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Afghanistan/South Asia
Chopped-nose threat issued for Hindu girls dating Muslims
2004-11-27
Not all the whack-jobs in the world are Moose-limbs.
Hindu girls who went out with Moslem boys would have their noses chopped off, a rightwing Hindu group warned, according to a news report on Friday. The diktat was issued in a letter sent out by the rightwing Hindu Bajrang Dal to its cadre in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest Moslem population in the country. At first, Dal members would attempt to dissuade Hindu girls from dating Muslims. But if beating them the gentle persuasion didn't work, their noses would be cut off, the Dal warned.

The warning said nothing about Hindu boys going out with Moslem girls. The group said the step was necessary to prevent marriages between the two groups, according to a report in the Hindustan Times. In the past the Bajrang Dal has protested, often violently, against Valentine's Day celebrations and college-going girls wearing jeans, both of which it said symbolized "the onslaught of immoral western culture".
Posted by:Steve White

#9  Exactly BH - However my child is male and similar rules would apply.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-11-27 9:53:08 PM  

#8  Well, the nose-chopping is extreme, but I would have serious problems with my daughter dating a Muslim too. The Hindus are very familiar with the problems caused by Muslims, and probably would not want their child contributing to the problem in the role of baby-factory.

I wouldn't chop my daughter's nose off, but I would disown my children for:

1) Converting to Islam;
2) Contributing in the spread of Islam; or
3) Contributing in the birth of a child who would be raised as a Muslim.
Posted by: BH   2004-11-27 6:58:52 PM  

#7  The more I think about it (and I think about it a lot) we may be making a mistake in thinking the problems the US faces originate with Moslems in particular instead of all cultures where people are seen not as individuals but as extensions of their extended family, and property of the clan elders.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-11-27 2:09:09 PM  

#6  Their, um, nuts. You see the pic, right?

Two peanuts A Hindu girl and Muslim boy were walking in the park, one was ... oh, nevermind!
Posted by: Zenster   2004-11-27 1:40:57 PM  

#5  And for the Muslim boys who are caught with these Hindu girls; What of their's gets chopped?

Their, um, nuts. You see the pic, right?
Posted by: Steve White   2004-11-27 1:04:32 PM  

#4  And for the Muslim boys who are caught with these Hindu girls; What of their's gets chopped?
Posted by: Zenster   2004-11-27 11:22:33 AM  

#3  symbolized “the onslaught of immoral western culture”.

The only thing that keeps me from lumping these yahoos in with the Izzoids is the fact that the Hindus are not quite as aggressive and expansionist as the Izzoids. Building Purity in one country, as opposed to world wide Purity, to borrow a phase from Stalin.
Posted by: N Guard   2004-11-27 9:49:10 AM  

#2  Cashews and pecans are poor substitutes for noses, though in a pinch Brazil nuts are a reasonable facsimile.
Posted by: ed   2004-11-27 9:42:04 AM  

#1  Native American men used to bite the noses off their wives if they offended. This and similar attitudes resulted in a lot of Native American women marrying white settlers.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-11-27 9:29:14 AM  

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