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?
Please read an article on this issue from following link
http://kashifhafeez.com/mazameen_large.php?path=20 09-04-11&img=kh_articles/large/2009-04-11.gif
WAKE UP PEOLE
Have we already forgotten this ?
Put pressure on CJ. To follow up on this …. Shout for the flogging of Muslim Khan and these other mullahs
Otherwise YOU will be next
Pls do not let this slip from our memory as these Ralinsn supporters want you
Please….
correction:
” infact there is reciprcal relationship between corrupt leaders and destructive EXTREMIST ELMENTS”
meengla
this just shows what people have repeatedly said here that we lack sincere strong leadership. infact there is reciprcal relationship between corrupt leaders and destructive leaders.
and if we look at ATP poll done few days back….around 700 people participated and the top most problem of pakistan was polled as extremism followed by corrupt politcians…so here we go….this nation knows who are its enemies….then how will we redeem ourselves….i think it would be foolish to think that current leadership can save us…we need to look at some other institutions…may be educating youth, judiciary…i dont know….
Dawn’s Irfan Hussain gets to the heart of the problem: A tolerance of these ‘militants’ by large number of ‘mainstream’ Pakistanis.
http://tinyurl.com/dxfmv8
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So far, with the exception of the PPP and the MQM, most political parties have avoided taking a clear position. While they may occasionally condemn individual atrocities, they fall short of openly identifying the enemy. One senior journalist in Islamabad told me that when reporters seek an interview with Nawaz Sharif, they must first agree not to ask any direct questions about the Taliban. If this is true, it shows that the PML-N leader does not want to either condemn or support the jihadis openly. Being a canny politician, he does not wish to alienate his core support among reactionary elements. Nor does he want to upset Washington. But wars are not won through such tactical hedging.
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