Don’t forget the 14 yr old girl stoned to death by her father recently, for being seen in public with a non-related male.  That’s sane.

Yes, I only know 2 other “guests” and they live in other cities far far away.  They’re also simpatico.  I’m in Thailand.  Yes, it is an amazing learning experience; I’m the only westerner in my village and find it just fine.

I’m in Singapore myself . Definitely a learning experience. I’m very grateful for the opportunity to learn about other cultures. I live amongst Buddhists, Muslims, Hindu, Christians, you name it. I tend to steer clear of the “guests” that you have mentioned. My wife and I are having a great time and learning a lot. I highly recommend Bali and Thailand. The places we’ve visited in Malaysia are pretty amazing too.

^ I find the death sentence a tragic miscarriage of justice.

^ Personally, I have never had a problem with moderates of any religion including Muslims.  It’s the whackos, fundamentalists of any shade that are the problem.  I live in an Asian culture that is 180 degrees from western culture.  Many of the westerners I’ve met, who try to make a life here, for the most part, form little communities and sit around criticizing the people and the culture of their hosts.  They forget they are guests here.  They adopt an arrogant attitude of superiority.  I suggest that many of the critical comments here are made from a lack of knowledge and understanding; to put it kindly.  For whatever reason, we citizens of the world are becoming more and more polarized and we are slip sliding away from any hope of community.  Pity.

What I find bizarre—beyond the repugnant justification for such acts from a “holy book”—is that people are still taken aback by such news. The consequences for anything veering toward inquiry in a Theocracy have been and will always remain disgusting acts upon life.

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jbart,

You have to meet some new monkeys. These guys don’t fall ‘behind’ them. The monkeys I know are far beyond this level of barbarity, and definitely more forward thinking.

Meantime, I agree wholeheartedly about ‘acknowledging’ these so-called governments, and giving them an option between human rights and barbarity.

But, what else is the West gonna do when they have to be there to steal all of that oil?

And, what ‘incentives’ does the West provide, in terms of geopolitics, to convince the barbarians to ‘join the world’?

How can anyone take Islam serious when they make people scapegoats for their stupidity? Peacefull
religion indeed!