Ghost of a flea: Sharia law in Italy

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March 14, 2009

Sharia law in Italy

It is not only the Swat Valley that has been conceded to the Taliban. For many in the West, there is nothing to surrender - no patriotism, no pride, no history, no civilization - so why not get it over with. The nullity they have made of modern life makes the prospect of a new Dark Age appealing to them.

As to their sisters and wives and daughters - let alone their daughters' daughters - to hell with them. Such is the selfish logic of a suicide.

In Italy, three members of a Brescia-based Maghrebi family (father, mother and eldest son) were accused of beating and sequestering their daughter/sister Fatima because she had wanted to live a "Western" life.

In the first trial, the three were sentenced for sequestration and abuse. The court acknowledged that the teenager had been "brutally beaten up" for having "dated" a non-Muslim and, in general, for "living a life not conforming with the culture" of her family. But on appeal, the family was acquitted because the court deemed that the young woman had been beaten for "her own good."

As to what possesses The Jerusalem Post to spell sharia, "shari'a" is anyone's guess. It is a dangerous precedent. In Canada, we surrendered our apostrophes to the French and look at the state we are in now.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 14, 2009 11:07 AM

Comments

"for her own good"? WTF? Was that court presided over by a kangaroo?

Posted by: cm at March 14, 2009 06:32 PM