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?
Mr Adnan:
We should not hijack this discussion about excess conducted by Taliban to make it debate between Sharia or Liberlism. Do you feel sorry for this girl or not? What if Taliban beat your sister for not wearing a shuttle Burqa? Will you support it or not.
You Jamati talk about Iqbal a lot. Have you ever read “Reconstruction of religious thought in Islam”http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/prose/engli sh/reconstruction/”
Dont bring MQM here. You are just trying to change to topic. There are goons in MQM but they are still light years better then Taliban. They don’ micro manage your private life.
Mr. mian khan. I know what kind of Muslim Taliban are. They earn their money by selling drugs. They don’t even read their names easily and gladly talk about Islam. Islam and Allah do not these kind of reciters. These mad peoples don’t now any thing except killing. They are uncivilized and illiterate barbarians who must be treated as criminals.
Thekedars of Islam.
@ Taha:
“These thekedars of Islams should be hanged. This is the real face of Jamat-e-Islami.”
Taha, are these thekedars of Islam WORSE than thekedars of islam like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Maulanas Mufti mahmood, Abdul sittar Niazi, professor ghafoor ahmad,… and other members of Pakistan national assembly who declared reciters of kalima kaffir in 1974???
What about the Mr. Muslim khan acceptance of this brave act will you deny it. Open your eyes. Think of your own women will you accept this illiterate act happening to them.
I don’t know when you will able to accept that these are our beloved illustrate Muslims who are doing these acts. So many peoples have died due to Suicide attacks. What you will say that they were done by America.
Do not think that every one is fool. Keep with you this illiterate definition of shariah with you and practice it with your own family. We do not need this kind of shariah.
They are not even a human. It is time that we must stand against these barbarians and kill as many as we can
While every one is pumped up after this video. I would like to bring attention of all those souls that they were hiding in bins when Musharraf’s Talibans were in action to offend Women and torture them on roads. I knew they could not raise a voice against it because it was done by a liberal and pro Secular leader.
http://tinyurl.com/mush-taliban