I am curious about something....

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Here's what I'm curious about:

All other issues aside, how can any Western female be pro-Muslim culture/society, just on the strength of something like this? This is pretty typical in that type of society after all.... Anyone who wants to dispute that and say that this is the exception and not the rule, can go do some research on their own.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050610/wl_n...an_rape_dc
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the release next week of 12 men connected to a notorious gang-rape case, including six convicted of the crime, court officials said.


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I can indeed also not imagine this. But you should not connect this cruelty to the islam. As said before, it is purely a question of an old fashioned society. We here in the west left those things behind us, although you still see excesses.

So be very careful in blaming muslim faith for these things. Not long ago you would not get any punishment in the US (south) if you killed a black person....but to blame all US citizens for this goes of course to far. And if we let the christians in the west get too much in power (without some healthy moderation of other people) we would also go back to the middle ages.

So this is a question of development of a country and has nothing to do with religions. A lot of people (especially the last few years here in Holland) also make the mistake in blaming the religion for mistakes of some people, this will only make things worse (creating tension).