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After planning a column condemning judgment, I felt like the biggest hypocrite in the world considering my reaction to Kaavya’s plight. When my friends judged her, labeling her as someone who had done something egregiously wrong, I went right along with them in condemning her actions. But I too have done things that can be considered morally wrong. We all have. I have yet to meet someone who has not done something they regretted, but did it anyway because they thought they wouldn’t get caught. So perhaps we don’t have...
...Afghan Intolerance Re "A Convert's Plight" [april 3], on the case of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who was prosecuted for converting to Christianity and eventually found asylum in Italy: As a British-born Muslim with royal Afghan ancestry, I find it deeply disturbing that Rahman was treated unfairly because of a corrupt interpretation of Islamic law. Tribal leaders intentionally misinterpret Islamic law to maintain power. No one should be forced to accept Islam, for submitting to coercion is not the same as heartfelt acceptance. Such twisted and extreme misuse of Islamic law affects Muslims as much as it affects...
...used again. I do not fear that the human race will wipe itself out. Our species is very good at surviving. But I do find it sad that reason will prevail only if it is knocked into us, painfully. Katie O'Flynn Dublin Afghan Intolerance Re "A convert's plight" [april 3], on the case of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who was prosecuted for converting to Christianity and eventually found asylum in Italy: As a British-born Muslim with royal Afghan ancestry, I find it deeply disturbing that Rahman was treated unfairly because of a corrupt interpretation of Islamic...
...Convert's Plight" [April 3], on thecase of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who was prosecuted for converting to Christianity and eventually found asylum in Italy: As a British-born Muslim with royal Afghan ancestry, I find it deeply disturbing that Rahman was treated unfairly because of a corrupt interpretation of Islamic law. No one should be forced to accept Islam, for submitting to coercion is not the same as heartfelt acceptance. Such misuse of Islamic law affects Muslims as much as it affects non-Muslims...
...unkindly about them (as Rush Limbaugh recently did, calling the alleged rape victim in the Duke case a “ho” on his nationally syndicated radio show), shunning them, or, in extreme cases, raping them. Further, this culture makes it acceptable to disrespect or minimize the plight of alleged rape victims of “questionable character,” because we assume on some level that rape was an inevitabile or a logical conclusion to their behavior. By focusing on “explanations” for why rape occurs—explanations that subtly shift...