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?
Shia women would be banned from working or receiving an education without their husbands
Awesome Danish.!!
Talibans and right wing zealots call everyone Kaafir who does not believe in their ideology hence they are condemn by others but now here I see that so called intellectuals chanting”Kaafir” for those who don’t agree with their ideology. My darling friend Mufti D_a_n just labeled me a Kaafir because I don’t agree with his belief(which he considers Islam). Amazing
You proved my point that anti-Taliban people are not lesser fascists and hypocrite than right wing zealots. The only difference is that you guys wear jeans and designer suits and right wing zealots don’t. They eat Naswar while you enjoy Red Label. This is the reason I never take you guys credible enough to discuss something serious. How one fascist group can condemn others? it’s like one dacoit condemns other.
Adil, IFaqeer and Raza Rumi, as I always say you guys that you guys should work hard to clean up the filth exist in your own community(The anti-Talibans). Making such posts might create traffic for a while(couldn’t be it done by publishing porn too if traffic is the only objective?) but can’t bring improvement among your own people. Bring reforms in your own groups, disown the fascists and extremist elements in your society and I will the first one to support you. Try it once, just try! it will not make you feel low at all… If can’t then don’t assume others to give you respect and consider credible. This site could play a vital role to initiate an operation cleanup in liberal groups and could make things better but.. seems it’s tough ask, doesn’t it?
i agree with danish’s comment wholeheartedly.i m disgusted and saddened by the shameful defense of atrocities of the religious fundamentalists by mushtaq minhas on bolta pakistan.The whole media is full of apologists and supporters of the taliban.they deflect any attempt to criticise the atrocities by bringing up drones and afghanistan.they are very influential in building up support in the public at large as objective media outlets like dawn and daily times have very limited reach as compared to the millions of illeterates who r glued to their tv screens and get their opinions shaped by these rightwings tv anchors.ATP should do an article of the effect of these tv anchors on building up support for the fanatics by presenting them as true muslims.
Someone used the phrase KAFIR TALIBAN somewhere. I think we should just make a rule to always use that. Not only for the Taleban but also for all their supporters and apologists here and even more on the Pakistaniat’s facebook space.
I REALLY THINK WE TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT ISLAM. If half the people here talked half as much about Islam as they do and practiced even a fraction of it, we woudl all be better off.