20 Years For Asking A Question?
By Wyatt Earp | October 21, 2008
Oh, maybe it has to do with the fact that this scumbag had the temerity to ask a question about The Religion of Peace? What a nerve!
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence Tuesday for a journalism student accused of blasphemy for asking questions in class about women’s rights under Islam. But the judges still sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
The case against 24-year-old Parwez Kambakhsh, whose brother has angered Afghan warlords with his own writings, has come to symbolize Afghanistan’s slide toward an ultraconservative view on religious and individual freedoms.
“I don’t accept the court’s decision,” Kambakhsh told The Associated Press as he was leaving the courtroom. “It is an unfair decision.”
The case can be appealed to the Supreme Court, the highest court in Afghanistan. (H/T – Yahoo!)
Yeah, good luck with that. I am sure Afghanistan’s Supreme Court is not exactly as liberal as America’s. See ya in twenty years, Parwez!
Topics: Evil = Funny | 10 Comments »
October 21st, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Way it’s going, that will be illegal here before too long…
October 21st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I think the court’s decision was a damn sight more fair than the death sentence he was originally. You always have to find the silver lining.
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
Old NFO – Especially when Obama enacts the “Fairness Doctrine.”
JumpOut – Yeah, 20 years is better than losing your head.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 am
Gee, I wonder if Amnesty International will find this a worthy cause. Probably not.
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
Old NFO already gave my answer.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
Joe the Plumber is next. You cannot make the Chosen one look bad by asking him to explain himself.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
USA Admrial,
You are so right.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 pm
It never said if his question was answered.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
RT – Oh yeah, they’re all over it. /snark
Steveegg – I’m sure an Obama administration will be fair and . . . Okay, I can’t finish that sentence with a straight face.
Admiral – And all he did was ask a question, too. And he’s getting torn apart for it.
Doghouse – It was answered . . . with a 20-year sentence. Heh.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
That’ll be Joe the Plumber if Obama wins,….