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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
I want to hear Islam's religious leaders denouncing these things, leaders of the countries in which this nonsense happens denouncing it. Watch the video of Hitch I posted pertaining to the Danish cartoonist. The world's leaders attacked the cartoons - apologized for exercising free expression - instead of denouncing the violent actions of extremists. Something is not right when it's easier to denounce free expression instead of violence.
Too young and not accurate - the marriage was consummated at age 9, not age 7, although the marriage actually took place when she was six years old.
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There is a very large difference between, on the one hand, believing in some sort of guilt by association due to belonging to the same religion, and, on the other hand, believing religious leaders should condemn the actions of those who perpetrated the crime. I agree that religious leaders need to condemn the actions of these people. However, I do not, for a single moment, believe people completely unrelated to the actions should apologize simply because they happen to belong to the same religion. The latter was what I thought Rerun was asking for, but he clarified that he was not.