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2005-02-23 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-23 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sure, she can.

But why in the hell would she?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-23 12:59:35 AM|| 2005-02-23 12:59:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Because she would be killed otherwise

More seriously one of the nice things in shariah is the concept of blood money and the fact a woman live is worth half of a man's live. It goes like this: a man life is worth 1,000$ so if a man is killed and the family pardons the life of the murderer it would get 1,000$ from the muderer (the price of a man's life). Now if a man kills a woman then her family can either pardon him and get 500$ (the price of a woman's life) or have him executed but in that case they MUST pay the differnce (ie 500$) to the family of the murderer.

That is shariah in all of its splendor.

Posted by JFM 2005-02-23 4:32:31 AM|| 2005-02-23 4:32:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 We in the civilized world used to have the concept of "wergeld," which was the same blood money idea. But that was before we were civilized.

Posted by Fred 2005-02-23 8:54:43 AM|| 2005-02-23 8:54:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 He talks to a TV? Just like my wife!

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-02-23 10:23:10 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-02-23 10:23:10 AM|| Front Page Top

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