The man who was found guilty of ordering two boys to engage in ritual flogging was handed a suspended jail sentence.
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The man who forced two young boys to partake in a ritual flogging ceremony has been found guilty of child cruelty.
The BBC has some background on the practice.
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regarding the forced ritual flogging of young boys -
the issue really serves to highlight the necessity of governmental oversight of religious practice. Not to define what religious practices are “correct” or not, but rather to simply be blind to religion when evaluating issues against the law. The question of whether self-flagellation is an authentic Islamic or Shi’a practice is a (bloody) red herring - the question is simply whether the actions violated Law. And they did, so Mr. Zaidi needs to be prosecuted accordingly. Bringing this issue into the domain of religious freedom only serves to cloud the issue, and taint the entire muslim community, Sunni and Shi’a alike.
good discussion at Deenport, also, particularly this comment:
apart from the (elected) government, who else can provide public safeguards when religious practices veer into problematic areas, for instance where they are forced upon those who are uncomfortable with them, or simply don’t accept them as ‘correct’ religious practices?
I do believe that ultimately, these safeguards protect religious minorities even while they impose limits on public manifestations of religion. Do we need protecting from ourselves? I think that sometimes we do…
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The state’s need to define ‘religion’: The trial of a man who whipped himself during a ritual ceremony and then allegedly forced two teenage boys to do the same, has begun in Manchester.
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A rabbi who uncovers child abuse in strictly Orthodox communities says he feared for his life as he was chased by a group of 200 Charedi men in North London.
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The director of a Saudi-funded Islamic school in northern Virginia, accused of promoting religious intolerance, has been convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse.
