From the article:
The decision by the Federal Shariat Court was welcomed by the lawyer of Mukhtar Mai, a 33-year-old woman who said she was raped in 2002 after elders in her village ordered the attack as punishment for her brother?s alleged illicit affair with a woman from another family.
Violence against women is common in deeply conservative Pakistan, particularly in rural areas where the government has little control. Hundreds of women are killed or brutally disfigured ? often at the hands of their fathers, brothers or husbands ? in so-called ?honor? attacks.
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Pakistani Elders Order Rape of Woman In "Honor Attack"
by eljefe 3 Replies latest jw friends
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eljefe
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DevonMcBride
That is horrible.
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jeanniebeanz
These people are ill.
Jeannie
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stillajwexelder
In this case although I would like to blame Islam is not really a religious thing - it is because it is a male dominated Patriarchal Society - it so horrible that words fail me