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Thursday, March 03, 2005
Those poor, confused Muslim men
Remember this? (from the NYT):According to the prosecution, the Meerwala council ordered the gang rape of Mukhtar Mai, then 30, as punishment for the alleged illicit sexual relations of her brother Shakoor with a woman from the rival Mastoi tribe. It was later revealed that he had been molested by Mastoi men who tried to conceal it by accusing him of illicit relations with a Mastoi woman. The Mastoi demanded revenge. That was delivered when the council approved the rape of Ms. Mukhtar. Fourteen men were charged in the case and six of them - the leader of the village council, a council member and the four men suspected of carrying out the rape - were convicted and sentenced to death in September 2002. The convicted men appealed. In case you think you read it wrong, yes, a grown woman was gang raped to punish her brother on the orders of a Muslim council. This, of course, is no shocker from the religion of peace. That those poor Pakistani men were sentenced to death for something as trifling as raping a woman or ordering her rape, though, was unusual.
Not to worry. They've been let off the hook.
Wouldn't want to send the wrong message about what Islamic law's all about, after all.
posted by gbarto at 6:51 PM
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