SmithNwestern,
It's heartbreaking really to see such things in a Muslim dominated society.
Your post reminds me of a hadith by our Prophet, in which he said:
"You will follow the ways of those who went before you (i.e. the People of the Book), foot by foot, and inch by inch . . . even to the point where if one of them crawls into the hole of a lizard, you will follow." (Ahmed Ibn Hambal)