God must be protected from your mother

IRAN. A 12-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were denied visitation with their mother in jail, because the girl’s dress was not in accordance with Islamic code. Instead, they were thrown out in the cold weather outside.

The girl wore a standard school uniform. Their mother has been incarcerated for 18 months without charge.

You guessed it: the mother is a human rights lawyer. And as we all know, Allah abhors those. Also, the Creator of the Universe is easily turned on by 12-year-old girls. So in order to protect Allah, the kids must not be allowed to see their mother.

Full blog post at BanooyeSabz.

Also, this is official state policy. Recently, Iran’s president declared that “so-called advocates of freedom and human rights are on the verge of annihilation“.

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Doused in kerosene and set alight

What’s the difference between a Nepalese Shaman and a Christian Priest?

Note: This insane shaman and superstitious celebrity unrelated to the news article below.

Exhibit A:

KATHMANDU — A mob burned alive a 40-year-old woman on Friday after accusing her of casting black magic spells in a remote village in southern Nepal, police said.

Dengani Mahato died after she was severely beaten, doused in kerosene and set alight for allegedly practising witchcraft, Gopal Bhandari, a superintendent of police in Chitwan district, told AFP.

“Nine people started to beat her after a local shaman pointed the finger at her over the death of a boy a year ago,” the officer said.

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Exhibit B:

On November 20 Pastor Samuel Fletcher Sagoe accused Ama Ahima of being a witch. Sagoe gathered together a group of six people (including other members of his family) to “deliver” Ahima, that is to conduct an exorcism. Alternatively, this has been described as an effort to forcibly make Ahima “confess” through torture. The exorcism (and/or attempt to extract a confession) proceeded for several hours, until Ahima was doused in kerosene and set on fire.

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These 271 celibate men want to control your uterus

Where would we be without Christian morality?

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – which today called for contraception coverage to be removed from the Affordable Care Act – is comprised of 271 active and 185 retired bishops. Among them are the following:

Bishop John McCormack: the former head of the Conference’s abuse committee, McCormack stepped down as bishop in 2011 after the Boston Globe revealed that he was shielding priests that left their own parishes after allegations of child abuse.

Bishop Robert Banks: a conference member who admitted he “dropped the ball” in transferring a fellow Bishop who stood accused of molesting children and publicly advocating sex between men and boys.

Bishop Francis DiLorenzo: a conference member who blamed a mother for allowing her sons to be molested and then sued the church for the reimbursement of legal fees.

Bishop Robert Brom who paid a $198 million settlement to 144 victims alleging sexual abuse by the Diocese since 1935.

Archbishop Alexander Brunett, now retired but still a member of the Conference, allowed Rev. John Cornelius to remain at his post in Washington even though Cornelius had been accused of several instances of sexual molestation of young boys.

Bishop John Gaydos, who leads a diocese in Jefferson City, is currently embroiled in a lawsuit for allegedly covering up for Anthony O’Connell, who admitted to repeated abuses of his seminary students.

Full article over at Daily Agenda.