Posted on 04/29/2005 7:23:25 AM PDT by KJC1
A YOUNG victim of gang rape has threatened to set herself on fire in front of Pakistan’s parliament if her attackers are not brought to justice. Nazish Bhatti, 17, told journalists in Islamabad that she escaped from her abductors and fled to a police station but was raped again — by two officers.
“I prefer death over the life I’m enduring after being dishonoured,” she said.
Thousands of women are raped each year in Pakistan and many commit suicide out of shame. But some are now daring to speak out, inspired by the example of Mukhtaran Mai, a teacher who was gang-raped on the orders of a tribal council but took her case to the courts and won.
Miss Bhatti, a student and the daughter of a factory worker in the city of Sialkot in central Punjab, said she was abducted by three men as she walked to college. She said she was kept in a house for more than a month where she was repeatedly gang-raped.
The rapists also tried to kill her by forcing her to drink insecticide. She survived. But when she went to the police she was raped by two policemen. She was threatened with dire consequences if she reported the incident, but eventually went to hospital and was treated for ten days. Instead of charging the rapists, the police threatened to register a case of adultery against her.
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Thanks for the ping...
The story makes me sick as well...unreal.
It's very noticeable that as Freepers often point out, Islam is not a religion of peace but a religion that incites to violence.
It's also noticeable that this violence is most often against the weak, the helpless, and the oppressed.
Islam appears to be a religion of slavemasters and slaves. A religion of "warriors" who delight in torturing and killing the weak and helpless. A religion of cowardly bullies.
Nor do I think this are merely distortions of Islam, because this is precisely how Muhammed behaved: enslaving the weak and helpless, killing unarmed prisoners, breaking his own sworn oath in order to win sneaky victories against those he dared not meet in open battle.
Christianity, although not all Christians live up to its ideals, is a religion of love and self-sacrifice. Islam is a religion of murderous violence, cruelty, and greed for power over others.
Just to play devil's advocate ... Pakistan has the biggest problem with honor killings. They are rare in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world.
So there is a strong cultural influence here, apparently more so than religion.
I agree ... I believe Indonesia still has a female Prime Minister. This would go over like a lead balloon in most Muslim countries.
My opinion of Islamic run govts. keeps getting dimmer and dimmer...this is very sad..
You nailed it!
What you said and what the article said make my teeth chatter in simultaneous disbelief that something so horrible could happen and total agreement with what you wrote.
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