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ISLAMABAD - Vijf vrouwen zijn in het zuidwesten van het islamitische Pakistan levend begraven. Zij werden bestraft omdat zij hun toekomstige echtgenoten zelf wilden uitzoeken.

Een Pakistaanse parlementariër verdedigde de praktijk als eeuwenoude traditie, meldden lokale media en mensenrechtenactivisten. „Slecht wie zich onzedelijk gedraagt, moet bang zijn”, aldus afgevaardigde Israr Ullah Zehri onlangs in het Pakistaanse parlement.

Op de vrouwen, onder wie drie tieners, zou eerst zijn geschoten. Hoewel ze nog ademden, werden ze in een graf gegooid en toegedekt met aarde.

As the two shocked elderly women tried to rescue the hapless girls, they too were gunned down and buried in the same manner.

Names of victims;
1. Ms. Fatima wife of, Umeed Ali Umrani, 45 years old
2. Ms.Jannat Bibi wife of Qaiser Khan, 38 years old
3. Ms.Fauzia daughter of Ata Mohammad Umrani 18 years and two other girls, in between 16 to 18 years of age
(All are residents of village Mir W a h, Tehseel Tumboo, District Naseerabad, Balochistan province, Pakistan)

According to the information that I have received, all five women were at the house of Mr. Chandio at Baba Kot village and to leave for a civil court at Usta Mohammad, district Jafarabad, so that three of the girls could marry the men of their choice. Their decision to have marriage in court was the result of several days of discussions with the elders of the tribe who refused them permission to marry. The names of two younger girls were not ascertained because of strong control of tribal leaders in the area.

As the news of their plans leaked out, Mr. Abdul Sattar Umrani, a brother of the minister, came with more than six persons and abducted them at gun points. They were taken in a Land Cruiser jeep, bearing a registration number plate of the Balochistan government, to another remote area, Nau Abadi, in the vicinity of Baba Kot. After reaching the deserted area of Nau Abadi, Abdul Sattar Umrani and his six companions took the three younger women out of the jeep and beat them before allegedly opening fire with their guns. The girls were seriously injured but were still alive at that moment. Sattar Umrani and his accomplices hurled them into a wide ditch and covered them with earth and stones. The two older women were an aunt of Fauzia and the other, the mother of one of the 16 year- old-girls. When they protested and tried to stop the burial of the girls that were plainly alive the attackers were so angry that they also pushed the women into the ditch and buried them alive. After completing the burial they fired several shots into to the air so that no one would come close.

The girls were educated and were studying in classes from 10 to 12. They were punished for trying to decide about their marriages.

Zehri added that Baluch tribal traditions help stop obscenity and he told the parliament members not to make a big fuss about it. But many members stood up in protest and called this act “barbaric” and wanted to continue the discussion next week. There were a few supporters for Zehri however. They said it is an internal matter and doesn’t want the government to interfere with the highly conservative locals.

Ariel schreef:Geen baard, jammer...maar misschien vind Chaimae hem toch wel aantrekkelijk.

Chaimae schreef:Ok.

Maar wat heeft dit te maken met de islaam? Eerwraak komt ook bij de Hindoestanen voor.

Sprak de Koran niet over het bewaren van je kuisheid zowel door vrouw als man?

Maar wat heeft dit te maken met de islaam?

Chaimae schreef:Sprak de Koran niet over het bewaren van je kuisheid zowel door vrouw als man?

Ilona schreef:

Chaimae schreef:Sprak de Koran niet over het bewaren van je kuisheid zowel door vrouw als man?

En waarom wordt alleen de vrouw dan bestraft?

zij doorgaans twee keer zo vaak zondigt als een arabisch sprekende man.