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?
Well if this incident does not make our rulers sit up straight, I don’t know what will! Where will it be next, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi? If these are the guys we are making ‘peace’ with, who are we supposed to be fighting ?
NEW TEXT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE POST.
Some details of the incident;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2009/04/090403_ flogging_girl_as.shtml
Ironic, I’m not surprised a bit- they kill our woman leader, kill civilians, kill police, kill army jawans, use arms to harass kids, burn girls schools and our powerless government and shameless Army make deals with them.
I never seen these Mullhas to die of shame when kids are sexually abused in madrassas, when kids beg and work to take care of their families but their manhood is challenged
when adult girl or women try to make a living to feed her kids.
I’m quite happy Chief Justice taking note and now I’m waiting when he give punishment to those who burned girls schools and declare Shariat Law deal illegal on grounds federal laws supersedes all local laws.
Mohasbah-e- nafs and Shabana
Remember how most longmarchers leaders supported Zia’s Islam this monter is created by JI-ite, they don’t even have guts to take the blame. There are so many haters
The lashes were inflicted on Pakistan by the hypocrites who opposed its creation. The demonic JI and there off shoots are Allah’s curse on this nation, which allowed the cancer to spread.