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?
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msi d-614604,prtpage-1.cms
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> Price of Honour: Caste Panchayats as Instruments of Terror
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> In many cases, the sentence of punishment is given and
> executed by caste panchayats. These are all-male groups of
> self-proclaimed guardians of caste interests and
Listening to our talk shows I gather this is yet another saazish. Is there any thing happening in our country which is not saazish. For how long can we can remain in a state of denial.
I am distressed, but not surprised, by some of the pathetic comments mentioned here by people who are expressing their doubts about the authenticity of the video, and suggesting conspiracies by the U.S.
A normal person with a quantum of moral fibre would not even treat a rat the way this woman seems to have been beaten. Given that we cannot even afford animal rights to our own people, the complaints about others treating us unjustly are utterly ridiculous.
Im sure this must be staged by the enemies of Pakistan to create a more negative image of the country, as these kind of videos/messages spread very quickly now a days. The real terrorist intelligence agency of india RAW along with some others are working and training some fractions of Pashtoons including Bait ullah Masood and are involved in most terrorist activities throughout Pakistan.
I think as a responsible citizen of Pakistan one should not follow the bandwagon without judging the circumstances by which Pakistan is passing through these days. Posting these videos help propagate the message of the enemies. This video, who so ever did it, is very disturbing and ,therefore,should not be posted unless and until the authenticity of this video is guaranteed. I remember a similar kind of video was aired repeatedly by all international media before the invasion of Afghanistan.
I am first of all skeptical about the word “sharia”. I know it means the way of Islam, but is there any authentic book of “sharia” which has the codes of law clearly written in it and universally acceptable to all the Muslim sects? Or is Sharia a moving target and just as vague as the word “patriotism” is. Really I have never come across any book which is clearly written in a legal format, called “shariah”. So if it is vague, how can you implement it. For example what is the penalty in “shariah” for speeding 10 miles above the posted speed limit?