Religious Extremism

I have seen comments on Facebook equating Islam with such extremism. Of course, there are Christian extremists who can point to the Bible to justify their atrocious beliefs.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/02/world/africa/mali-couple-stoned/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


From Katarina Hoije, For CNN
updated 10:09 AM EDT, Thu August 2, 2012

Islamists in control of northern Mali said they forced a man and a woman into two holes and stoned them to death for committing adultery in the lawless region.

Witnesses watched quietly as Islamists executed the two by pelting them with rocks in the remote Aguelhok town, according to a local resident.

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The stoning Sunday is the first reported Sharia killing since al Qaeda-linked Islamists took control of the north.

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Months later, two groups with ties to al Qaeda hijacked the separatist uprising by the local Tuareg movement. The two groups now control two-thirds of northern Mali, an area the size of Texas that includes the towns of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.

Islamists have since imposed a harsh form of Sharia law that bans drinking, music and sports on television. Most residents in the area are Muslims, but have protested against the strict form of Sharia as Islamists remain determined to apply it.

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