Religion: Muslim Father Wants Atheist Son Killed

By Daniel Miessler on February 20th, 2007: Tagged as Atheism | Culture | Islam | Politics | Religion

From FreeKareem.org:

The family of Al-Azhar student Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman, accused of “contempt of religion”, has disowned him before his court verdict session on the upcoming Thursday. His father, a retired mathematics teacher, has demanded applying the Sharia [Islamic law] ruling on him by giving him three days to repent, followed by having him killed if he does not announce his repentance.

I find it hard to root for cultures like this. At times I lose all hope and succumb to feelings of superiority and contempt. This is one of those times.

  • http://arik.baratz.org/ Arik

    You’re doing it again, Daniel.

    – Arik

  • http://arik.baratz.org Arik

    You’re doing it again, Daniel.

    – Arik

  • http://dmiessler.com/ Daniel Miessler

    What? Judging another culture according to my perspective, or being inaccurate with my facts? If it’s the former, then I’d say you’re right — I am.

  • http://dmiessler.com Daniel Miessler

    What? Judging another culture according to my perspective, or being inaccurate with my facts? If it’s the former, then I’d say you’re right — I am.

  • http://arik.baratz.org/ Arik

    I’m not saying you shouldn’t and it’s forbidden. I’m just saying that you can say that according to your moral standards it’s unacceptable, but that’s about all you can say. Feelings of superiority only mean that you will underestimate, misjudge and be prejudiced against individuals from the other culture.

    Yes, I also think that this culture is incompatible with the Western culture. Guess what, both Arab/Islamic and Western cultures are in a minority.

    The only intelligent thing I can say about it is that Egypt is trying its damned best to become Western. It’s the first Arab country to have a peace accord with Israel, It’s getting aid from the US, and it has some sort of parliamentary government, although not democratic. These incidents don’t help much with those efforts.

    – Arik

  • http://arik.baratz.org Arik

    I’m not saying you shouldn’t and it’s forbidden. I’m just saying that you can say that according to your moral standards it’s unacceptable, but that’s about all you can say. Feelings of superiority only mean that you will underestimate, misjudge and be prejudiced against individuals from the other culture.

    Yes, I also think that this culture is incompatible with the Western culture. Guess what, both Arab/Islamic and Western cultures are in a minority.

    The only intelligent thing I can say about it is that Egypt is trying its damned best to become Western. It’s the first Arab country to have a peace accord with Israel, It’s getting aid from the US, and it has some sort of parliamentary government, although not democratic. These incidents don’t help much with those efforts.

    – Arik


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