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Originally posted by guppy
Good lord. This is probably why aliens have been in a fog of secrecy. The aliens are probably planning the extinction of mankind for acts like this. This incident is only one out of how many that occur worldwide on a yearly basis. We as a species need to mature to the next level.
Originally posted by guppy
reply to post by _Phoenix_
Good point, Phoenix. Of course, you know you are generalizing aliens as well. You can not assume all aliens have the same agendas, ethics and morals.
Originally posted by MASH_DADDY
reply to post by theutahbigfoothunter
F****G ANIMALS! And you wonder why people hate Islam! Because disgusting souls like you have ruined it for the whole majority of Muslims..
I was crying when I saw this, I couldn't even watch it all.... and you have F!@#$%g idiots taking pictures and video.. I hope God unleashes his wrath on all of you involved. Burn and rot in hell INFIDELS!!!
Originally posted by MASH_DADDY
reply to post by _Phoenix_
No, they were most likely Shia muslims. 90% of kurds are "officially" muslim
maybe you should have a read? And also Shia and Sunni's haven't been getting along for a while...
Originally posted by Sonya610
Not sure how this got bumped up, but that sure doesn't look like a "stoning" to me.
Stoning is a ritual form of execution with the goal being to keep the victim CONSCIOUS for an extended period of time. This was a frenzied mob and the victim was obviously unconscious. Victims are partially buried, the stones are limited in size so that those who feel sorry for the victims CANNOT hurl a large stone with the intention of knocking the victim out to spare their suffering.
Just because the mob threw a couple of cinder blocks at her does not mean this was a "stoning".
[edit on 4-9-2008 by Sonya610]
Eventually a dark, thickset man turns to me. He points to one of the peacocks on the wall: "That is Melek Taus, the peacock angel. We worship him." He sips his tea, and adds: "Ours is the oldest religion in the world. Older than Islam; older than Christianity."
And who is Melek Taus? Halil looks slightly uncomfortable: "We believe he is a proud angel, who rebelled and was thrown into Hell by God. He stayed there 40,000 years, until his tears quenched the fires of the underworld. Now he is reconciled to God."
But some Yezidi do claim that Melek Taus is "the Devil". One hereditary leader of the Yezidi, Mir Hazem, said in 2005: "I cannot say this word [Devil] out loud because it is sacred. It's the chief of angels. We believe in the chief of angels."
There are further indications that Melek Taus is "the Devil". The parallels between the story of the peacock angel's rebellion, and the story of Lucifer, cast into Hell by the Christian God, are surely too close to be coincidence. The very word "Melek" is cognate with "Moloch", the name of a Biblical demon - who demanded human sacrifice.
The avian imagery of Melek Taus also indicates a demonic aspect. The Yezidi come from Kurdistan, the ancient lands of Sumeria and Assyria. Sumerian gods were often cruel, and equipped with beaks and wings. Birdlike. Three thousand years ago the Assyrians worshipped flying demons, spirits of the desert wind. One was the scaly-winged demon featured in The Exorcist: Pazuzu.
The Yezidi reverence for birds - and snakes - might also be extremely old.
"We Yezidi are not saints," says Halil, "but we are a peaceful people. All we want is tolerance. We do not worship evil, we just see that the world contains good as well as bad. Darkness as well as light."