More Islamic peace and tolerance in the Pure Land. From AFP, with thanks to Skeetstreet:
Peshawar, PAKISTAN -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead a women's rights activist and her daughter in deeply conservative northwestern Pakistan, police said on Tuesday.Zubeda Begum, 40, was killed on the spot late on July 1 while her 17-year-old daughter Shumyla died in hospital on Monday following the attack in the town of Dir, 250 kilometers (156 miles) northeast of Peshawar.
Begum was working for private women's rights group the Aurat Foundation. Aurat means woman in Urdu, Pakistan's official language.
"We have launched a search for the suspects and raided a few places, but so far no arrests have been made," said Dir's deputy superintendent of police Hafeez-ur-Rehman.
The policeman said that the victim had never reported any threats and that the motive was more likely to be linked to a family feud, although that had not been confirmed.
Religious groups oppose the presence of nongovernmental organizations and foreign aid workers in the area and four years ago some agencies removed their staff following protests by locals.
A family feud.
Right.
And the fact that the woman never sought police protection suggests to me that she had no hopes from it.
Another instance showing what happens to reformers. Those who wish to reform Islam should take note...If it was a family problem it shows that "murder as a solution", is common in Islam...
Another brave soul who had the courage of her convictions has been slaughtered - and her daughter, too. We ask "Why?" -- but we know why. Islam, and its woman-hating, twisted ideology of brutality and suppression, is behind this.
If this isn't true, let's hear from Muslims who can give us other plausible explanations for these murders. ("Family matters" explanations don't count -- since Islam has its hand there too.)
If it's true, let's hear from all the outraged Muslims who are angry at their religion. If they profess peace and compassion, let's see some.
If my words "woman-hating, twisted ideology of brutality and suppression" are incorrect, lets see some concrete evidence to the contrary. Sayings, quotations, and words don't count -- only actions.
I guess that's the new name for Islamic Terrorism:
Family Feud.
That would make a great Koranic game show.
Question #1.
"Give another name for a 'progressive' Muslim?"
Top 5 answers:
1. Dead unclean dog.
2. Beheaded traitor to the faith.
3. Apostate scum found dead in alley.
4. Blown-up assistant of the crusaders.
And number-
5. Assassinated whore.
And the winner gets an all-expense paid trip to Imbecility. (AKA Mecca. Or: "Mekkah", for the Wahhabily-inclined.)
Aurat means woman in Urdu, Pakistan's official language.
For once when will ppl stop regarding Urdu as a separate language. It's a bastard child born when Hindi was raped by Arabic. 90% of its vocabulary,grammar etc r indistinguishable frm Hindi,to most Indian's it's Hindi written in Arabic script.
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Aurat means woman in Urdu, Pakistan's official language.
Actually, Aurat (عورت) actually has the root meaning of pudenda, the woman's privates, which are to be hidden. The root word is one for woman and her privates.
Kinda gives you an idea of how woman are regarded.