Pakistani teen recounts gang rape punishment

Toronto Star ^ | July 4, 2002 | AP

[Savage Beast]

Without knowing anything about the Gujars, it's safe to say that they are superior to the Mastoi! It's hard to imagine that they could be worse.

[Savage Beast]

Someone should take up a collection to bring Farid, his daughter, and the rest of the family out of that wretched place and to safety in the West--provided they repudiate Islam and convert to Christianity. If they don't have sense enough to do that, they can stay where they are.

[Guillermo]

Repeat after me: "Diversity is Our Strength. All Cultures are Equal. Diversity is Our Strength. All Cultures are Equal."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its this kind of tribalism that the Clintons wanted for the rest of us.

[Tom Bombadil]

several close relatives of the suspects were detained to pressure the perpetrators into surrendering

This is one of the keys to a terrorist free world. Not fair, not nice, kinda ugly in fact.........but extremely effective.

[Elkiejg]

If the Pakistani government is REALLY interested in stopping this horrible acts, there's a simple solution. Just cut off the body part used by the men who raped this innocent woman. This is the only type of justice these animals will understand.

[Malacoda]

But...but....Islam is a religion of peace (tm)!

F@cking animals.

[Prodigal Son]

several close relatives of the suspects were detained to pressure the perpetrators into surrendering

...........

This is one of the keys to a terrorist free world. Not fair, not nice, kinda ugly in fact.........but extremely effective.

Yeah, well, they better be sure to be detaining men relatives because these savages obviously don't care about their women.

Like your screen name btw.

[kitkat]

But...but...but, Hilary said, "It takes a village to raise a child." And she should know, look at her own sweet, pure daughter.

[johniegrad]

"I touched their feet. I wept. I cried. I said I taught the holy Qur'an to children in the village, therefore don't punish me for a crime which was not committed by me. But they tore my clothes and raped me one by one," the young woman told The Associated Press on Wednesday

I don't know what she's whining about. Think of the real victims of this case, the family of the girl that was walking unchaparoned!! How will they ever live that down.

On a more serious note, how ironic would it be if the tribal council relied on the same "holy Qur'an" to mete out the punishment on this poor Friday school teacher? Perverse religion, perverse people, perverse area of the world.

[self_evident]

I'm actually stunned that the AP is putting this story out. I guess a few things can still get past the "diversity"/"religion of peace" police.

[Savage Beast]

I was about to agree. However, mutilation is a form of punishment actually carried out by Muslims and prescribed by their "religion" and, as horrifying as this act was, we of the civilized world cannot endorse it--or any of their barbaric practices.

These fools are likely to do exactly that.

No, our forefathers were wise when they outlawed cruel and unusual punishment.

They should be imprisoned, and the victim of their atrocity should collect damages from them and from all responsible, including the vile Mastoi tribe, the "judges" who invoked this sentence, the father of the woman who argued for and insisted on this punishment, and all those who cheered these rapists on. She should be allowed to confiscate every bit of property these brutes could ever possess. If anyone deserves punative damages, she does.

[Prodigal Son]

I'm actually stunned that the AP is putting this story out. I guess a few things can still get past the "diversity"/"religion of peace" police.

The New York Times also has it (exact same from the AP) and in fact that is where I originally read it, but I try not to post from them whenever I can find an alternative. But at any rate, if the NYT covers it, a lot of the other majors will cover it as well just for the competition reasons.

What I was surprised about was that the original story about the gang rape got any play. The thing is- a lot of the lefty human rights groups are upset about this so once they got wind of it, it was inevitable. The left also doesn't mind, I believe, because Pakistan is technically our "ally" and while this doesn't necessarily reflect negatively on the Bush admin, it doesn't reflect positively either. It lets the pundits take cheap shots like "Nice people you got us in bed with Mr President" and things of this nature.

[Sender]

Tribal Council: "Mokh! Choooey Choo!!" (Klingon from ST3)

[FryingPan101]

Barbarians. Spit.

[EggsAckley]

As I recall, when this story first appeared, the story was the the brother of the raped girl had had an AFFAIR with the daughter from the other tribe. NOW they're saying he was ELEVEN YEARS OLD and was seen "walking" with her??

These people have just a few too many screws loose.

[GBA]

I saw this on CNN (I was channel surfing) and the reporter-ette was saying something about how we should try to undertand, that it is a different culture, blah, blah, blah...simply insane!

Are they capable of outrage at CNN? At something other than how the election was stolen from Algore, I mean.

[mhking]

the reporter-ette was saying something about how we should try to undertand, that it is a different culture

I'm sorry, but I can't understand how they get to apply their cultural standards against us, but we can't go the other way. This is pure barbarism, plain and simple.

You might notice how the Pak apolgists who were so outraged over India's actions in Kashmir are absent from this issue. Hear the deafening silence?

[Minutes]

Half of them will immigrate here soon. As we look out our back doors a watch a rape in progress - before we take action - we'll have to decide if it's a crime in progress or 'just one of those things' the new neighbours do.