Religious freedom?

From Islam Watch...

Their burqa-clad wives, present in the court, couldn’t believe this miscarriage of justice. They yelled abuse at the judge for punishing their husbands for practising their religion. They asked why was an act approved by Quran and practiced by holy prophet is punishable in a country which claims freedom of religion? It was clearly a discrimination against muslims and definitely an islamophobia.

What "religious practice" did these men get punished for?

From The Sun (UK)...

Abdul Mukin Khalisadar held a knife to his victim’s throat as he attacked her in her home.

He persuaded seven men to back up his story that he had been in the mosque at the time.

Khalisadar later admitted raping the 27-year-old.

He claimed a substance he took to help with fasting during Ramadan had made him “hyper.”

The preacher forced his way into her home as she got back from a night out, the court was told.

He threatened to kill her — even after she claimed to be pregnant with twins to put him off, prosecutor Simon Carr said.

Khalisadar also stole a mobile from the house in Whitechapel, East London.

He was caught by DNA. Judge Timothy King blasted his “hypocrisy”.

Imam got 7½ years for rape and 2½ for conspiring to pervert justice.

Seven members of East London Mosque admitted perverting justice and got 12 months each.

So, it seems these men, and their wives, fervently believe that raping and lying are religious acts and they should be free to do them, with impunity.

In the article's comment section one, seemingly insane commenter posted...

...the church attacks gays by using texts from the bible...

Funny, I can't seem to find one single incident of anyone physically attacking a homosexual and claiming the Bible told them to, either here in the US or in the UK. Of course treating DISAGREEING as the moral equivalent of a violent rape, is par for the course for anti-Christian zealots, who seem to be as looney as London Imams.

Posted by Danny Carlton at April 2, 2008 7:11 AM