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2004-05-07 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-05-07 12:31:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Good to see the world still turns, in a gentle way!

Posted by Lucky 2004-05-07 1:25:24 AM|| 2004-05-07 1:25:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is Pakistan, not Afghanistan. One day while reading the traffic on Pashtun site I stumbled on their reactions about a case of judicial rape in Pakistan: everybody was shocked and I think it wouldn't have been pretty if the perpetrators had fallen into their hands. Interstingly there were a number of Taliban symathizers and we all know how the Taliban treated women but it din't include things like that (OK to stone women, not to rape them).

Posted by JFM 2004-05-07 1:42:08 AM|| 2004-05-07 1:42:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The jury, headed by Haji Muhammad Sultan, Haji Afzal Jeer

In other words, two of the three juries had made the pilgrimage to Mecca (that is why they are named Haji). Everyone bow in front of those holy men.

Posted by JFM 2004-05-07 1:44:35 AM|| 2004-05-07 1:44:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This and the previous "nuggets" post make Pakistan seem like a lunatic asylum. Or a zoo for pre-human species that evolution left behind.

Posted by virginian 2004-05-07 7:02:18 AM|| 2004-05-07 7:02:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 A jury ORDERS a rape?! Sick b'fahsee! Hey Jury: ,,|,,

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-05-07 10:15:01 AM|| 2004-05-07 10:15:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the same story as the second post of the day, below. There was no mention there of a jury. That story says that the two women (Mumtaz and Mudasan, although they're not named in the previous story) had gone to explain to Ghaffar that Riaz and Shahina were not having an affair, following "a traditional conflict resolution practice of sending women between aggrieved parties to make peace". (Apparently this conflict resolution practice involves a lot of rape.)

In the West, this would be a soap opera.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-05-07 10:43:26 AM|| 2004-05-07 10:43:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Shari'ah's softer, gentler, side...

~~Money~~ Wymyn is the root of all evil.
A bad beginning makes a ~~bad ending~~ good rape.
To err is human, to ~~forgive~~ rape divine.
To be rape or not to be rape. A no-brainer!
Live and let ~~live~~ rape.
Don't worry, ~~be happy~~ rape!
Same shit, different ~~day~~ rape.
When in doubt, ~~choose C~~ rape.
etc...

I think I detect a pattern here...

Posted by .com 2004-05-07 11:00:10 AM|| 2004-05-07 11:00:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#8
In the West, this would be a soap opera.

No, in the West this would be ground for a criminal investigation.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-05-07 12:07:04 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-05-07 12:07:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 or vigilante ~~castration and killing~~ justice

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-07 12:23:43 PM|| 2004-05-07 12:23:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I think that Bush should apologize because of your insensitivity toward their supperior culture.

Posted by John Simmins 2004-05-07 1:24:08 PM|| 2004-05-07 1:24:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 No, in the West this would be ground for a criminal investigation.

In the West, it would've gone like this:

Mumtaz and Mudasan had gone to explain to Ghaffar that Riaz and Shahina were not having an affair, 'cause Riaz rilly rilly likes this other girl, 'K? And Shahina's all like, "I don't need no boyfriend, 'cause I'm gonna concentrate on getting into college", right? But they're like buds, ya know, and Riaz is like cryin' on Shahina's shoulder 'cause this other chick don't dig him? So, when Ghaffar hears that he's like, so relieved, ya know? So Mumtaz, she goes, "Cha!! What you got against my brother, anyway?" And Ghaffar's all like, "Hey, I got nothin' against Riaz, it's just that I don't want Shahina to be gettin' too serious about anyone, see? I want her to go to college and stuff"? Ghaffar is, like, rilly rilly strict with her and that's all he thinks about, college college college. He don't let her have any fun at all, it's so bogus, so anyway..."

That's what I meant.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-05-07 2:15:40 PM|| 2004-05-07 2:15:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Angie - LOL! You certainly have an ear for the patter! Too funny!

Posted by .com 2004-05-07 2:18:11 PM|| 2004-05-07 2:18:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 L to R:
Haji Muhammad Sultan
Haji Afzal Jeer
Ahmad Nawaz

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-07 7:06:08 PM|| 2004-05-07 7:06:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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