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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 02:26 PM Apr 2014

Sultan of Brunei re-instates stoning as punishment for defying oppressive Sharia law.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/30/sultan-brunei-sharia-penal-code-flogging-death-stoning

"The sultan of oil-rich Brunei has announced the introduction of tough Islamic criminal punishments, pushing ahead with plans that have sparked international condemnation and rare domestic criticism of the fabulously wealthy ruler.

"With faith and gratitude to Allah the almighty, I declare that tomorrow, Thursday 1 May 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases," the absolute monarch said in a royal decree on Wednesday.

Plans for the sharia penalties – which will eventually include flogging, severing of limbs and death by stoning – triggered condemnation on social media sites in the tiny sultanate earlier this year."
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Sultan of Brunei re-instates stoning as punishment for defying oppressive Sharia law. (Original Post) Dawson Leery Apr 2014 OP
One of the fine members of the TPP. GeorgeGist Apr 2014 #1
He does have what is supposedly the single greatest car collection in the world Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #2
He's got a lot of junk in that collection. parkia00 May 2014 #3
Upon hearing this Pat Robertson called Huckabee and said "see, that's how it gets done" NightWatcher May 2014 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Nye Bevan May 2014 #5

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
2. He does have what is supposedly the single greatest car collection in the world
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 05:39 PM
Apr 2014

despite being a jerkoff...

parkia00

(572 posts)
3. He's got a lot of junk in that collection.
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:35 AM
May 2014

Million dollar cars purchased new and put in the warehouse, never moved, never serviced, never started in the hot, humid tropical climate for decades. Some people who had access to the warehouse basically described the cars as scrap value after all these years. He and the elites of that tiny nation and it's people who live in a perpetual welfare state with no income tax, free housing, disneyland like play grounds, free utilities and where most work are done by foreigners will have a very nasty wake up call when the oil and gas runs in in about 2 decades.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
4. Upon hearing this Pat Robertson called Huckabee and said "see, that's how it gets done"
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:41 AM
May 2014

The fundies here have a ton in common with the fundies over there. I really think they should move to the Middle East

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