In the name of religion

 Another example of the decency and humanity shown by some followers of Islam - those that think honour killings are the way to go.

This time we have a man who raped a muslim woman because she showed an interest in Christianity.  Abdul Reda Al-Shawany was sentenced to a minimum 5 years jail for his crime.  Al-Shawany, a father of four, maintains his innocence. The trial judge found the offender believed the sexual assault was justified because the woman was considered an “infidel” for reading the Bible and associating with Christians.

Al-Shawany’s trial was told that he visited the woman, an acquaintance, at Sydney’s Villawood Detention Centre with another man. The woman had been reading the Bible and Al-Shawany noted her contact with Christians. The men told her they were “infidel people” and if she went with them, her killing “would be halal” - meaning her killer would go to heaven. Al-Shawany subsequently lured the woman to a unit at Warwick Farm, claiming to have news about her family in Iraq. She was hit on the head and had her hijab tied around her face before Al-Shawany raped her twice.  After the rape, he told her “Let your Christ benefit you now”.

The woman said she was afraid she would be killed, either in retribution by Al-Shawany’s family or in an “honour killing”. She also said her husband had refused to speak to her for months because of the shame she brought on the family. She had grown isolated within the Iraqi community and feared people “will say I’m a bad woman”.

Ok, so what type of god is it that leads its believers to think rape (and murder) is a reasonable way to deal with women who do not toe the line, or their view of the world?  What type of people think its fine to practice 14th century barbarism (and it was still barbaric back then in my opinion) in the 21st century?  Where do these people get their values from?