Adil Najam
This is a VERY DISTURBING video. Please view at your own discretion.
It is important, however, that we speak about and shout out about this video.
It shows a 17-year old girl being flogged by a Taliban leader of some sort in a perverted form of justice. Reportedly the incident happened in Kalakalay, Swat around 3 months ago (before the supposed peace deal with the government). The girl is being ‘punished’ for going somewhere without a male relative. Supposedly, the male companion was also flogged.
This video is also be discussed vigorously at Pakistaniat’s new Facebook page. Some of that disussion does not carry over here, although we hope it ultimately will.
In more recent developments, supposedly Sufi Mohammad in Swat has condemned the act and said this was not Baitullah’s Taliban. More importantly, the recent reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has taken su moto notice of this incident. According to The News
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Friday took a suo motu notice of the media footage in which a 17 year old girl is being whipped out in the broad daylight in Swat. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhdy ordered the matter to be presented before a larger bench on April 6. He also summoned Secretary Interior, IG and Chief Secretary on April 6. He ordered formation of 8-member larger bench to be headed by himself.
This is a story that all Pakistanis and all Muslims must speak about and speak against. There are those who will try to make this a story about what Pakistan or Islam is. Such bigoted approaches are to be resisted. This is not a story about what Pakistan is. This is clearly not about what Islam is. This is a story about what the enemies of Islam and enemies of Pakistan are doing. This is a story about what Pakistan must not allowed to become. The bad news is obvious in the video itself. The bad news is about the criminality being conducted in the name of religion. The good news is that the media, the judiciary and ordinary Pakistanis ARE speaking up and speaking out. We must do more so. For if we do not speak out against this criminality, who will?
This is happening in the land of Jinnah !
We must work for separation of Mosque and State before it is too late.
@Adnan Siddiqi
What kind of peace and Shariat is there in Swat if a helpless girl is accused and whipped in public ?
Its the peace/Shariat of jahils and their supporters and I want such jahil Shariat to be crushed by tanks.
I advocate tanks because people like you don’t even accept something right in front of your eyes and simply live in denial, like cowards.
Bomb the hell out of this place. These people do not deserve to live
Mr. Adil Najm,
While this and all such incidences are deplorable and must be condemned strongly, there must be an equally loud outcry against the innocent being killed indiscriminately by the drone attacks.
There must be voices raised for Pakistan to stand on its own feet no matter what it takes. It must reject any foreign aid, root out all foreign elements as well as SA and local terrorists. Pakistanis already realize that US is no friend. Any aid only takes Pakistan further into slavery and corruption. It must weed out the corrupt rich and the traitor mullahs and politicians from within.
There is no dearth of creative human capital in Pakistan. Pakistanis will rise up to the challenge and make the country a self sustaining peaceful promised land.
Moderator please fix comments viewing for this story. I cannot view previous pages of comments, only the most current. Is this just my browser? Can others view prior posted comments (pages 1-5)?