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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment
BBC Bengali, Dhaka ^ | Thursday, April 18, 2019 | Mir Sabbir

Posted on 04/18/2019 2:25:08 PM PDT by Jyotishi

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Less than two weeks earlier, she had filed a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster.

Her courage in speaking out against sexual assault, her death five days after being set alight and everything that happened in-between has gripped Bangladesh and brought attention to the vulnerability of sexual harassment victims in this conservative South Asian country.

Nusrat, who was 19, was from Feni, a small town 100 miles (160km) south of Dhaka. She was studying at a madrassa, or Islamic school. On 27 March, she said the headmaster called her into his office and repeatedly touched her in an inappropriate manner. Before things could go any further she ran out.

Many girls and young women in Bangladesh choose to keep their experiences of sexual harassment or abuse secret for fear of being shamed by society or their families. What made Nusrat Jahan different is that she didn't just speak out - she went to the police with the help of her family on the day the alleged abuse happened.

At the local police station she gave a statement. She should have been provided with a safe environment to recall her traumatic experiences. Instead she was filmed by the officer in charge on his phone as she described the ordeal.

In the video Nusrat is visibly distressed and tries to hide her face with her hands. The policeman is heard calling the complaint "no big deal" and telling her to move her hands from her face. The video was later leaked to local media.

'I tried to take her to school'

Nusrat Jahan Rafi was from a small town, came from a conservative family, and went to a religious school. For a girl in her position

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bangladesh; crime; dhaka; feni; honorkilling; islam; mahometan; muslim; muslimworld; religionofmurder; religionofrape; rop; sex; sharia; terrorism; women

1 posted on 04/18/2019 2:25:08 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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To: Jyotishi

What the hell is ‘conservative’ about this?


2 posted on 04/18/2019 2:26:39 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Jyotishi

Some people did something.


3 posted on 04/18/2019 2:28:13 PM PDT by Track9 (Conservatives help underdogs, progressives create victims.)
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To: Jyotishi

Re: “In this conservative South Asian country.”

White nationalists are burning women in Bangladesh?


4 posted on 04/18/2019 2:31:48 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Jyotishi

Diversity is our Strength.


5 posted on 04/18/2019 2:32:44 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Mr. K

Not conservative but Islamic.


6 posted on 04/18/2019 2:42:02 PM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: zeestephen; Mr. K

Bangladesh and other Islamic countries must be “conservative” from Islam’s (therefore Islam-friendly BBC’s) point of view.


7 posted on 04/18/2019 2:48:20 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

8 posted on 04/18/2019 2:55:33 PM PDT by TXnMA (Remember the Alamo! | Remember Goliad! | REPEAT San Jacinto!!)
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To: Jyotishi

The BBC and others still refer to the tyrannical Mullahs in Iran as “Conservative.”

Is there a “Liberal” wing in Islam?

LOL!


9 posted on 04/18/2019 3:03:09 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Jyotishi

Jihad rolls on. RIP young lady.


10 posted on 04/18/2019 3:04:47 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Track9

I think Omar should be asked to condemn this act


11 posted on 04/18/2019 3:39:28 PM PDT by South Dakota
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To: Mr. K

bttt


12 posted on 04/18/2019 3:43:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Jyotishi

While I am against torture in general, here is what God’s perfect Law commands for justice in such cases:

Exodus 21:24-25
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

If this is justice in the Law of God, it cannot be cruel and unusual.


13 posted on 04/18/2019 3:45:37 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: Mr. K

I’m surprised they didn’t label the perps “male” and “light-skinned” as well.


14 posted on 04/18/2019 3:55:10 PM PDT by unlearner (War is coming.)
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To: unlearner

Hey hash tag uglies here is your new assignment


15 posted on 04/18/2019 4:11:49 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: Mr. K

Not a conservative town. A Moslem town. A Moslem school. A Moslem Society. Everything Moslem.


16 posted on 04/18/2019 4:54:50 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Jyotishi

Islam. Again. Nuff said.


17 posted on 04/18/2019 6:14:01 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Jyotishi

Typical islam.


18 posted on 04/18/2019 6:37:58 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Jyotishi

Conservative? Our enemy is the media!


19 posted on 04/18/2019 8:24:39 PM PDT by mikeIII
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To: Jyotishi

Bangladesh is an Islamic shithole and always was. Women there don’t stand a chance against sexual exploitation and rape.


20 posted on 04/18/2019 10:40:36 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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