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On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:10:40 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-07-14 12:12 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-07-13 8:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>

>> Let me put it another way. One can respect a person's right to hold
>> religious beliefs. You don't have to respect (or admire) those beliefs.

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>
>Failure to abide by some of their beliefs can get people into trouble
>sometimes. Sometimes those beliefs run counter to my beliefs. I find it
>had to accept that I should be expected to respect the belief some hold
>that their women must be covered head to toe and that should be beaten
>for failure to do so, and that they can be killed to protect the
>family's honour. Sorry, but I cant respect their right to hold religious
>beliefs like that any more than I should be able to hold beliefs like
>that privately.


By and large those are not religious beliefs but rather extremes to
justify the acts committed. Nowhere does Islam support those beliefs
anymore than you could say Christianity supports all the men in Canada
who murdered their wives/SOs last year.