Unfortunately for her, revenge in Islam seems to be reserved for men only. More on this story. "Afghan teacher wants acid thrown on her attackers," from the Associated Press, November 25:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A 23-year-old teacher burned in an acid attack on 15 schoolgirls and instructors wants the Afghan government to throw acid on her attackers and then hang them.Kandahar's governor said Tuesday that authorities had arrested 10 alleged Taliban militants for the Nov. 12 attack in this southern city and that several confessed to taking part.
Gov. Rahmatullah Raufi said the men would be tried in open court, a pledge that pleased Nuskaal, a first-year math teacher who suffered acid burns on her shoulders.
"Those girls were simply going to school to get an education," said Nuskaal, who like many Afghans goes by one name. "My parents told me that security isn't good enough and that they were worried about me teaching. But I told my parents I won't stop teaching. I'm not afraid."
After the attack, President Hamid Karzai called for the perpetrators to be executed in public. Nuskaal said the attackers should have acid thrown on them first.
Men riding motorbikes squirted acid from water bottles onto three groups of students and teachers walking to school. Several girls suffered burned faces and were hospitalized. One teenager couldn't open her eyes for days after the attack, which sparked condemnation around the world.
Afghanistan's government called the attack "un-Islamic," while the United Nations labeled it "a hideous crime." First lady Laura Bush decried the attackers as cowardly.
The government charged Tuesday that high-ranking Taliban fighters paid the suspects a total of $2,000 to carry out the attack. The assailants came from Pakistan but were Afghan nationals, said Doud Doud, an Interior Ministry official...
Begum Nushkaal is lucky, and should settle for their executions, instead of pressing with the demand that acid be sprayed on them. Not that I'd mind.
After the attack, President Hamid Karzai called for the perpetrators to be executed in public. Nuskaal said the attackers should have acid thrown on them first.
The suggestions by both President Karzai and Teacher Nuskaal are legally practical if the verdict of the court sentence is execution. Of the two, Nuskaal's suggestion is the most likely to be used as it is Shariah Compliant in its spirit of appropriate punishment.
It is not likely that an acid-throwing victim would die, so the crime would likely not be charged as attempted murder, but surely if a Muslim can be executed for adultery (Islamically an attack on the foundation of society), then why not also for throwing acid on schoolgirls (Islamically a terrorist attack on an innocent and Islamically compliant civilian Muslim female)?
In this case, any reasonable interpretation of justice would be served by acid-dipping the offender and then waiting several hours before hanging him.
The government charged Tuesday that high-ranking Taliban fighters paid the suspects a total of $2,000 to carry out the attack.
Ditto and Ditto
Dipping them in battery acid until the bones separate from the flesh may seem a cruel punishment, but in this case I think the Afghan women are right.
What else could prevent these animals to do it again?
$2,000
Money. It always is money. Be it imams preaching in Europe, girls wearing the veil in Europe, boys spraying acid on girls: Money.
Islam is not convincing.
In this case, any reasonable interpretation of justice would be served by acid-dipping the offender and then waiting several hours before hanging him.
Wasn't that how the Joker came to be? Seriously, I agree with her and I'm glad the Karzai government wants to execute them. I wish we executed people for stuff like that.
"...several confessed to taking part."
Is it really a "confession" if one does not believe that there was a wrongdoing?
Perhaps it was more like taking credit.
'...high-ranking Taliban fighters paid the suspects a total of $2,000 to carry out the attack.
How cowardly of these "high-ranking Taliban fighters" to pay someone else to do the dirty work. Such tough men; NOT.