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Kadra attacked in public

Norwegian-Somalian Kadra, who became famous in Norway for exposing imam support of female circumcision, was beaten unconscious on Thursday.

“I was terrified. While I lay on the pavement they kicked me and screamed that I had trampled on the Koran. Several shouted Allah-o-akbar (God is great) and also recited from the Koran,” Kadra told VG.

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The Islamic Council Norway (IRN) condemned the attack on Kadra and urged that she pursue the matter with police.

“Behavior where one goes to physical attack on someone you disagree with violates Islamic teaching and the prophet Muhammad’s sunnah (lifestyle). We strongly object to such behavior,” the IRN said in a press release.

Quite apart from the fact that people criticising (certain aspects of) religion don’t appear to be safe from religious violence even in the most secular countries on the planet, the idea that said religious violence violates the teachings of Mohammed is a lie. The only way this goes against his teachings is that they didn’t actually kill her.

Imagine a rant about cultural relativism here, both regarding circumcision (female and male) and religious violence in general. It’s getting too obvious at this point.

(Via RichardDawkins.net.)