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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. - Jules Renard 

Sunday, July 31, 2005

Shazia Khalid in Musharraf's Pakistan

Another Face of Terror - New York Times: "Dr. Shazia's husband, Khalid Aman, was working as an engineer in Libya, but he finally was notified and rushed back 11 days later. Dr. Shazia, by then freed, couldn't face him, but he comforted her, told her that she had done nothing wrong, and insisted that they report the rape to the police so that the criminal could be caught.

That was, perhaps, naïve, particularly because there were rumors that the police had identified the rapist as a senior army officer and were covering up for him.

'When I treat rape victims, I tell the girls not to go to the police,' Dr. Shershah Syed, a prominent gynecologist in Karachi, told me. 'Because if she goes to the police, the police will rape her.'

That's the way the world works for anyone unfortunate enough to be born female in much of the world. "

Why are the educated people of Pakistan quiet ?? Why dont they raise their voices against this nonsense ? I thought they are much better than other middle-eastern islamic countries. Are they not

Blogger Shobhna Srivastava said...

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Blogger Shobhna Srivastava said...

rajan, actually, it is good that it is posted here too. more the number of people that are aware of these things the better it is. and the audiance of my blog and this one are different, i guess. 

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yup...coming from a woman!(assuming Sharia is a woman's name). Its almost like its her fault that she was raped!Just goes to show how inhuman society can become. 

Blogger Shobhna Srivastava said...

the islamic law is called 'sharia'.

yeah, i have heard abt this law. do the same rules apply to indian muslims too? since we r not following common civil code. is there some sort of protection against such laws in india? 

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