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Abused Afghan women often end up in jail, reason unknown
news.yahoo.com — The AP's Alisa Tang wrote a horrifying account of the oppression and misogyny that women face in Afghanistan. The April 30 article bucks the post-9/11 trend of the media turning a blind eye to women's issues in Muslim countries. What's missing are two words—Islam and Sharia.
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- mattowan, on 05/02/2008, -0/+3What's even more amazing is that neither the word Muslim nor Islam appears anywhere in this AP article.
- LadyAmerica, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Kidnpped and "Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly. He was jailed for 20 years for murder, but Rukhma ended up in prison too…" – for adultery!
This unfortunate young woman is just the tip of the iceberg. Read it all… - LadyAmerica, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1Other quotes from this article...
"The chief prosecutor of eastern Nangarhar province who oversaw Rukhma's case suggested she got off lightly. > "If my wife goes to the bazaar without my permission, I will kill her. This is our culture," Abdul Qayum shouted scornfully during an interview in his office in the city of Jalalabad. > His colleagues laughed approvingly. "This is Afghanistan, not America," Qayum said."
"At a Kabul hospital, a 16-year-old girl who is too scared to give her name is recuperating from reconstructive surgery after her husband cut off her nose and ears, bashed out all but six of her teeth with a stone, and poured boiling water on her."
"The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said many rape victims are forced to marry their attackers or are jailed for adultery because proving rape is virtually impossible."
"Kamala Janakiram, a U.N. human rights officer in eastern Afghanistan, said that in 70 to 80 percent of the cases she has seen, a woman complaining of domestic violence is charged as a criminal for running away from home."
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