Posted on 05/30/2005 6:18:38 AM PDT by Cornpone
Islamabad - A bride was gang-raped by her groom's friends on the first night of their marriage with her in-laws' consent in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province, a news report said on Monday.
The daily Times said Mujahid Hussain and his family allowed the bride, Kaneez Kubra, to be dishonoured in revenge for her brother's crime of having sexual relations with their daughter.
The bride's father, Ghulam Hussain, said four persons sexually assaulted his daughter in front of his son-in-law in his house in Punjab.
But her ordeal did not end there. Ghulam Hussain said on the following day she was taken to the residence of another friend and assaulted again.
"They are cruel. Hussain's grandfather and mother plainly told my daughter the wedding was just an excuse to (inflict) revenge on your brother for having sexual relations with our girl," he said.
Kubra was married to Mujahid last month on the directives of Panchayat (local jury) after it found her brother guilty of having illicit relations with Mujahid's sister.
In Pakistan's tribal and rural Punjab, women are married without their consent in compensation for the crime committed by their male family members to settle the dispute under "Swara" and "Vani" customs.
Human rights activists and Muslim scholars have opposed these customs and asked the government to take action against them.
"Islam provided for pardon, killing for killing or blood money as three options to settle murder," said Anis Ahmed, a scholar at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, adding "there is no other way and swara or any other such practice has no basis in Islam".
In 2002, eight young women, including two sisters aged two and four, escaped vani marriages near the Punjab city of Mianwali after the Supreme Court of Pakistan said the practice violated the law and norms of civilised society. - Sapa-dpa
The word "savage" didn't sneak into the English Language by accident.
Good points.
"You're either with us or against us">Geo Bush
This reminds me of pre Nazi Germany. Difference is that now in the US there is no Great Depression, there are no Stormtroopers, we are not reeling from a humilliating defeat as Germany in WWI.( Those are factors for the rise of the Nazis, by the way, certainly not an "excuse" for the abuse and killing of Jews and others>)
So in a culture and country where "moderate" Muslims can protest, speak out against the Jhihadists...they don't. F..k them! I really don't want to hear anymore about"moderate Muslims" and how they are being "persecuted " here because of the terrorism of their brothers.
I am sick of the word "moderate" and Muslims together. You're not my"neighbor" if you are not in the war on terrorism to protect our country. Go back to the Arab countries with your "moderateness". Yeah, I'm mad. so please don't tell me we need the moderate's support. What f..g support?
LoL... civilized?...
Since when.?.. A pack of wolves is more civilized.. Tasmanian devils on a KILL are more civilized than muslims.. The devils don't fool around with Alpha this or Beta that.. its MOB RULE like all tribal societys.. Yes there are primitive tribal societys( WOLVES) an less than primitive tribal societys( devils)..
Suggest the Paki's engage in a better form of MOB RULE, like they have in England, France, or Germany.. A Democracy is a better form of mob rule, BUT MOB Rule just the same..
Ahhhhhhhh, the religion of peace. Isnt it wonderful?
If you are sickened by this, see the movie Osama. You will see just what a cruel and inhumane people these bastards are.
I know. Islam is the FASTEST growing religion in the world.
How could this happen in the year 2005?
I suppose it's stated in the Koran too....
Welcome to Islamic marriage.
Yes, we are, and the ever-growing Muslim population, combined with the way the system works up here (no real checks & balances on the power of the majority government, the prime minister names members of the Senate and other positions, but there's no "advise and consent" done by Parliament) has me very worried about what will happen once Muslims are in the majority in Parliament.
To its credit, the province of Quebec recently outlawed Sharia law and the usual suspects are outraged.
I think a lot of them are afraid. They had an interview with a woman Muslim in western Canada who was trying to get the leaders of her mosque to make public statements condemning the beheadings, or something like that, and she told the radio host that she was literally afraid, that she had received threats against her life.
I wish I had a source, I'm sorry. It was on the radio and I just don't remember her name.
What happened to Abdul Majid? Shouldn't they have raped him instead of her? There is just no logic in this bunch.
No, the males are not punished for sex as it is the womans fault. They blame the woman for tempting the man and it doesn't natter that she was raped. This is wht they demand the woman wear a burkha....apparently, the muslim men cannot control their urges....of course they do not see this as a failing of themselves or their religion....it is the fault of the devil woman. These people are living in the 12th century.
Then they will live in fear, enslaved by the lunatics -- and perhaps die as collateral damage when the sane world is forced to destroy the lunatics they tolerated in their midst.....
Fear is almost always present, when one is engaged the fight against ANY threat or enemy...
Fear is not as horrifying as the loss of liberty or pride.
Semper Fi
"May the truth of God's love through Jesus Christ, spread throughout these dark lands."
If you are going to wait for that, better bring lunch. I'll place my bet on the US military to "modify behavior" of Islamics rather more quickly.
The two things are not unrelated in God's plan.......as I am observing things, anyway..........
How nice.
How very very nice.
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