Posted on 12/14/2004 7:44:08 AM PST by pabianice
PAKISTAN has tried, without much success, to crack down on the madrasses, religious schools, which are often subsidized by Islamic conservatives from Saudi Arabia. Now a weakness has been found; child abuse. Many of the madrassa students are children under 14, and its common knowledge that some of the clerics and teachers running the madrasses will sexually molest their students. In the past, not much attention was paid to this, because it was so shameful. In the province of Punjab (the largest in Pakistan), there have been 500 complaints about such abuse in the last six months. The government decided to act. So far, 14 clerics have been arrested. While it consumes considerable police resources to investigate and prosecute these cases, the publicity makes more parents aware of the danger to their children, and results in fewer students at the religious schools. The staff of these schools often teach a very strict and hostile (to non Moslems) form of Islam.
Actually, Huge (not hugh) comment necessary.
These people have had a taste of freedom by seeing their neighbors in Afghanistan.
With that freedom, they realize that they are empowered to complain about abuses and to EXPECT that the authorities will do something.
This is all Bush's fault, and it's a good thing.
Women will be the downfall of Islam. Muslims are somewhere between eighty and 300 years behind in granting ordinary human rights to women. Not talking affirmative action here, just rights that every human being should have.
If Islam cannot find a way, it will die.
Queer Judgment: Thou shalt henceforth proceed directly to HELL and receive 0 firm breasted virgins !!!
Infidels
I thought Islam allowed sex with children. Didn't Mohammed have a 9 year old wife?
Yes, but he didn't consumate it until she was 12 or 13 [according to the Koran]< /sarcasm>
They like children because they smell better than goats.
Child buggery probably explains a lot about the ROP.
As if we didn't already have reason enough to kill them all.
The Liberal practice of tolerance for the intolerant will keep it alive.
He married her when she was 6
Yes, but he didn't consumate it until she was 12 or 13 [according to the Koran]< /sarcasm>
He consumated it when she was 9. I understand that she replied with three two letter words meaning small
LOL!
bbbb..bu..bu.but....Islam is a religion of peace....and..and...Saudi Arabia is our friend...
WWJD (what would Jorge do?)
the tobaco companies did a study and found that seven out of ten muslims that have tried camels prefer women.
I was under the impression that girls are not allowed to
attend the Madrassa.
That means the clerics are into boy-joy....which could explain
the large number of available suicide jihadists.
What does the Koran have to say about that?
Oddly, I've never seen that connection mentioned - between pederasty and homosexuality and suicidal mad-bombers in Islam. But if the boys mature without any hope, after abuse, would it help explain their later insanity? Are they almost condemned to hell from birth, by such circumstance?
The answer, of course, is in Providence, and that help finds a way to those who need it, and don't reject Our Lord. Islam sure isn't the answer.
Women are used to have babies, young boy are used for pleasure sex.
So they are taking their 72 virgins in THIS world?
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