"I know of no religion that encourages cutting off the heads of those who refuse to convert. What I do know is that a few nutters professing to belong to certain religions might have such predilections."

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Come, Steve, how can you be so disingenuous? You know as well as I do that a Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for "apostasy", tho she was brought up a Christian and has never pretended to be anything else. She is to be executed when her child is just about old enough to realise what is going on. Humane religious practice, or what! She must also receive 100 lashes, quite soon, because, though her marriage was fully legal where it took place, Muslims in Sudan may not marry out and so hers has no legal standing there, and so sexual intercourse with her lawful wedded husband counts as "adultery" in the view of the authorities.

And this is not the work of "a few nutters", but of the legally constituted government of a recognised state with which we and all others maintain full diplomatic relations.

Similar instances could be cited from several other such Islamic jurisdicitons, in the Far East, the Mid-East, Africa...; as we are all well aware. "Work of a few nutters", your Aunt Fanny! It's the work of nationally imposed, diplomatically recognised, Islamic Radicalism, as rubricated in the thread title. And stop pretending otherwise. It's beneath you, Steve.


~M~