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| In Pakland, 500 sex abuse charges 0 prosecutions |
| 2004-12-28 |
| From Secularislam.org which should be one of your url favorites - if for no other reason than it is organized by Ibn Warraq. Sex and the Madrasa By Irfan Khawaja [a adjunct professor and active in Islamic apostate (murtad) circles] They say that "sex sells," but I guess there's an exception to every rule, and evidently child rape in Pakistani madrasas is one of the exceptions... Despite at least 500 complaints of child sex abuse at Pakistani Muslim schools this year there has yet to be one successful prosecution.... The charges also give some perspective to Islamic fundamentalists' tedious habit of sermonizing at us about the supposed sexual dysfunctionality of "the West" and the superior moral virtue of "the Islamic East." |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #8 Doesn't make it any less true that some Muslim societies have very unhealthy and perverse notions about the human body. I agree completely, Jules. Islam's hypertrophied sense of womankind's responsibility for original sin (and almost every other one thereafter) is simply disgusting and flat-out childish. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-12-28 10:32:15 PM |
| #7 Even in this country there are still many who don't report rape because they are ashamed that it happened to them, or it isn't prosecuted because the girl was deemed to have said yes before she said no. (The Kobe incident is a perfect example -- it should never have been prosecuted even though the man is a cad.) It isn't surprising that Pakistani society is much too hung up on the whole subject of sex that they can't air such things in a public forum such as the courts. I imagine that, as many Rantburg fathers would, the situation is generally handled privately and permanently. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-28 5:46:45 PM |
| #6 One can't argue with what you say, Zenster. Doesn't make it any less true that some Muslim societies have very unhealthy and perverse notions about the human body. |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-28 3:51:13 PM |
| #5 Would you like to know why there is such a stunning lack of prosecution for these sex crimes? Merely examine the government that is countenancing them. Pakistan is rated as worse than the Palestinian Authority, in terms of corruption. Maybe that gives you an idea of how bad things are there. What follows are ratings by Transparency International with respect to national corruption indicators. Note that Iran and Iraq both make a better showing than Pakistan, which is bracketed by Kenya and Angola. (The scale is 1-10, 10 = Best) China 3,4 Iran 2,9 Palestinian Authority 2,5 Iraq 2,1 Kenya 2,1 Pakistan 2,1 Angola 2,0 Remember, the same corrupt government that can be bought off over sex crimes can just as easily be bought off by terrorists. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-12-28 3:46:29 PM |
| #4 Exposing the skin of your chin, neck, clavicle, leg, knee, ankle, arm, elbow, wrist, ear, forehead, nose, hands, or feet-just about any part belonging to a woman-makes you blasphemous and whorish. No wonder Pakistani madrassas are having such a hard time defining, recognizing or prosecuting sex abuse. The mere possession and airing of the non-sexual parts you were born with makes you a whore and therefore unfit to make an accusation. It's your fault! |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-28 1:13:47 PM |
| #3 Unless he's the wrong flavor of Muslim and they see advantage in taking him down... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-28 12:56:46 PM |
| #2 I think they misunderstand that whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing. They just figure if he's innocent, why have a trial? After all, he's muslim, so of course he's innocent. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-12-28 12:54:38 PM |
| #1 They must have very good public defenders. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-28 12:48:54 PM |