An Iraqi immigrant, 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki, has been arrested for punishing his daughter for becoming “too Westernized” according to this MSNBC article. Okay, maybe “punishing” wasn’t the most accurate word for me to use. Here’s what the article says. An Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she …
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Religion as a Weapon
There have been a rash of deaths recently in Pakistan due to accusations that the victims desecrated the Qur’an. You can read about some of them here and here. The population in general, and Christians in particular, is dealing with cases of intimidation because of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The laws, one of which carries the …