Saudi Cleric Confesses to Murdering 5-Year-Old Daughter Over Virginity Concerns — Gets a Fine & Brief Jail Time

This photo from women’s rights activist Manal Alsharif’s Facebook page claims to show Fayhan Ghamdi (Photo: Facebook/We Are Supporting Manal Alsharif)
A prominent Saudi cleric has received a light prison sentence after confessing to beating his 5-year-old daughter to death over concerns about her virginity.
Saudi media reports say Fayhan al-Ghamdi, a frequent guest on Islamic television programs, also raped his daughter before being charged with murder in November.
Gulf News has some of the horrifying details:
[5-year-old] Lama Al Ghamdi was admitted to hospital on December 25, 2011 with multiple injuries, including a crushed skull, broken ribs and left arm, extensive bruising and burns, the activists said. She died last October 22.
Fayhan Al Gamdi, an Islamic preacher and regular guest on Muslim television networks, confessed to having used cables and a cane to inflict the injuries, the activists from the group “Women to Drive” said in a statement.
They said the father had doubted Lama’s virginity and had her checked up by a medic.
Randa Al Kaleeb, a social worker from the hospital where Lama was admitted, said the girl’s back was broken and that she had been raped “everywhere”, according to the group. [Emphasis added]

This photo circulating on social media sites claims to show Lama Ghamdi before she was killed. (Photo: YouTube via Russia Today)
But the cleric was freed last week after serving a short prison term and agreeing to pay $50,000 in “blood money” to the family of the girl’s mother. According to the BBC, it is roughly half of what he would have had to pay had the murdered child been male.
Gulf News reports that the ruling is based on national law that men cannot be executed for killing their children or their wives.
But the backlash has been fierce in Saudi Arabia. A social media campaign gaining momentum Sunday is the latest attempt to use the Internet to pressure the kingdom’s ultraconservative rulers to hand down a harsher punishment.
Countless Twitter users are using the hashtag #AnaLama, Arabic for “I am Lama,” in association with the story.
The news comes soon after Al-Arabiya publicized another Saudi cleric’s call to have female babies wear the burka, so there is less chance they will be sexually molested.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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gyro
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:51pmThis happens so much
So sad for the child
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Walkabout
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:18pmI am glad you send those links all the time. One of my favorites is vladtepesblog.com
I have some small hope that things will change for the better in Saudi Arabia. I don’t how soon. I really don’t want to hazard a guess.
I see activists groups like “Women to Drive” & remember Stalin’s or Lenin’s quote that “quantity has a quality all its’ own”. I am hoping the widespread dissemination of this is Saudi Arabian society will make them revile people practising Sharia this way.
He got away with it. The next person to act in such a way might not be so unjustly lucky. He might be heading to the public square on a Friday afternoon.
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oldguy49
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:19pmhow does one question the virginity of a 5 year old………………..this people are so-o-o bad……………..
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kenboo1
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:20pmThese are the people we prop up… But then, thats their religion. No human rights for women… Oil and money talks, BS walks…
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dwilco77
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:22pmI am convinced he took the virginity of his own child, and then he killed her. And his society accepts this as a minor offense. Not a society I care to try to understand.
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:31pmLittle Lama Ghamdi,
your childhood innocence, your healthy body, your virginity, your total trust in grown-ups, and your fath in your father were ALL destroyed … at the same time… by the very man who was supposed to guard, nurture, and protect these things in your life.
Words fail to convey the million ways in which you were wronged by this horrible man. May you rest in the loving arms of Almighty God.
Fayhan Ghamdi,
if there is any shred of a soul left inside of you, may it cry out in repentence to Jesus Christ the Son of God. You WILL surely answer to the Holy God for your despicable, unspeakable, vile acts.
Muslims,
Flee the lies and bondage of Islam. Discover truth and salvation in Jesus.
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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:45pmGot to admit it…..
I’m eagerly anticipating the time when we get to fight these ass wipes hand-to-hand. Certainly that can’t be too far off. I’ll have a “scalp pole,” just like the plains Indians, except that I’m going to string the a$$ holes of my conquests.
Stories like this ignite the question “Could tens of thousands of Crusaders ALL been wrong?”
“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
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Commonsensical
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:17pm“How does one question the virginity of a five year old?”
Knowing the way these people work, the father likely took it himself!
Muslims seem to find it perfectly acceptable to r a p e women and girls of ANY age, and then stone or otherwise murder the victims!
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corbecket
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:29pm“I have some small hope that things will change for the better in Saudi Arabia. I don’t how soon.”
After having dealt with some of these folks, I fear the only time that “things will change”, is if more Saudi women start murdering the men. Unfortunately, for their society in general, and women and children in particular, the Saudi culture is operating like it was 1400 years ago.
The most important factor is that western civilization has had absolutely no beneficial effect on this crowd, other than to demonstrate they’ve been left behind by civilization. By rejecting western philosophy, and science as well, they really view themselves short men in a big world. It’s no wonder they continue to act out like children. This is a perfect example of the results.
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Walkabout
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 9:17pmjohnpaulkuchtajr
I’m eagerly anticipating the time when we get to fight these ass wipes hand-to-hand.
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I am not. I don’t think the women in my family get it. They do not think that way. Unless they have time to adjust, they will not be a hard target. They will blithely go about working, shopping for groceries etc & not have situational awareness much less “See something say something.”
The problems we have are nation of Islam, the Somali population (judging from how many sons join Al Shabab, etc.) & other Muslims of various sorts that set up training camps (there are several in the U.S.) not to mention the OTM that come across the border that the left absolutely denies.
Al Qaeda & the rest bombed Muslims shopping at souks (open markets).Thus we can expect them to do the same here.
Just saying what is obvious to any, but the left & the low information voter.
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afishfarted
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 10:15pmIf Obama had a son, would he look like this guy?
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Advection
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 10:35pmThese people are literally 2,000 years behind the times.
Stop buying their oil, and make them go back to riding camels and fighting with scimitars.
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JohnofOregon
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 12:40amSounds like Obama care to me.
@afishfarted Since we can assume that the chosen one is all seeing and being, how do we know this is not Obama’s son?
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ThoreauHD
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:57amI agree. I send these fruitcakes links to muslims burning Christians to ash, and they won’t bother covering it because it doesn’t come with a fluffy puppy and a *****.
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READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:03am@advection
Thank you. Starve these morons of our cash, charge them a fortune for water, and let their power over anyone shrivel on the vine. That it would even be a moral question on how to punish this monster who no doubt took his own daughters virginity and then killed her for giving it up, should be the reason we walk permanently away from these ties. Not one more penny.
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old white guy
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:34amgyro, jihad watch has this islamic horror everyday. if this is not proof that islam has to be erradicated i don’t know what is.
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Silvertruth
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:21amPlease, Christians and those who would call themselves such-
Do not hold this horrific person accountable with your words then scramble to mete out vengeance and death upon him and all Muslims for this. That is not what Christ would do or even think and it makes all us Christians look like blood thirsty monsters.
That kind of vengence thinking is what is causing the issues with Sandy Hook and other such incidents. We must, as adults, control our emotions, think before we speak, and act with grace.
Yes, there may come a time to pick up the sword, but only when needed and to the least amount needed.
Prayer and love will get us far further than violence. This child is in the hands of God now, be thankful she has been saved from more torture and abuse. Move your anger to action for good, not vengenace.
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redfish52
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:02pmIf she had lost her virginity (ridiculous) it was probably at the hands of her father. Possibly covering up the crime.
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afishfarted
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:45pmIf I hear one more time that Islam is a religion of peace, my head will explode. bastards like this are of the devil.
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oneshiner
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:13pmClearly, these are sick people for the things they do to women and children. The father himself was most likely the feign who did this dastardly deed. Peaceable?
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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:23pmNo one can tell me that there is anything of God in Islam, it is the ati-God in my opinion, and I stand by my opinion 100%.
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Witness1974
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:38pmModerate Islamist: A muslim that only holds a grudge for three generations.
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Michigander
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:42pmYes, and I think we should stop worrying about being “sensitive” to their feelings. I don’t care if they feel insulted. I know they aren’t all pedophiles and hateful murderers, but if they aren’t they need to stand against those who are, or they are also guilty of these crimes. And the women need to stop marrying these a$$es and having children they can rape and murder. I would rather live with rats than these vermin.
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50calgunner
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 9:29pmJenny you took the words out of my mouth. That rat bas!erd should be publicly drawn and quartered
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Fubared
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:45pmHow is it that Jihad Jerk, MorsiEngineer69, Waspy, SillySally, and A User have yet to connect the vast Israeli/Jewish conspiracy in this fun Muslim story? How can they not connect some acid filled dots to this story?
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progressiveslayer
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:04pmThe Jerk sure hates everything Jewish doesn’t he? According to that nut job the Jews control the world,if they were half as powerful as that stupid sob thinks then there wouldn’t be very many Muslims on earth. That’s too much logic for the Jerk and every other Anti Semite to comprehend though.
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tothepoint
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:42pmThis is heinous. God bless that poor little girl victim.
No surprise that he did it, though. Islam’s false prophet Muhammed married a six year old girl and had sex when that poor victim was nine years old. That’s pedophilia in decent societies.
Wait for it America. This is coming to cities in America.
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chips1
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 9:12pmThe Secret Service sure has their work cut out for them. Would Barak have a sudden flashback?
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PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:36pmJust read that last statement in the article:
The news comes soon after Al-Arabiya publicized another Saudi cleric’s call to have female babies
wear the burka, so there is less chance they will be sexually molested.
So women wear burkas for the purpose of not “tempting” the men by their sexuality.
If Islamic men are that “tempted” by a BABY, and they are basically slapped on the wrist,
nothing more when they carry out their evil in the most heinous of ways,
I have no doubt who the god they serve is.
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paulwbrown
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:43pmWell, at least we can all be confident that it will be reported widely on Al Gore’s former Current TV, AKA Al Jazera.
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BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:59pmSounds to me like they need to put a burka on anything the freakin moves. Bunch of hornie (sic) @ss-b@st@rds, they’ll hump anything.
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:54amIf women wear burkas to prevent mens lust, the men should wear bobbits to prevent acting on that lust.
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Eastinfection
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:35pm$50,000?
Perhaps they’re going a little hard on the guy.
Wasn’t it his first offense?
Maybe he just needs a good “talking to”?
Someone should sit him down, look him firmly in the eyes, and say “Fayhan…. not good.”
I’m sure that after that he, and all of the other incestual, homicidal rapists, will clearly get the message.
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pissantno.10
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 12:13amya obama can get him in the boy scouts now
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paulwbrown
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:34pmThese are the people we are allied with? Why? The answer is simple. OIL! Oil and our failure to develop our own massive reserves of fossil fuels so that we do not have to be in bed with countries like Saudi Arabia.
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American4Ever262
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:32pmDIRT BAG!! He should have the same inflicted on him! Makes me wanna puke!
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Beachbaby
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:31pmHillarys hero.
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:30pmAwww — those wacky Islamists.
Such a fun loving group.
Hey Fayhan – you just killed Lama – what are you going to do next??
“We’re going to Disneyland!!!”
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:29pmThis is so disgusting and makes me so ANGRY I can’t even find words. :(
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tom
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:27pmMohammad was a pedofile so shall be his filthy followers. Deport all Moslims from the US now. I’m sick of being tolerant of others beliefs while do everything in their power to degrade and erode our own.
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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:18pmPraying for all across the world who have been oppressed and killed at the hands of the cancer that is Islam.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:27pmI’ll say it one more time. Muslims are savages.
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cosette
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:27pm@ Maryelizabeth…. Defender of this gutter religion. Care to defend this monster? Your silence is deafening.
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:17pmHow sick is that. They have no souls or conscience. My tears are flowing for her and may God take care of her for eternity as he loves all his children.
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RANGER1965
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:30pm“And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.”
-Mark 10:13-16
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:45pmThank you Ranger….God is our only true hope for children and all.
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momrules
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:13pmThere is no fixing people like this and there are just too many like this man in the sham religion of Islam.
That this kind of evil is allowed to exist without the host country ending it condemns them all much as our country is under condemnation for the mass murder of innocents through abortion.
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RANGER1965
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:26pm“But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
-Revelation 21:8
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civilwarcometh
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:29pmAnd now look at what they want to do. SICK. These are not human beings! http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/02/saudi-clerics-fatwa-calls-for-baby-girls-to-wear-burqas-so-child-molesters-wont-be-sexually-attracted-to-them/
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PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:13pmHeartbreaking. What this poor child endured…and then was hospitalized for 10 MONTHs with injuries before dying. So much suffering in such a short life. Really really heartbreaking. All I can say is that justice will prevail. Perhaps not in this world, but this is not the final court.
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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:08pmSo he rapes this little 5 year old girl and is then worried about her virginity? WTF?
I’m with you BLACKCROW, Nuke ‘em. Nuke ‘em ’til they glow.
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FIREANDBRIMSTONE
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:06pmSounds more like something that a extreme right wing evangelical christian would do.
Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:13pmSorry, this story is only believable from islamist men.
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RStandal
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:17pmI’d like the name of any right Christan who has raped and murdered his daughter. For every one you can come up with I’ll give 5 Islamic parents who have killed there daughters.
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RANGER1965
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:20pmCute.
Now why don’t you go take your medicine like your mother told you, and take a nap.
When you wake up concentrate on getting that GED, and maybe read a few pamphlets on critical thinking.
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JayCee
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:22pmProbably something your daddy did to you.
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cosette
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:25pm@ fire and idiocy…. Care to state an example?
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:25pmFire…Who has ever done that? Good not Evil……Truth not lies (as Truth is the standard for excellence)……Love not Hate……Life is Short and Eternity is Forever so always be prepared.
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PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:30pmWhat a horrible, hateful thing to say.
It’s horrible enought that it has happened and the perpetrator goes back to being
an example of a righteous man under Islamic faith.
Pushing an agenda & begging for attention to the point of using the suffering & death of this 5yr old
to do so is vulgar and is also the cry for someone in need of serious professional help.
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gyro
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:49pmFIREANDBRIMSTONE = you are discusting
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:56pmSoy….. More information needed like when and why as I am at a loss. Evil is always wrong and Truth should always come out of ones mouth. God Bless.
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minorityconservative2
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:58pmNo Soy there was not a time when a CHRISTian man did this. Any man that does this is no CHRISTian. I don’t care what one calls them self. What they do proves what they are.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:07pm@IMchristian
I had thought that people would reflect and remember things like….
-Witch trials
-Scarlet letter
-enslave blacks and treat them poorly (and use bible to back it up)
-Massacre indians in the name of God
-prevent black people from participating in society
You might say those times were long ago and things are different now. But in places like Saudi Arabia, they are not where we are today
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mewnani
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:18pmActually sounds more like something a demon would do. I can’t think of any human being, right wing or otherwise, who could do something like this.
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:29pmSoy….. There was a time, a long time ago, when a lot of bad things happened for sure and lots of changes have been since then thanks to the honorable Christians and non Christians alike.
However, today we are talking about that poor little girl that was violated in these current days. God rest her soul,
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searching for the Truth
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 6:51pmYeah! we’re not about things you did in the past.
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strawberry411a
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 8:45pmSuch a pathetically weak response from a liberal intellectual.
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kathy@49
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 10:05pmYou are one sick idiot. Please tell us when an evangelical Christian has ever been accused of such a horrible act.
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bemo234
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 10:13pmNo moral equivalency, but it does say a lot about the bottom dwelling troll, piece of sh it you are
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Blitzking
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 12:00pmwow.. satan and his demons have definitely taken control of your mind and soul …. the bible talks about the unforgiveable sin and it appears that you are getting very close.. the next few years of your life are going to be a living hell
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woodyee
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:05pmI’ll bet the odds are he murdered her to COVER UP his crime of rape. 5yr old is old enough to point a finger.
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Tigress1
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:05pmBasturd!
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:05pmguess we got to start bombing saudi arabia then
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Witness1974
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 7:37pmWell I do wonder where the cries from the left are over events such as these. Where is the demand that the federal and state governments divest themselves of anything Saudi? Where is the call to isolate Saudi Arabia from the “world community of nations.” Where are the feminist marches and calls for justice for women under the darkness of paternalistic Sharia law?
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RANGER1965
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 4:58pmHow can you even call yourself human?
These are Tolkien’s Orcs, come to life in the 21st century. They are also the Left’s “Cause Celebre.” How? Why?
You hate Christians because you feel they might call you a sinner? You hate Christianity because it makes you feel judged?
These people will kill you, happily, gladly! They will light their streets with your burning bodies and praise Allah for it! And you support them? This is the Left’s religion of PEACE!!??
They won’t debate you, they won’t ask permission, they won’t respect your lifestyle. The common people are no better than slaves. The women no better than animals. The religious leaders are rapists and power mongers, with buckets of blood on their hands. And the national leaders?
Like the Pharaoh’s of old.
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KingDork
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:06pmliberals don’t think that far ahead. They can cry up a storm if someone Christian sneezed in the direction of someone but don’t give a flying monkey poo if some islamic butchers children. Liberals don’t really care about anything other than their current wants. They can claim to stand for this and that but only as far as their overlords tell them to care. A liberal can attack Christians for not supporting gay marriage but don’t care if islamics behead and stone them to death. Same goes for all sorts of “causes” liberals pretend to care about.
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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:51pmYep, and I’ll bet my next paycheck that the Gloria’s will not say one word to defend this little girl. They cannot see the forest for the trees.
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Jezreel
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 4:56pmEven though it is a horrible sad thing that happened to that poor little baby girl, she is better off dead than alive and with the Lord Jesus. What a rotten evil man. He sure is going to get what he deserves on judgment day.,
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RetUSAFVet
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 4:52pmAn Islamic cleric, not a jihadist, proves that islam is a religion of peace and love. /sarc/
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:32pmWill we be hearing about this in the mainstream media? I seriously doubt it!
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BlackCrow
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 4:51pmNuke ‘em!
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raptor45
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 9:35pmI agree. Turn that gdplace into a glass parking lot.
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