Friday, January 16, 2015

Empathy In the Islamic World

The Saudi blogger who is being given 1000 lashes at 100 per week has been given an extra week because his wounds haven't healed enough you for the next 100 lashes.
"Said Boumedouha, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme said the postponement exposes the "utter brutality" of the punishment, and its "outrageous inhumanity."

"The notion that Raif Badawi must be allowed to heal so that he can suffer this cruel punishment again and again is macabre and outrageous. Flogging should not be carried out under any circumstances," said "
Apparently the Saudi king took issue with criticism of himself (Sounds like King George III to me).

This puts the lie to claims that flogging is merely "taps" to induce humiliation.

1 comment:

Robert Coble said...

From our esteemed Islamist scholar, Dragon fang:

The lashes are more like symbolic taps, meant for humiliation not pain. I'd take them any day over water boarding, but I digress.

From the cited article:
“Amnesty International said authorities delayed administering 50 lashings to Raif Badawi, set to take place today after midday prayers, because his wounds from last week's flogging had not yet healed properly and he would not be able to withstand another round.”

Please note a significant correction: it is NOT 100 lashes per week, but “only” 50 per week. In order to get in the mandated 1,000 lashes total, that brutality must be spread over 20 weeks, not 10 weeks. After only the first beating, he “would not be able to withstand another round.” Instead of just cutting off his head and being done with it, he must be beaten nearly to death EVERY WEEK FOR 20 WEEKS – and then thrown back in prison to rot for 10 years.

Or, to be beheaded after the international furor over his mistreatment abates, as the attention span of Western media is shorter than Dragon’s fang. (Keep in mind that no “true” Muslim is required to keep his word if it furthers the goal of Islamic global dominance over the infidels, the heretics, and those who do not acquiesce to the rule of the Islamist despots.)

How humane, tender and merciful are Allah and his adherents!

So, I have a question of our Islamist scholar in residence:

You have claimed that you would take these “symbolic taps” any day over waterboarding.

Do you seriously expect any intelligent person to believe that taqqiya?