If I Were a Muslim, Divorce is the Only Time I Think of Fatwa

If I were a Muslim, divorce is the only time I think of fatwa:

If a woman divorces a man for justifiable cause, proven by three witnesses regardless of gender - a man's word is not enough - then a man who kills her wife for daring to divorce her ought not be let off by merely paying her family off. Even a rich kafir does so.

Likewise, a woman who divorces a man for justifiable cause should be allowed to a sum of money from the man's family, and that money be paid duly without trying to escape from the law, be it through other legal means or worse, violence.

It should be assumed that a women in the midst of divorce suddenly dies that most likely her husband or his kinsman murdered her until proven by testimony of three reliable witnesses - not from the husband's side - that such is not the case.

Bribery attempted to subvert justice in all such cases should result in the State declaring said bribe to be a "donation" to liberate women.

If I lived in a Muslim country, and word got out that I think these thoughts, my time on earth would be short.

However, I live in Canada, and radical Islam is akin to terrorism. For I am kafir. In English, it means "freedom from religious tyranny."

Bring Justice for Rehtaeh's Family

Trigger warning: this post contains information about sexual assault that may be upsetting to survivors.

"My daughter wasn’t bullied to death, she was disappointed to death. Disappointed in people she thought she could trust, her school, and the police... For the love of God do something." -Glen Canning, Rehtaeh's father

As I'm writing this, 84,347 of you have already done something important. You signed my petition demanding an independent review asking how on earth the police couldn't find the evidence they needed to charge those who raped Rehtaeh and who distributed photos of her rape on Facebook.

Rehtaeh's tragic story of rape and blame is too common. By demanding perpetrators and authorities be held responsible is how we can change this -- how we can change the legal system and culture that allows this to happen.

Please share my petition by forwarding this email to your family and friends and asking them to sign at Change.org/Rehtaeh.

Tell them that the pressure is working.

On Tuesday, Minister Landry told reporters he would not order a review of the investigation. Hours after launching the petition we had a few thousand signatures and Minister Landry backtracked saying he was looking into all the options. By Wednesday afternoon we had nearly 20,000 signatures and Premier Darrell Dexter said "We need to have a broad-based comprehensive review."

I am glad the Minister and Premier have agreed to 'consider options for a review,' but that's not a commitment and the review can't be done by the people who messed it up in the first place.

How many signatures will it take for them to commit to the independent review? Please forward this email and ask your friends and family to sign at Change.org/Rehtaeh.

Thank you,

Sherri Bain,

A friend of the Parsons family

Seattle Police Racial Profile Black Men & Lose Evidence

I looked at this newscast and thought, "Looks like those novels about police covering their ass are true."

Sometimes, they also wait until felons with a history of violence are out again hurt or kill someone before they step in.

Of course, being pro-active would ruin this kind of crime-fighting.

This may be why witnesses who don't want to be involved impede justice.

Just because the perpetrators the police are looking for are given a general description, this kind of bias needs to be pointed out in training.