That's right: "Honor killing" as a defense, in yet another study in moral standards and priorities.
"Another 'honor killing': 17-year-old Pakistani girl murdered," by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews, October 2:
Islamabad (AsiaNews) - Another honor killing against a girl in Pakistan: the murder took place in the district of Khairpur, in the southern province of Sindh. It took place last March, although the news has come out only in the past few days.
Tasleem Solangi, a 17-year-old girl, was accused without any proof of "immorality": the young woman was accused of having an "extramarital" relationship, for which reason she was punished by relatives. From the initial reconstruction, it emerges instead that a land dispute was at the origin of the brutal killing. The girl was murdered solely in order to convince her father to sell.
On March 7, 2008, Tasleem was killed with shocking ferocity: first, dogs were released on her, biting her legs repeatedly, until she fell to the ground. The dogs continued to maul her until her uncle, Zameer Solangi, shot her to death with a pistol. Tasleem's father had to watch helplessly as the massacre took place. He had been expected to sell some land to the uncle and his associates. The killing was also supported by a tribal judge in the area, Karim Bux, who exerted pressure on law enforcement to keep them from opening an investigation. In May, Karim gathered a jirga - tribal assembly - to judge the case, which "exonerated" the killers and "guaranteed them impunity."
Gul Sher, the girl's father, held a press conference in Karachi on Monday, October 27, denouncing the killing and calling for justice: he insisted that problems related to "a land dispute" were at the basis of the action, denying the charge of "immoral behavior" or infidelity on the part of his daughter. He also denounced the "false accusations" made against the young woman. Security forces have arrested her husband, Ibrahim Solangi, who has volunteered to confess to the crime.
More information about the cover-up and disputes about the dog attack (perhaps that would be "going too far"): "President orders re-probe into Tasleem Solangi case," from GeoTV, October 29:
KHAIRPUR: PPP MNA Nafeesa Shah Tuesday visited Hajan Shah Village near here to conduct probe into allegations that a young married women Tasleem Solangi had been thrown before dogs over a honour killing issue.
Addressing a press conference, here Tuesday, she said she was conducting the probe on the order of President Asif Zaradri, adding the report would be submitted to him in a couple of days.
She said her preliminary findings suggest that Tasleem Solangi was not put before hungry dogs as reported in the Press.
Earlier, a pregnant Pakistani teenager was reportedly mauled by dogs and then shot dead by her in-laws over a property dispute, the girl's parents and a human rights group said.
But 17-year-old Tasleem Solangi's death was later justified as an honour killing by a local jirga or tribal council over allegations that she had illicit relations with other men, they claimed.
The incident, which happened on March 08 but details of which have only emerged, is the latest honour killing that has claimed the lives of more than 150 women this year.
Gulsher Solangi, from Khaipur district, 425 kilometres (265 miles) from the southwestern city of Karachi, said his daughter's new family, who deny any wrongdoing, repeatedly beat her after her marriage and demanded she transfer land and pay money to them.
That's Pakistan...Islamic Paradise on Earth.
And what's really great about it, is that the Mohammadan world wants to share Pakistan's methods of achieving Paradise with the west.
No punishment for brutal murder...'Isn't that just too precious'?
That's right: "Honor killing" as a defense, in yet another study in moral standards and priorities.
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Yes--more "Islamic morality".
Note, also, that keeping dogs as loving pets is strictly haram. Using dogs to savagely maul your young female relatives before cold-bloodedly murdering them and then slandering their memories to cover up extorting land from your relatives--well, that's halal! In fact, what could be more Islamic?
Cool.
Murder as a respectable cover up for fraud.
And we're told to welcome these people as neighbors.
Moral priorities indeed!
And we're told to welcome these people as neighbors.
Moral priorities indeed!
Posted by: joeblough [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 29, 2008 10:20
A few months ago, our local newspaper had a big write-up about the Pakistani "community" in our area. I was unaware of the good fortune bestowed upon us by the mere presence of these people, who live in a segregated, secluded enclave (like most muslim immigrants)and keep entirely to themselves except the men, who venture out to run their convenience stores, gas stations, and motels.
Most of the entrepreneurs in the cult got started with the help of our benevolent federal government, always eager to throw our money at third world immigrants with few strings attached.
The hackneyed, politically correct platitudes flowed like wine, so predictable and redundant. We've all heard them a thousand times and I can't speak for anyone else, but I have yet to personally experience one iota of "enrichment" from islamic culture, be it Pakistani, Arab, Persian, African, Malaysian, or whatever. The article also mentioned the trials and travails these poor folks have endured since 9/11 in their efforts to convince the local yokels that islam means peace. They were kind enough to migrate to America to share their glorious Pakistani culture with us and can't understand why they are considered a bit strange for contemptuously rebuffing ours. Who knows what goes on in their private encampment but I'm thankful that we are spared the sights, sounds, and odors of their grotesque culture.
I have yet to figure out the purpose of the article other than to announce their presence to those who were unaware of it; their penchant for isolation from mainstream society; their "rich" cultural traditions; their hurt feelings after 9/11; and their immense contributions to the local community at large. What those contributions are remain a mystery to me.
This area also happens to be home to another group of rather eccentric people, the Irish Travelers, which has been around for a long time. They are definitely strange in many ways but they are devout Catholics and tend to take their scams and rip-offs out of town because they can't con anyone around here. They are concentrated in an area close to where the Pakistanis have settled and if there was ever the potential for a volatile clash between disparate ethnic groups, this is it.
Who are the animals? The dogs or the relations? Scumbags.