A brief aside:

18 May 06 - 02:33 PM provided a link to another thread, and it's connection here is of some significance, BUT the link was to the "front end" of a thread with 590 posts. While it loaded successfully, eventually, that's a horribly big bite for my dial-up connection. Perhaps, with some of the long threads, a thread name and/or a link to a "first 50" would be worth considering when possible. (At least it wasn't a link to MOAB.)

On the subject here, several articles in the thread that was linked above gave somewhat the impression that the "victim" here has some ability and inclination to apply more than a little "spin" in favor of her causes. That doesn't mean that she hasn't been unfairly treated, but perhaps does mean that we need a more complete story before taking sides.

Questioning what has happened seems in order, but both sides of the story need to be subject to the same depth of inquiry.

The root of the problem is that no "civilized" country should accept the presence of organized groups that use intimidation and violence against others, in the name of religion or in any other guise. I don't know of a country where this is really policy, and to make it so could lead easily into "state persecution" of some instead of criminal warfare between cultures.

John