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GreenStormCloud

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42. Under Islamic Sharia Law, a rape must be witnessed by four men for it to be rape.
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 11:44 AM
Oct 2013

And those four have to testify to that in Islamic court. Obviously, rape convictions are somewhat rare.

And OB/GYNs everywhere . . . Brigid Sep 2013 #1
saudi clerics kardonb Sep 2013 #12
I was thinking Scairp Sep 2013 #17
They are afraid of women being able to ... PassingFair Sep 2013 #32
WOW I am speechless. iandhr Sep 2013 #2
Let's see... adieu Sep 2013 #3
Must be the stress of doing men's work that causes the damage. n/t Indi Guy Sep 2013 #6
The threat is to their testicles. tblue Sep 2013 #8
Although they could be attacking those testicles kentauros Sep 2013 #22
Saudi clerics who..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Sep 2013 #4
That's our ally! /nt Ash_F Sep 2013 #5
You want to help my ovaries? tblue Sep 2013 #7
OMG! If driving is that dangerous, then men also need to stop driving! tanyev Sep 2013 #9
Somebody should squeeze his testicles. LiberalFighter Sep 2013 #18
With what? KamaAina Sep 2013 #37
Its stupid... jessie04 Sep 2013 #10
I know there are cultural differences between countries... Brits driving on the left, etc. Thor_MN Sep 2013 #11
They must be four wheeling with square wheels, no shock absorbers and a microwave oven where Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #21
Best I could come up with is that women had to drive using a tiller Thor_MN Sep 2013 #27
Driving on the left causes ovaries to create socialists! Just ask Hitler! freshwest Sep 2013 #29
I wouldn't be surprised if some other religious leader said the same thing sakabatou Sep 2013 #13
Let me ponder this a moment. ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #14
Obviously Pantagruelsmember Sep 2013 #15
LBN is broken, then. Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #16
I wonder if the cleric distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate rape Jack Rabbit Sep 2013 #19
Under Islamic Sharia Law, a rape must be witnessed by four men for it to be rape. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #42
Women who drive risk damaging my car WhoWoodaKnew Sep 2013 #20
No they didn't theHandpuppet Sep 2013 #38
It was a joke. WhoWoodaKnew Sep 2013 #40
At least post a *good*, witty variation of the joke: Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #43
Dickish comments wrapped in a 'it was a joke' container Matariki Oct 2013 #45
Dang. Tough crowd. WhoWoodaKnew Oct 2013 #46
this cleric sounds like he would fit well in the US House of Reps. olddad56 Sep 2013 #23
He was referring to camels pscot Sep 2013 #24
has he announced his candidacy for a GOP senate primary yet? nt arely staircase Sep 2013 #25
Great place Saudi Arabia ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2013 #26
I'm glad to know my gonads are crash proof Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #28
This Depth Of Stupidity, BillyRibs Sep 2013 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #31
A religious leader with zero basic knowledge of biology or science? Marrah_G Sep 2013 #33
ive had folks break my balls iamthebandfanman Sep 2013 #34
Is this the same idiot . . . Brigid Sep 2013 #35
Republicans are kicking themselves that they didn't think of this first yurbud Sep 2013 #36
Spurious excuses such as these are rarely found outside of the Congressional GOP. n/t Orsino Sep 2013 #39
I wonder if Sheikh Saleh is related to Pat Robertson? sarcasmo Sep 2013 #41
It should physically hurt to be that stupid. Matariki Oct 2013 #44
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