STONING IN THE 21st CENTURY, SERIOUSLY?? Having gone to graduate school with a brilliant man from Lahore, Pakistan, I find it incredibly hard to believe that as recently as May 27, 2014, a 25 year-old married woman, who was three months pregnant, was stoned to death by nearly 20 members of her family outside the high court of Lahore, in front of a crowd of onlookers. theguardian/world/2014/may/27/pregnant-pakistani-woman-stoned-to-death, The assailants, who allegedly included her father and brothers, attacked this girl and her husband with batons and bricks. Her father Mohammad Azeem, who was arrested for murder, reportedly called the murder an honor killing and said I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent.( theguardian/world/2014/may/27/pregnant-pakistani-woman-stoned-to-death) Iqbal told a news agency that he had strangled his previous wife in order to marry Farzana, and police said he had been released when a compromise was reached with his family theguardian/world/2014/may/29/pakistan-man-protesting-honour-killing-admits-strangling-first-wife Although I have read about other cases of stoning in the 21st century in predominantly Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Mali, Brunei, Indonesia, etc…, for those who have lived there, please tell me these are bizarre extremes and not the norm, or at least not tolerated.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 02:15:41 +0000
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