Posted on 03/11/2022 6:31:39 PM PST by marshmallow
The young woman’s violent death by her brother and uncle was reported on International Women's Day. With tens of thousands of followers on social media, she promoted women’s rights and freedoms. Her family forced her to marry at the age of 12 a man from whom she separated four years later.
Erbil (AsiaNews) – International Women's Day in Iraqi Kurdistan was marked by reports of the murder last Sunday of a 20-year-old woman by a family member. Her only fault, if it can be called that, was her conversion from Islam to Christianity and the decision to use a new name: Maria.
The case is another sign that Iraq’s journey towards tolerance and coexistence is still a long one, despite last year’s visit by Pope Francis and the work of Chaldean Patriarch Card Louis Raphael Sako.
Even northern Iraq – with its quieter Kurdish region which took in tens of thousands of Christians, Yazidis, and Muslims fleeing the Islamic State – is not free from sectarian violence.
The victim, “Maria” Eman Sami Maghdid, was stabbed to death. She had been using her Christian name for some time on social media and was very popular with many followers.
Although she was killed on Sunday, more details of her killing were reported yesterday, International Women's Day. It appears that she was punished by her family for leaving Islam, specifically for being emancipated and embracing the Christian religion; in short, she was “guilty” of apostasy.
Her murder took place near the Erbil international airport, not far from Ankawa, the predominantly Christian district of Erbil. Her uncle is said to have killed her with the complicity of her brother.
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I wonder if this would e happened if Hussein were still running the place. Maybe, if it seemed he kept a lid on the Muslim crazies.
Pope Frankie is too busy condemning orthodox groups for being too traditionally Catholic to condemn this. He might even agree with it, who knows.
I’m sure the tolerance, diversity and inclusion crowd will be speaking out about this.
America, we have to stay out of it.
We tried to ‘educate’ parts of the Middle East during the wars started with GHWB and onward. It doesn’t work until the majority of citizens want it to work.
Perhaps we can influence how they act while in the course of doing business with westerners (i.e. Eliza Dolittle & Henry Higgins), but privately, their conduct toward each other is their own affair. Afghanistan was a deepening of the same unlearned lessons for our own country.
This never happens the other way around.
What a wonderful job the neocon nutcases did remodelling Iraq into a paragon of civic society. They did an oustanding job in Afghanistan too. /snicker
Iraq-who cares?
Yeah, the “winning hearts and minds” plan didn’t quite work out. Imagine that.
God bless her.
Clearly you aren’t a Christian and don’t get it
Welcome to heaven dear child! The race has been run and won.
Matt 10:36 brought to life unfortunately. What kind of a sick brother murders his own sister.
war on girls continues....
You are with your Savior now, Maria. I would rather die in Christ today than live on, pretending to revere a child-raping mass murderer such as Mooohammed.
More evil from the usual suspects. RIP, Maria.
What a peaceful religion, huh?
Grab them by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow.
*Clearly you aren’t a Christian and don’t get it*
You are free to go there and fight. I’m saving my ammo.
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