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Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy (www.bbc.com)
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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Local media quoted eyewitnesses as saying a man jokingly proposed marriage to the vendor, and her response was considered blasphemous by some people in the area.

Thats so stereotypical its almost unbelievable.

"Marry me!"
"No"
"Guuuys, she's a witch!!!"

[–] SanctimoniousApe 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

She probably said something more along the lines of "not if Mohammed himself told me to."

Religious wingnuts are a special breed of hypersensitive hypocritical asshole.