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Updated: 2 Apr 12 10:26 CET
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A man in Malmö in southern Sweden is suspected of having set his wife on fire following a domestic dispute stemming from her request for a divorce.
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who does this kinda barbaric thing to a woman, or any living thing for that matter?
" on suspicions of attempted murder with an alternative charge of aggravated assault"
Clearly when someone is purportedly doused in a flammable liquid & then set alight, the intentions were to insure the doused person was turned to cinder & never to breath again , swedish laws ha !
I actually support Islam - but it belongs in the Middle East.
The West is incompatible with Islam.
Mass migration will destroy our culture and water it down until there is nothing left but shopping malls, and big-box American stores, McMansions and broken English as the official language of every country.
The man is from Rosengård.
did u read thz same text? wea was the couples religion or origin mentioned? u guys r full of hatred.
mass migration? so why do swedes emigrate to USA? just to cause mass migration? if no, y r u against the ones who came here. thz world is all about being dependent on each other. u cant go against the world,betta join!
peace
To your second point. Swedes are not mass emigrating to America. In fact, the same amount emigrate and immigrate from America each year.
I think America can choose who they want to accept into their country. Sweden should be allowed to do the same, and only allow immigrants who will benefit sweden.
Estimates for Swedish jail time:
3 000 SEK (450 USD / 340 EUR) per day per person
1 050 000 SEK per year per person (159 000 USD / 119 000 EUR)
A five-year sentence would cost around
5 250 000 SEK (795 000 USD / 595 000 EUR)
www.kriminalvarden.se/sv/Startsida-skolportal1/Conny/Kostnader/
Yes, zooeden, there are exceptions, but in the muslime world, such occurrences take place everyday and are sanctioned by the authorities. On the other hand, in the West, these occurrences are the exception and the perpetrator is subjected to criminal prosecution.
As for actions/reactions, look at this way, when was the last time that a Western nation imposed the death penalty for the crime of switching religions?
@ 08:28 April 2, 2012 by jomamas (#4) 'Religion of Peace'. - I missed the part where religion was mentioned.
@ 09:23 April 2, 2012 by Localer (#6) Well, in Islam is totally okay for man to hit the wife, since the heaven is under permission of the husband. -Being an expert on Islam, can you explain exactly how this is done, under what circumstances?
@ 09:43 April 2, 2012 by Camlon (#9) "He is a muslim." {possible but not proven} "he does a action that is much more normal among muslims." - His actions are common among people of many religions & countries. I once read that in Christian Argentina a man can kill his wife for adultery; in Islamic law a judge will have to be involved to convict either side.
@ 11:30 April 2, 2012 by johan rebel (#12) Also, the s.o.b. is 15 years older than his wife, which points to the strong likelihood that she was forced into the marriage at the age of twelve or so. I know of many Christian, Jewish, Hindu & Buddhist women married to men much older than them, were they all forced into marriage at 12?
@ 15:41 April 2, 2012 by Svensksmith (#16) They ought to make those burqas flame retardant. - No where was the type of clothing mentioned but if it was a burqa she likely would have been burnt over more of her body.
@ 18:00 April 2, 2012 by Rod Munch (#20) For how much longer is Sweden going to accept these animals in their land? As opposed to keeping the ones they produce locally?
@ 18:17 April 2, 2012 by Jeff10 - Same as my reply to #4, #6, #9 & #16.
@ 22:33 April 2, 2012 by Jeff10 (#22) "...in the muslime world, such occurrences take place everyday and are sanctioned by the authorities." - Which authorities? Every time something like this takes place - usually Pakistan - the man is arrested by police & punished. When "Kitchen Death" takes place in India among Hindus do you hear about it? "On the other hand, in the West, these occurrences are the exception and the perpetrator is subjected to criminal prosecution." - In the west there are many instances of this & worst but most men are never punished & the media does not report.
You're full of it. In other posts I've cited several passages from the kornyran, all of which support my assertions. Even if the US there have several [dis]honor killings of females (AZ, MO, MI, CA, to name some).
If you google pakistan and honor killings, you'll receive millions of hits. Not only does packystain lead the world in honor killings, but it has few, if any, convictions for what would be a crime in the West, but is just another day in one of the most backward nations in the world.
Pieces of dung be upon you.