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| Acid attack on boy who 'refused sex with Muslim cleric' |
| 2004-09-10 |
| On his hospital bed last week, 16-year-old Abid Tanoli sat listless and alone, half of his body covered by burns that all but destroyed both his eyes and left his face horribly disfigured. The teenager talked, with difficulty, of how his life had been destroyed since the fateful day in June 2002 when he refused to have sex with his teacher at a religious school in Pakistan. The boy was horrifically injured in an acid attack after he rebuffed the Muslim cleric's sexual advances. Now, he has alarmed Pakistan's powerful religious establishment by pressing charges against his alleged assailants. A teacher at the school, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and two of his friends are in prison awaiting trial for attempted murder and rape. All three deny the charges. A fourth alleged attacker is still at large. It is the first such case to be brought against a Muslim cleric and threatens to expose a scandal of sex abuse within Pakistan's secretive Islamic schools. Abid was blinded and maimed in the assault, which he says came shortly after he rejected sexual demands from the Islamic teacher at a madrassa in a crowded, lower middle-class district of Karachi. Abid, who was 14 at the time, told neither parents nor friends what had happened because, he said, he was ashamed. A few days later, as he played with his brothers and sister at home, he said that his religious teacher - accompanied by three associates - broke into the house, bolted the door and threw acid over him, screaming: "This should be a lesson for your life." Abid was taken to a public hospital, where doctors told him that he would be scarred for life. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #12 Looks like Secret Master got my point. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-10 8:59:25 PM |
| #11 Sometimes, growler, ya gotta laugh so you don't cry. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-09-10 1:51:12 PM |
| #10 Second what Frank said, growler. Acid attacks are horrific. Students I had from Vietnam and Thailand first opened my eyes to the horror of acid attacks and told me how they were justified in some people's eyes. It is done to ruin people for marriage (sometimes done by women to other women when informed of their husbands' plans to take second wives),or simply to get power over people by making the community shun the disfigured victim. It's not only done by Muslims-it's a barbaric practice that occurs throughout Asia. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-10 11:39:01 AM |
| #9 g - nobody commenting disagrees with that. The Imam and friends need long terms (life)in a cell and physical separation from genitals. I feel the same way about Pedophile priests defiling my RC religion |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-10 11:26:15 AM |
| #8 I'm all for sick jokes, but those are a bit much. Acid attacks are common in Muslim countries, esp. against women who refuse sexual advances. In this case it's a boy who's speaking out, which is pretty rare considering the Islamic ideas of manhood. He, and his family, are all at risk of being killed. They are quite courageous to stand up to those sex-crazed murderous imams. [/soapbox] |
| Posted by: growler 2004-09-10 11:06:55 AM |
| #7 ...his religious teacher - accompanied by three associates - broke into the house, bolted the door and threw acid over him, screaming: "This should be a lesson for your life"... Is the lesson that religious leaders are murderous perverts or that the RoP is modernizing and the kid should get with the new sex program? |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-09-10 11:00:45 AM |
| #6 Hey, litle fellow, want to come to the Mosk and see my etching? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 10:19:12 AM |
| #5 lmao you guys! |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-09-10 10:06:18 AM |
| #4 Sure you could sell it to all the organized Etch yur Catch teams. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-10 10:03:36 AM |
| #3 tu31 here are some other stores you can open in the Umma - Nothing but Burkhas - Wife Abuse Toys are US - Clitorectomy While you Wait - Used Nazi Literature |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-09-10 10:03:36 AM |
| #2 Think I'll move to the Middle East and open up a chain of acid stores. Acid B' Me. I'd be rich beyond my wildest dreams in no time. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-10 9:45:38 AM |
| #1 And the Muslims say, they hate the Christians. If you ask me, the Muslim cleric's and Catholic priest's have a lot in common. Two peeees in a pod. |
| Posted by: Poison reverse 2004-09-10 9:39:48 AM |