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by Jade on April 16th, 2007
Doesn't Muslim men view women as "lower life forms"? And before anyone runs for the - button..I am ASKING. I don't know that much about the Muslim faith. But to answer your question...I think anyone should be allowed to read any book they want without fear of being manhandled by some self important pig who thinks raping is okay but reading isn't. grrrr }:-(
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by weezypops on April 16th, 2007
Personally I think anyone should be able to read what they want, religious text or otherwise. I tend to think that banning people from reading or looking into other religions just shows insecurity... that they might realise that something else makes more sense or (*gasp*) become an atheist.
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  by Moongrim on June 24th, 2009
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by Mehr10 on September 13th, 2008
Wow so i fink the rapist fink its nt allowed to read bible..can he just show a single verse in quraan where it says so?Im a borned muslim and read the book of God frm begginning to end and never saw anythg as such..so i wud just ask him a question if reading bibble is nt allowed..raping a woman is allowed in islam?Y do man treat woman wiz such disrespect?The quraan says to treat woman wiz respect..never abuse of her..n remember God count the tears of a woman so never make her cry!!!!
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- good answer.
  
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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on September 13th, 2008
- And, why don't more Muslim men think as you do? Is it purely indoctrination or a corruption of Islam?
  
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  by Anonymous on May 27th, 2009
- Sherri -- don't underestimate the number of Muslim men who think exactly the same way that Mehr10 does. That is actually more the rule than the exception -- it's just that the exceptions tend to make more noise.
  
  Mehr10 -- +5.
  
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  by ChrisDC on June 5th, 2009
- Please God. Maybe they should make a lot more noise.
  
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  by Anonymous on June 6th, 2009
- I agree. It's just that so many of them live in places where people shoot them when they do (or worse).
  
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by A on January 19th, 2008
Yes. She should be allowed to read a Bible if she wants. Raping a woman for reading a Bible is wrong. Actually... raping anyone is wrong. PERIOD. I'm sure he even understands that. He's just trying to justify his actions by using the Qu'ran as support. That's what it sounds like to me.
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by yummymom007 on April 18th, 2007
I studied every major religion before choosing Jesus not christianity. I do not believe in religion. I worship from my home and I have faith in god...i agree with weezy but yes women in those country's are property of men.
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by Costantinus on December 16th, 2007
Who cares what he says, hang him high and don't bring the whole community into this. Next?
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by TRK360 on April 16th, 2007
Of course she should be able to read whatever she wants, I hope that one day, if anything comes out of this war against terror, we liberate some of these countries so that women can be free to read their bible and their way of life would improve dramatically.
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by Skip_2_My_Lou on April 16th, 2007
Yes, she should be allowed to read what she wants to read. As for the punishment, that's uncalled for!
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by Moongrim on June 24th, 2009
What an interesting excuse.

Perhaps I should try that one if I ever get caught doing such a heinous act...

When it comes to Muslims, nothing surprises me anymore.
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by iwnit on June 24th, 2009
"Judge Knox found the offender believed the sexual assault was justified because the woman was considered an "infidel" for reading the Bible and associating with Christians.

"What he did was an attempt to enforce his religious or cultural views on his former countrywoman," Judge Knox said.

"Such behaviour is completely intolerable and totally unacceptable in this community."

He sentenced Al-Shawany to a maximum seven-and-a-half years in jail.

The 52-year-old must serve at least five years, making him eligible for parole in 2012."
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by miRi hates social norms and regulations on January 19th, 2008
obviously he's not a true muslim, because no religion from God, or that worships Him [judaism, christianity or islam] allows sex outside of marriage, or sexual abuse at all.
and she should be allowed because it'll either prove her religion right to herself or it'll prove the religion of the bible right to her. either way she was not the one committing a sin here.
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- It could be seen by many Muslims as a lenient punishment, a warning in fact, not to dabble in apostasy. All four schools of Sunni law, as well as the Shia variety, call for the death penalty for apostates. Most Muslim scholars say that Muslim religious law - sharia - requires the death penalty for apostasy.
  
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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on January 19th, 2008
- nonetheless rape is still forbidden. that's where there is a difference between islam and what muslims practice. ask an imam in your area and he will tell you the same thing probably with better information that what i could give.
  
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by Saltlick on January 19th, 2008
There is no excuse for rape, the man is just another one of those bastard pigs. He should be hung!
And of course someone of one religion should be allowed to study an outside religion.
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- I agree entirly.
  
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by Big_Sexy23 on January 19th, 2008
She should be entitled to full freedom like the rest of us.....That was her choice and she should be able to read the Bible or Coron or whatever....He was just looking for a reason to take some twat.....
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- Rape is not about sex. It's about abuse and violence. Can we finally get that straight?
  
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by Halskiisaklink on January 17th, 2008
The key operating word here is 'Iraqi'. Now, take all of your preconceived notions and ethnic prejudices and put them in the palm of your hand - what do we know about Arabs (that the media so often likes to reinforce in our heads)? They are mostly Muslim. They treat women badly. Not just one or two of them, but most of them. We can't say all of them because that would be racist, and we certainly aren't racist. This is essentially Channel Nine's treatment of the issue: Iraqi/Arab/treat women badly/Islam. You got that? Good. Now, go make the life of any Muslim you see a living hell.

I'm not saying that this story is definitely false, but you only need to consult Media Watch to see the multitude of times that Nine has combined blatant lies with ethnic bigotry and cultural phobias to gain larger audiences.

What's important here is how people are reacting to this. I'm already hearing people saying stuff like 'doesn't a Muslim man view women as lower life forms'. You are reinforcing people's prerogatives to make crude generalisations like that by structuring the question as if this man is representative of all Muslims.

It may be worthy of note that the person who asked this question is a self-admitted Christian evangelist.

Now, here in Australia we have a rather large problem with domestic violence, especially in poorer areas and country towns. Like it or not, the majority of the abuse victims are White, and the majority of the offenders are also White. News stories like this exist because people who read them can look at the people involved and think that they are inherently different than they are. So, by buying into this sensationalism you are essentially helping a media conglomerate gain influence by exploiting minorities.
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- I may be wrong, but I think you are missing the point of the story. The story made news because rape is not a civilized punishment for reading. Rape is an act of such utter violence and disrespect that a man of any faith could never understand the degradation that a woman suffers. The punishment is what made the story newsworthy. It was degrading and barbaric and totally out of purportion to the offense. Why not just take the book away, no violence, no story.
  
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  by Anonymous on May 27th, 2009
- Nine is a commercial network, the point of the story is to get viewers for their sponsors. They do this by picking on popular targets. Trust me, this has nothing to do with any kind of ethical quandry, because any sane person would disagree with 'rape being a civilised punishment for reading'.
  I'd also like to see how this would play out. Did the image of this woman reading the Bible somehow turn the guy on?
  
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  by Halskiisaklink on May 28th, 2009
- You are not seriously insinuating that somehow he was turned on by the Bible reading are you? Rape is not an act of pleasure. It's an act of violence. Ask any women. I've been there, but even women who have not been there will tell you that it's an act of contempt and violence.
  
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  by Anonymous on June 6th, 2009
- It's pleasure for the instigator, very often. We're adults, we can handle the idea of somebody finding pleasure it violence. It's a rather horrible thing, I agree. But I somehow doubt the apparently logical leap between "you're reading the Bible" and "I want to have unconsensual sex with you". Especially when you consider that the Bible is still moderately regarded by Muslims, it's not seen as heretical or anything. Just a bit flawed.
  
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by Beauty Queen on January 16th, 2008
In Islam it's ok to view and get educated about other religions...don't judge the religion ...judge the behavior of the guy that's basing that on islam. The Good question is? Is a muslim allowed to RAPE.. the woman..that's not a muslim's behavior so that tells you that he's far away from being a muslim.
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by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on July 11th, 2009
I hope they cut off his penis for raping her.
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by nickelson on November 4th, 2008
no..it shouldn't have been happen. it is not an islamic legal action but it is only a big wrong done by a man who was muslim..but for only this reason all muslims and the holy religion sholdn't be abused..
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by shirin on July 11th, 2009
..I Am a muslim girl and by the ways i remember muslims encourage Every other muslim (doesnt make a diffrence man or woman)to read other holy books to see both the diffrence and commoness to the qoran and to have more faith to the qoran and have more respect to other holy religions..its most obviose that iraqan guy raped the woman on his own accounts and "reading the bible" was only an excuse..raping in islamic laws on Any account is an unforgivable deed and the man is sentenced to death (or he will be very lucky to live but stay in jail 4 a very long time) And to answer 'jade's question no,women in islan are not known as lower life forms , its said in qoran 'i have created the woman the beutifullest in all of creations'..and If muslims acctually go with the laws there would be no excuses 4 the media to keep going on how women in islam r so worthless...
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by HeeroYui752 on September 18th, 2010
Guess we have to ask the fundamentalists.
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by Annton Cabibble on June 5th, 2009
In the muslim world, women are property and not considered people with rights. That being said, I believe that anyone should be allowed to read the Bible and pray. As the the Iraqi Muslim man, may God have mercy on his soul.
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- I personaly hope he dies of something painfull. He is Scum.
  what he did is the worst of crimes for the worst of reasons.
  
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by Sandman on September 11th, 2009
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by Temporary Name on August 13th, 2010
the rapist should be stoned to death and the woman should get professional help to get on with here live a.s.a.p.
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by Sandman on September 10th, 2009
The rapist got jail time, and not much of that. I don't know Australian law, but he should have been hanged.
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by Anonymous on August 7th, 2009
In Islam, a Muslim needs to believe in the Holy books that came before the Quran or else He/She would not be true Muslims. Muslims are actually encouraged to read the Torah and the Bible by many scholars to educate themselves. So, for this man to commit this crime and to give that excuse for it is simply ridiculous. To me it seems like a case of an uneducated person using religion as an excuse to commit a crime like many before him have done for centuries.
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An Iraqi Muslim man allegedly raped a Muslim woman in Sydney's southwest as "punishment" for her reading the Bible, The Daily Telegraph reports.Should a Muslim woman be allowed to read a Bible if she wants? http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=26145

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