Posted on 07/13/2005 11:24:32 AM PDT by phoenix_004
A Pakistani man and some of his relatives chopped off his wife's feet after accusing her of being promiscuous, police said yesterday. The woman survived the gruesome attack, the latest in a wave of assaults that have raised international concern about the plight of women in rural Pakistan.
'It is a shameful act of cruelty against a woman,' said Talat Ali, a senior police official in Punjab.'
The 32-year-old woman told police her feet were chopped off on 24 June by her husband, her father-in-law, a brother-in-law and two others after they accused her of being 'of bad character', a euphemism for promiscuous.
Violence against women is common in rural Pakistan where tribal and feudal customs hold sway.
The latest incident occurred in central Punjab province where the 2002 gang-rape of a woman, Mukhtaran Mai, on the orders of a village council, triggered an international outcry.
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who is trying to project his country as a moderate Muslim nation, has condemned violence against women.
The woman in the latest incident had separated from her husband but had gone to his family's house to see her daughter, police said.
Her father-in-law chained her up and that night he and the others took her to the edge of their village and cut off her feet.
Two days later her parents reported her missing and police raided the house, found her and took her to hospital, where she remains.
'There is no evidence that she was of bad character,' Ali said.
I just have to ask..."why the feet?"
Just give me that old time religion!!!!
why the feet? obviously so she has no mobility and is completely dependent on the male.
On another thread today, the Pakis are complaining that
they are getting a bad rep and want all to know how
moderate they are. I know we have a lot of bad things
that happen here, but as a society we tend to condemn
them. That Sharia law is just harsh!
She won't be getting around town any longer...
They aren't kidding about the religion of pieces are they? I can't believe in this day and age that crap like this is still happening. Atrocious.
How long do you suppose we have before the Pakistani government is overthrown by the Islamofascist maniacs?
Our elites tell us we have to be accepting of other people's strongly-held beliefs and practices and engage in a sensitive multiculturalism. Therefore, when this happens here, try to be understanding. We can't expect immigrants to embrace our westernized values, can we?
Islam = The religion of "piece" (especially where a MAN decides when, who, what can have it)!
Ping.
I guess we can say she is "lucky". Normally the male relatives would have killed her.
So she wouldn't stray..
Pakis don't know about hobbling yet..
Steal= cut the hands off, Stray = cut off the feet.. like that..
Say MoMo was a pedophile, switch hitter(sexually), ignorant illiterate, and moronic cretin = cut out the tongue..
"That Sharia law is just harsh!"
Harsh would be an understatement buddy!!!
The Religion of Peace in action.
Yikes.
I'm going to throw up (no joke).
Oh my dear lord.
They would have gang raped her first. They may still do that.
It's an "honour" thing, don't you know?
Well, now she can't run around on him...
Why the feet?
To remove her soul(s)
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