Egypt court hands down death sentence

[Roudy]

Different country with unique cultural laws.

In Asia they eat dogs.

But in the U.S. you can go to prison for harming a dog.

So who are we to say they are wrong and we are right?

Human beings with a right to express their opinions.

 

[syrenn]

Democracy has nothing to do with this; it's about law and order.

The criminals knew that insulting Islam and the Prophet is a crime in Egypt.

They chose to break the law and now they have to pay the price.

really... then i guess the US needs to get on the band wagon...and start handing out death sentences..... to any one who insults us.

muslims are ******* lunatics.

 

[Roudy]

Egypy has always been a very religious country at its core, this is the type of shit they have been wanting to do for a while, now that Mubarak is gone its open season. People were niaeve to think that Egypt would turn into Hong Kong once Mubarak stepped down.

We may be looking at the beginnings of a long and bloody civil war. The Islamists will win.

 

[High_Gravity]

Anyone who insults the US gets a death sentence? lets roll with that.

 

[High_Gravity]

Egypy has always been a very religious country at its core, this is the type of shit they have been wanting to do for a while, now that Mubarak is gone its open season. People were niaeve to think that Egypt would turn into Hong Kong once Mubarak stepped down.

We may be looking at the beginnings of a long and bloody civil war. The Islamists will win.

Oh yeah, they outnumber the moderates in Egypt 20 to 1. Not even close.

 

[syrenn]

Yes, law and order............

sorta like the death star....

fear will keep the local systems in line.....

 

[Roudy]

I miss Mubarak.

Egyptians will look back at the Mubarek days and say, "remember how we were a respected nation in the world, and not an Islamic shithole of barbarism?"

 

[syrenn]

Anyone who insults the US gets a death sentence? lets roll with that.

why not? If its good enough for the muslims to understand..... im all for it.

 

[High_Gravity]

Anyone who insults the US gets a death sentence? lets roll with that.

why not? If its good enough for the muslims to understand..... im all for it.

Me too, lets vote it in.

 

[High_Gravity]

I miss Mubarak.

Egyptians will look back at the Mubarek days and say, "remember how we were a respected nation in the world, and not an Islamic shithole of barbarism?"

Just like how moderate Iranians remember the Shah.

 

[Roudy]

Egypy has always been a very religious country at its core, this is the type of shit they have been wanting to do for a while, now that Mubarak is gone its open season. People were niaeve to think that Egypt would turn into Hong Kong once Mubarak stepped down.

We may be looking at the beginnings of a long and bloody civil war. The Islamists will win.

Oh yeah, they outnumber the moderates in Egypt 20 to 1. Not even close.

And they are much more brutal. We are looking at the beginnings of the Iranian revolution. Iran also had a moderate PM after the shah fell. It was followed by a massive slaughter and blood in the streets, mass public hangings and executions by the Islamists, until they grabbed power.

 

[tjvh]

What a peaceful bunch they are in Egypt... We better send them more Taxpayer funded Aid.

 

[there4eyeM]

Democracy has nothing to do with this; it's about law and order.

The criminals knew that insulting Islam and the Prophet is a crime in Egypt.

They chose to break the law and now they have to pay the price.

This poster is unable to defend his religion against simple questions, yet defends the death penalty for insults to it.
Preposterous at best.

 

[Sunni Man]

I fail to see how making a blasphemous film about Islam was practicing a religion?

You call yourself a patriotic American, yet you see no problem with a court issuing a death sentence over a movie criticizing a religion?

What does being an American citizen and patriot have to do with a court ruling in Egypt?

 

[Connery]

I fail to see how making a blasphemous film about Islam was practicing a religion?

You call yourself a patriotic American, yet you see no problem with a court issuing a death sentence over a movie criticizing a religion?

What does being an American citizen and patriot have to do with a court ruling in Egypt?

You simply do not live in a world where sharia law is practiced by the government. You may live this way in your personal life, but, you do so because you live in a land that abides by democratic values and those values are are provided through the secular laws of the land.

 

[Sunni Man]

Thanks for explaining a whole bunch of nothing...........

 

[High_Gravity]

We may be looking at the beginnings of a long and bloody civil war. The Islamists will win.

Oh yeah, they outnumber the moderates in Egypt 20 to 1. Not even close.

And they are much more brutal. We are looking at the beginnings of the Iranian revolution. Iran also had a moderate PM after the shah fell. It was followed by a massive slaughter and blood in the streets, mass public hangings and executions by the Islamists, until they grabbed power.

I remember reading about that, the signs are definently there in Egypt.

 

[Connery]

Thanks for explaining a whole bunch of nothing...........

You are not subjected to sharia in all your daily affairs, yet, wish to applaud a barbaric behavior and an ideology that carries of a "pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of the rights of others..."

 

[Sunni Man]

This poster is unable to defend his religion against simple questions, yet defends the death penalty for insults to it.

#1) Islam doesn't need defending

#2) I do not remember any questions from you that I failed to address.

 

[rosends]

While it is within the rights of a country to set up a legal system and write laws and then apply the consequences to law breakers, it seems rather inhumane to punish people through a death sentence for a crime of ideas. Defending the honor of any ideological system is problematic -- as long as the individual "criminal" is not acting on his thoughts in a way detrimental to the practice of the religion, then why is there a problem. Yes, I can see justification for it -- the dissemination of lies or mispresentations can stir others to engage in discriminatory acts so there needs to be some defense for ideas (from other ideas) but the death penalty? Should a person be deprived of his right to live simply because he disagrees?

So, sure, Egypt can make and enforce whatever laws it wants.

And yes, many countries have laws which criminalize certain expressions (there is no unfettered freedom of speech).

But, no, a death penalty does not seem appropriate in any context.