Palestinian couple Mohammed, left, and Samah Alawneh talk to the Associated Press in their house in the West Bank town of Tulkarem.
Palestinian court forcibly divorces 'apostates'
Thu, 2011-01-20 18:04
#1
Bec.De.Corbin
Palestinian court forcibly divorces 'apostates'
Thu, 2011-01-20 18:33
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Bec.De.Corbin
Just realized this is a rehash of an older discussion we've already had here.
mods please delete this thread, thanks,
Fri, 2011-01-21 09:54
#3
Snert
We discussed this couple? When?
Fri, 2011-01-21 11:26
#4
Bec.De.Corbin
We didn't; but we did discuss the fact that Palestinian society as a whole is more religiously conservative than most in the international community realize. The story of this couple just rehashes that same issue.
Fri, 2011-01-21 13:28
#5
Le T
What's "Palestinian society as a whole"? and there is thus far no story, only a picture.
Fri, 2011-01-21 15:34
#6
Bec.De.Corbin
I didn't post the story on the first page (which I can't edit or remove). Here's the story if you're that interested in it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110120/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_shunned_sect_2
What's "Palestinian society as a whole"? Most Palestinians... that's not to say all, but most.
Their plight demonstrates the tensions between a still largely conservative Palestinian society and a Western-backed government expected by the international community to ensure democratic freedoms.
As I've said before we've been over all this in the thread about the guy mentioned in this story who was arrested for blasphemy or something like that.
Fri, 2011-01-21 15:34
#7
When Palestinians have their own state, I'll start worrying, in my spare time, about whether they are more or less conservative than Stephen Harper. Until then, I consider any such discussions to be diversionary, interfering, and having the effect, if not the aim, of undermining solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination.
Fri, 2011-01-21 15:36
#8
N.Beltov
Hey! There's a ketchup stain on your shirt.
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What was that you were saying?