Cross posted from mine and some friends' blog, http://thenextelection.blogspot.com
Friday, January 28, 2005
Apologies in advance for the rambling.
I saw something that disturbed the living hell out of me today, and I've been thinking about how to address it, but I can't seem to make a line in my head with all my thoughts, so I'm just going to write.
As many of you know, there was a news report of some of the abuses at Gitmo today. The most disturbing of which included smearing menstural blood on the faces of detainees. Beyond being disgusting, this is also a violation of one of the more important laws of Islam. This is the equivalent of making an orthodox Jew eat ham.
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