, please don't bash a religion because a few idiots are giving it a bad name. Thank you.

Honestly, the reporter should know better. Yes I believe the sentence is barbarism, but, especially a reporter, should become acquainted with he laws of the country they are in. What he did was quite foolish and the response he got was expected. He should know the basics of the law of the country he is in, ESPECIALLY if it is Iran.

We should not intervene at all. This is not an international issue. Some countries just have stricter laws then others, that doesn't justify a large scale intervention. I mean hell, some countries have death penalties for drunk driving, but you don't see the US getting worked up about that.

Also in regards to polygamy in Islam, if the reporter even bothered to read the Qur'an he would know exactly why this certain type of polygamy is allowed. And for the record, I believe that Islamic polygamy is not a bad thing.

[broncoty]

For the sack of proper knowledge and integrity please do not take this as the practice for Islam as a whole. I'm sure you all know that Iran's state religion is a warped version of Islam, please don't bash a religion because a few idiots are giving it a bad name. Thank you.

Yes a few idiots give it a bad name, but the rest sit back and watch it happen which is just as bad in my mind as pulling the trigger itself

[Slavic]

Yes a few idiots give it a bad name, but the rest sit back and let it happen which is just as bad in my mind as pulling the trigger itself

And what of the radical Jews and Christians. Currently there is a bloody war going on right now in Africa trying to enforce the original ten commandments to make a proper Jewish country. Not to mention the countless Christian bigots who spew filth from their mouths. What sickens me is that I've heard that a good deal of soldiers in Iraq believe that they are helping spread Christianity to the Iraqis. And by heard, I mean i have two family members serving who know first hand.

[Omega]

wouldn't be the first time











PS: all organized religion promotes violence

[broncoty]

And what of the radical Jews and Christians. Currently there is a bloody war going on right now in Africa trying to enforce the original ten commandments to make a proper Jewish country. Not to mention the countless Christian bigots who spew filth from their mouths. What sickens me is that I've heard that a good deal of soldiers in Iraq believe that they are helping spread Christianity to the Iraqis. And by heard, I mean i have two family members serving who know first hand.

The radical Jews and Christians are not flying planes into american skyscrapers, or blowing up american soldiers are they?