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Man to die for acid attack on wife, aged 9
Independent Online ^
| July 29, 2003
Posted on 07/30/2003 9:08:12 AM PDT by 6323cd
Dhaka - A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for throwing acid on his nine-year-old bride, disfiguring and blinding her for life, prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday.
A special tribunal in the industrial town of Gazipur, 35km north of the capital Dhaka, handed down the death sentence on Swapan Gazi after a lengthy trial. The tribunal also fined him.
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To: 6323cd
The tribunal also fined himthat'll certainly dissuade him (sarcasm)
To: 6323cd
I was at the eye doctor with my mother a few weeks ago. There was a young lady there from Bangladesh. Her face was disfigured and her eye burned. She was very friendly and talkitive. She told me someone threw acid on her while she was sleeping about 5 years ago and she came here for treatment. She also mentioned a friend of hers that is from Bandladesh. She told me the friend also has acid burns that are much worse than hers. I assumed they were together when they were attacked and asked her why someone would throw acid on them. She said it did not happen at the same time and that it was just something people in her country do. She didn't elaborate and I didn't want to be nosey so I didn't ask anymore questions about it. Very sad.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:33:14 AM PDT
by
muggs
To: Revelation 911
Doh!! I forgot the salad forks..thanks..
There is no excuse for the practice of throwing acid onto these women and girls, it is barbaric and should be punished with ferocious barbarism in return...
To: joesnuffy
Ya beat me to it. Yes, calm down everyone. Repeat after me, "Now, now. This is simply an alternative culture, equally as viable as our own".
< /sarcasm>
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:37:38 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
("The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it." -- John Hay, 1872)
To: new cruelty
"His wife is 9 years old?" Yes, but only in human years....dog years, she would be 63 and that makes her old enough to do as she pleases.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:58:52 AM PDT
by
Arpege92
To: 6323cd
In this country you get 10 years for even having a picture of a naked 9 yearold.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:01:10 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
(Spose to be a Chrisssssssstian)
To: 6323cd
... handed down the death sentence on Swapan Gazi after a lengthy trial. The tribunal also fined him. Hint to the judically impaired: Collect the fine first.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:06:30 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
"Hint to the judically impaired: Collect the fine first."
LOL
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:07:28 AM PDT
by
Arpege92
To: far sider
Bangladesh is a predominantly muslim country (it used to be East Pakistan) and the "husband" was almost certainly the same. Among the muslims age nine seems to be popular as the "prophet" Mohammed also "married" just such a little girl.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:13:39 AM PDT
by
katana
To: far sider
Bangladesh is a predominantly muslim country (it used to be East Pakistan) and the "husband" was almost certainly the same. Among the muslims age nine seems to be popular as the "prophet" Mohammed also "married" just such a little girl.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:13:39 AM PDT
by
katana
To: katana
Oops! Sorry for the double post.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:14:11 AM PDT
by
katana
To: MD_Willington_1976
youll get no argument from me
To: new cruelty
His wife is 9 years old? It was good enough for Mohammed.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: new cruelty
His wife is 9 years old? Muslims are allowed to take wives as young as nine because that's how old Ayesha was when Mohammed married her (Ayesha was his favorite wife; he go in trouble because he slept with her more than his other wives, which is considered a no-no for Muslim polygamists. They're supposed to treat their wives equally. Kind of like what happened on last night's Nip/Tuck, except those girls were about twice as old.)
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:23:10 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: joesnuffy
Bump.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(True happiness is nuts after the flop.)
To: muggs
it was just something people in her country do. Celebrate Diversity! bump
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:24:01 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Dante3
Hey, why not marry a nine-year-old girl if one is a devout Muslim? The Muslim prophet Mohammad ("peace" be upon his name) did. Mohammad was engaged to a girl when she was six-years-old and consumated the marriage when she turned nine. This Muslim husband was just following in the footsteps of Mohammad.
Sure, the guy could have just raped, beaten the girl or just divorced her on the spot. (That's OK according to Mohammad. So is stoning to death a woman suspected of not being a virgin or adulteress.) But, noooo, he felt it was his husbandly duty to teach his uncooperative wife a lesson by disfiguring her for life. We shouldn't pass judgement on other people's customs--NOT!
And this is the religion/culture that wants to implement worldwide Sharia (barbaric, 7th Century Islamic laws) via bloody, violent jihad. Don't let Muslim LIES (which are also OK if told to non-Muslims according to Mohammad) regarding this incident and other evil displays of "diversity" fool you into thinking that these are just "isolated" acts...
In most Muslim societies, women who are raped are often killed by their own male family members. (If they aren't stoned for adultery due to a woman's testimony being suspect or half that of a man's testimony--plus there must be at least three witnesses to the violation!!!) Rape, pregnancy, and suspicion of pre-marital sex are grounds for murdering a woman in that culture. It's called "honor killing" and it is still going on because that part of the world is chock full of ignorant barbaric "customs" that even the few sane, logical Muslims find appalling.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:30:18 AM PDT
by
demnomo
To: katana
Bangladesh is a predominantly muslim countryI was almost sure that was the case.
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:44:08 AM PDT
by
6323cd
To: 6323cd
Bangladesh is a predominantly muslim country By their fruits ye shall know them. - Jesus
To: hellinahandcart
Thanks!
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posted on
07/30/2003 10:57:52 AM PDT
by
6323cd
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