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Jul 27th 2006, 8:18 pm

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I'm astounded by the claim of the age of consent under Sharia law in here ...is this correct???

In western countries this has another name (can't mention it as don't want to get this flagged!).

Jul 27th 2006, 8:24 pm

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I'm astounded by the claim of the age of consent under Sharia law in here ...is this correct???

In western countries this has another name (can't mention it as don't want to get this flagged!).

Seems to me that the 'holy men' of Islam are cut from the same cloth as Christian 'holy men', repressed homosexual misogynists who oppress( and in this case destroy) women under the guise of piety..................... just a theory I have.

Jul 27th 2006, 9:19 pm

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I'm astounded by the claim of the age of consent under Sharia law in here ...is this correct???

In western countries this has another name (can't mention it as don't want to get this flagged!).

It's like the medieval attitude of receiving 72 black-eyed v1rgins in the afterlife. Personally I'd rather have 7 professionals.