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India-Pakistan |
Pakistani graduate raped to punish her low-caste family |
2006-09-25 |
![]() Ghazala Shaheen, 24, and her mother Mumtaz were abducted last month by men dressed in police uniforms from their home near Multan in southern Punjab. Her shocking ordeal mirrors that of Mukhtaran Mai, 29, who became a symbol in the campaign for women’s rights in Pakistan after she was gang-raped because her 12-year-old brother had been seen with a higher-caste woman. Six men were found guilty but five later had their convictions overturned. That case provoked an international outcry and led to moves to reform Pakistan’s Islamic rape and adultery laws which effectively criminalise rape victims. Last week human rights campaigners said Shaheen was unlikely to see her attackers brought to justice because President Pervez Musharraf had failed in an attempt to repeal the Hudood Ordinance, which requires four male Muslim witnesses to support a rape charge. If the accused is acquitted, the victim becomes liable to prosecution for adultery. While Musharraf was out of the country earlier this month, a committee of hardline Islamic scholars neutered his bill to protect women’s rights which would have repealed the Hudood Ordinance. The scholars claimed the bill was un-Islamic because it “encouraged adultery”. |
Posted by:john |
#17 Funny, I haven't heard any moderate seething in response to this outrage. Personally, I am almost sure that some guy on the counsel who handed down this sentence wanted to give his buds a shot at her to boost his influence. Mohamhead would be proud, I'm sure. |
Posted by: gorb 2006-09-25 23:46 |
#16 She has a degree - give her a plane ticket and a VISA. She ought to be able to translate something for us. I doubt she'll be homesick. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-25 23:13 |
#15 Ah, yes. The REAL muzzie culture, unchecked by western morality, laws and public standards. The religion of 'peace' in all it's natural ugliness. |
Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-25 22:59 |
#14 If it works ... LOL |
Posted by: lotp 2006-09-25 20:44 |
#13 You mean "pro boner" work? |
Posted by: Dave D. 2006-09-25 20:41 |
#12 Maybe that 80 yr old surgeon who's facing lawsuits could do some pro bono work in the middle east??? |
Posted by: lotp 2006-09-25 20:28 |
#11 Muslim male Uebermensch Ima thinkring this entire populace is seething for falling prey en masse to false penile enlargement ads |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-25 19:47 |
#10 "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman... |
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-09-25 19:33 |
#9 male Uebermensch Btw, GNC has a special this week on male uebermensch whey powder in the 2.5 litre container. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-09-25 17:11 |
#8 The key is, as far as they are concerned anytime a woman is physically unprotected she deserves what happens to her. Only by hiding in purdah, when guarded by those capable by arms and social status of protecting her, is she possibly safe. It's like Muslim anger and violence against any other inferior group -- the cause is immaterial, because any excuse can be found at any moment; the inferior individual/group must ever be aware that their life and safety depends on the momentary whim of the Muslim male Uebermensch -- as Allah is to all, so are they to those He has obviously set them to rule over. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-09-25 16:52 |
#7 I believe that part of the bitter irony here is that if this somehow manages to make its way back to criminal charges against Nazar or the first rapist, it will most likely be overturned because she tempted them...the little minx. (We all know how Muslim men adore educated women.) |
Posted by: Vickerina 2006-09-25 15:55 |
#6 I thought castes were a Hindu thing John will comment on that with his usual insight, but IIUC, pakiland is a feudal country which retains a social cast system feature, even with islam... so, yup, worst of both worlds. |
Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-09-25 15:44 |
#5 That oversized whale wouldn't last 2 seconds among these barbarians. Interesting how ANY offense justifies gang rape & murder among the Muzzies isn't it ? Look sideways; graduate; walk alone to some destination; all are sufficient cause. These halfwitted asswipes are nothing but criminal barbarians. Same as they were 1400 years ago when the f**hing thug jinned this cult up. |
Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-25 15:41 |
#4 I say we send Rosie O'Donnel (and her mate) to investigate! She wants to get away from those radical chistians anyway right? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-09-25 14:22 |
#3 Think nobility and peasants, Frozen Al. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-09-25 13:51 |
#2 I thought castes were a Hindu thing? Or does Islam have the worst of both worlds? Al |
Posted by: frozen al 2006-09-25 12:05 |
#1 But lest anyone forget...their Muzzie culture is morally equal or superior to the corrupt American culture. I just want to make sure that everyone is clear on this point so there are no insensitive characterizations. Okay? Do I really need a scarcasm tag? |
Posted by: AlanC 2006-09-25 11:58 |