What would Mohammad say?

[rpannier]

This story is just another example of how far fundies have totally destroyed the teachings of their Prophets:

MULTAN, Pakistan - A father, angry that his eldest daughter had married against his wishes, slit her throat as she slept and then killed three of his other daughters in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Saturday.
Nazir Ahmad, a laborer in his 40s, feared the younger girls, aged 4, 8, and 12, would follow in their sister's footsteps, police officer Shahzad Gul said....
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Gul said the man's 25-year-old daughter, Muqadas Bibi, had married the man of her choice against her father's wishes some weeks ago. Ahmad contacted Bibi this week, saying he was ready to forgive her, Gul said.
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Hundreds of women are killed in Pakistan every year, many by male relatives, after they are accused of staining their families' honor by having affairs or marrying for love without family consent.

Full article can be found at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051225/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_honor_killings

[CJCRANE]

1. I think that's an interesting idea...

I'm no expert on Islam but I've read many of the Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet) and most of them are about compassion and mercy. I find it strange how the fundamentalists on both sides manage to forget the main components of their religion which deal with love and compassion.

[Toots]

2. It is all about Power and using Fear to obtain it.

It has nothing at all to do with Religion. They just use Religion to obtain their goals..