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Pakistani woman who was reportedly paraded naked through a village after her son was accused of sleeping with a married neighbor is speaking out about her horrifying ordeal.
As the BBC is reporting, Shahnaz Bibi was at her home in the village of Neelor Bala, north of Islamabad, when four men, armed with pistols and rifles, burst into her room. Bibi, who is reportedly about 50 years old, says she knew them all.
She recalls:
"Before I knew what was happening they tied my wrists and pushed me hard out into the lane, abusing me and sometimes throwing me to the ground. They dragged me to an open plot of land. There, they tore off all of my clothes.
For a full hour they pushed me around and paraded me naked. I cried and pleaded with them but they wouldn't listen and they kept beating me."
Before long, she says, the entire village was watching. "Men, women and children were all there, but nobody came forward to help," she says.
As the AFP reports, the incident, which has since been condemned by human rights advocacy groups worldwide, occurred after neighbor Mohammad Salman grew suspicious that the one of Bibi's sons slept with his wife. India's Hindustan Times reported that the matter was then taken to the village jirga, which decided that Salman's wife, who had become pregnant, should immediately divorce her husband and the two men accused of rape should be punished.
"I said they should have discussed it with us, or should have gone to the police about my son if they felt he had done something wrong, but they just wanted to humiliate me," Bibi says. "The whole time I was asking myself why this curse had befallen me from nowhere. What had I done? I was begging them to stop."
I thought they wanted to cover all their women in black, now they want to chase them naked in the streets? I am confused.
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Pakistani woman who was reportedly paraded naked through a village after her son was accused of sleeping with a married neighbor is speaking out about her horrifying ordeal.
As the BBC is reporting, Shahnaz Bibi was at her home in the village of Neelor Bala, north of Islamabad, when four men, armed with pistols and rifles, burst into her room. Bibi, who is reportedly about 50 years old, says she knew them all.
She recalls:
"Before I knew what was happening they tied my wrists and pushed me hard out into the lane, abusing me and sometimes throwing me to the ground. They dragged me to an open plot of land. There, they tore off all of my clothes.
For a full hour they pushed me around and paraded me naked. I cried and pleaded with them but they wouldn't listen and they kept beating me."
Before long, she says, the entire village was watching. "Men, women and children were all there, but nobody came forward to help," she says.
As the AFP reports, the incident, which has since been condemned by human rights advocacy groups worldwide, occurred after neighbor Mohammad Salman grew suspicious that the one of Bibi's sons slept with his wife. India's Hindustan Times reported that the matter was then taken to the village jirga, which decided that Salman's wife, who had become pregnant, should immediately divorce her husband and the two men accused of rape should be punished.
"I said they should have discussed it with us, or should have gone to the police about my son if they felt he had done something wrong, but they just wanted to humiliate me," Bibi says. "The whole time I was asking myself why this curse had befallen me from nowhere. What had I done? I was begging them to stop."
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
I thought they wanted to cover all their women in black, now they want to chase them naked in the streets? I am confused.
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Pakistani woman who was reportedly paraded naked through a village after her son was accused of sleeping with a married neighbor is speaking out about her horrifying ordeal.
As the BBC is reporting, Shahnaz Bibi was at her home in the village of Neelor Bala, north of Islamabad, when four men, armed with pistols and rifles, burst into her room. Bibi, who is reportedly about 50 years old, says she knew them all.
She recalls:
"Before I knew what was happening they tied my wrists and pushed me hard out into the lane, abusing me and sometimes throwing me to the ground. They dragged me to an open plot of land. There, they tore off all of my clothes.
For a full hour they pushed me around and paraded me naked. I cried and pleaded with them but they wouldn't listen and they kept beating me."
Before long, she says, the entire village was watching. "Men, women and children were all there, but nobody came forward to help," she says.
As the AFP reports, the incident, which has since been condemned by human rights advocacy groups worldwide, occurred after neighbor Mohammad Salman grew suspicious that the one of Bibi's sons slept with his wife. India's Hindustan Times reported that the matter was then taken to the village jirga, which decided that Salman's wife, who had become pregnant, should immediately divorce her husband and the two men accused of rape should be punished.
"I said they should have discussed it with us, or should have gone to the police about my son if they felt he had done something wrong, but they just wanted to humiliate me," Bibi says. "The whole time I was asking myself why this curse had befallen me from nowhere. What had I done? I was begging them to stop."
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Not only can I top this one, but tomorrow is the anniversary of the event, for those inclined to celebrate this type of thing....
And as a legal sentence: June 22, 2002 A Pakistani tribal council in Meerwala, a village in southern Punjab province, ordered that an 18-year-old girl be gang raped by four members of the council, to punish her family after her 11-year –old brother was seen walking unchaperoned with a girl from another tribe. Hundreds of people stood outside laughing and cheering as the men took turns in a mud hut.
How can Islamic Law allow this?
"...walking unchaperoned..."
Well, I can not see the reasoning behind the punishment......
Default Inbreeding is a common practic
Inbreeding is a common practice where uncles marry nieces, boys marry their first cusions, this means that in Pakistan there is only ONE set of grandparents.
GUJRAT, Pakistan (AFP) — Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty Pakistani city, a "rat woman" with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and takes money from worshippers who cling to an ancient fertility rite.
Nadia, 25, is one of hundreds of young microcephalics -- people born with small skulls and protruding noses and ears because of a genetic mutation -- who can be found on the streets of Gujrat, in central Punjab province...
Recent medical studies say the most likely cause is that the normally rare recessive genes behind many microcephaly cases crop up with greater frequency because of the common custom of marrying cousins in Pakistan.
I thought they wanted to cover all their women in black, now they want to chase them naked in the streets? I am confused.
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Pakistani woman who was reportedly paraded naked through a village after her son was accused of sleeping with a married neighbor is speaking out about her horrifying ordeal.
As the BBC is reporting, Shahnaz Bibi was at her home in the village of Neelor Bala, north of Islamabad, when four men, armed with pistols and rifles, burst into her room. Bibi, who is reportedly about 50 years old, says she knew them all.
She recalls:
"Before I knew what was happening they tied my wrists and pushed me hard out into the lane, abusing me and sometimes throwing me to the ground. They dragged me to an open plot of land. There, they tore off all of my clothes.
For a full hour they pushed me around and paraded me naked. I cried and pleaded with them but they wouldn't listen and they kept beating me."
Before long, she says, the entire village was watching. "Men, women and children were all there, but nobody came forward to help," she says.
As the AFP reports, the incident, which has since been condemned by human rights advocacy groups worldwide, occurred after neighbor Mohammad Salman grew suspicious that the one of Bibi's sons slept with his wife. India's Hindustan Times reported that the matter was then taken to the village jirga, which decided that Salman's wife, who had become pregnant, should immediately divorce her husband and the two men accused of rape should be punished.
"I said they should have discussed it with us, or should have gone to the police about my son if they felt he had done something wrong, but they just wanted to humiliate me," Bibi says. "The whole time I was asking myself why this curse had befallen me from nowhere. What had I done? I was begging them to stop."
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Not only can I top this one, but tomorrow is the anniversary of the event, for those inclined to celebrate this type of thing....
And as a legal sentence: June 22, 2002 A Pakistani tribal council in Meerwala, a village in southern Punjab province, ordered that an 18-year-old girl be gang raped by four members of the council, to punish her family after her 11-year old brother was seen walking unchaperoned with a girl from another tribe. Hundreds of people stood outside laughing and cheering as the men took turns in a mud hut.
How can Islamic Law allow this?
"...walking unchaperoned..."
Well, not I can see the reasoning behind the punishment......
I thought they wanted to cover all their women in black, now they want to chase them naked in the streets? I am confused.
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Shahnaz Bibi, Pakistani Woman Forced To Parade Naked, Recalls Harrowing Ordeal
Not only can I top this one, but tomorrow is the anniversary of the event, for those inclined to celebrate this type of thing....
And as a legal sentence: June 22, 2002 A Pakistani tribal council in Meerwala, a village in southern Punjab province, ordered that an 18-year-old girl be gang raped by four members of the council, to punish her family after her 11-year old brother was seen walking unchaperoned with a girl from another tribe. Hundreds of people stood outside laughing and cheering as the men took turns in a mud hut.
How can Islamic Law allow this?
"...walking unchaperoned..."
Well, I can not see the reasoning behind the punishment......
This is what happens when a people marry their cousins for ~1,400 years.
Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims - Times Online
Default Inbreeding is a common practic
Inbreeding is a common practice where uncles marry nieces, boys marry their first cusions, this means that in Pakistan there is only ONE set of grandparents.
Inbreeding in Pakistan - punjabi net forum talk discussions
GUJRAT, Pakistan (AFP) Outside a Muslim shrine in this dusty Pakistani city, a "rat woman" with a tiny head sits on a filthy mattress and takes money from worshippers who cling to an ancient fertility rite.
Nadia, 25, is one of hundreds of young microcephalics -- people born with small skulls and protruding noses and ears because of a genetic mutation -- who can be found on the streets of Gujrat, in central Punjab province...
Recent medical studies say the most likely cause is that the normally rare recessive genes behind many microcephaly cases crop up with greater frequency because of the common custom of marrying cousins in Pakistan.
Update: As Bartholomew has pointed out, the real problem comes from generations of marrying ones cousins. This should not negate the ministers warnings however, as it is directed at those who are prone to marry their cousins, thus continuing the cycle of massive inbreeding at rates often greater than 70%.
Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims - Times Online
