[Brometheus]

wtf.. is acid as easily accessible there as bleach? do they use acid to cleanse, as opposed to christians using holy water?

[Zambini]

Originally Posted by Brometheus ↗

wtf.. is acid as easily accessible there as bleach? do they use acid to cleanse, as opposed to christians using holy water?

Car batteries, always a plentiful supply of acid

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Eskimo Aids ↗

Scum religion

A Calgary-based imam, Syed Soharwardy, said the Shafia case has galvanized the community to address uncomfortable issues. Soharwardy said that honor killings are less to do with Islam and more with cultural values that existed before the faith took root, and that the Koran specifically forbids them.

Unfortunately, in some countries in the Muslim world, and particularly in parts of South Asia, women who are accused of sexual indiscretions bring a disproportional amount of dishonor to their families and are forced to pay a terrible price at the hands of male family members.

However, these honor killings are cases of extreme violence that no religion, including Islam, would ever promote or condone.

The problem of honor killings stems from a lack of respect for the equality and human rights of women, rather than from religious morality.

Islam recognizes and celebrates the inherent dignity bestowed by God upon all human beings, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or religion.

The Koran is explicit in its emphasis on the equality of women and men before God: “And their Lord has accepted of them and answered them, ‘Never will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you, whether male or female, you are members, one of another....’”

[Sharon]

A Kashmiri girl killed by her parents after looking at a boy on a motorcycle was "destined to die" her mother has told the media.

Zaheen Zafar and her husband Mohammad were arrested by police in the Pakistani administered part of the region for the murder of their 15-year-old daughter Anusha, who was kept at home for two days without medical attention after the attack.

The parents told the BBC Anusha had tried to commit suicide during her two days in agony, and finally died two days later, in hospital.


Mother Zaheen Zafar admitted throwing acid on her daughter.

A doctor told the AFP news agency the teenager arrived in a "very critical condition" with almost 70% burns.

Zafar, who had burns along her own arms from having thrown the acid, described how her daughter had begged her for forgiveness.

"She said, 'I didn't do it on purpose, I won't do it again," her mother told the BBC.

"By then I had thrown the acid. It was her destiny to die this way."

The crime drew international shock, with many in Pakistan swift to condemn what had happened.

Side-by-side in police cells, Mohammed Zafar said he had warned his daughter previously about glancing at boys in their remote village, in the southern district of Kotli.

He described dragging her inside and beating her: "There was a boy who came by on a motorcycle. She (Anusha) turned to look at him twice.


Father Mohammed, returning to the village home where he admits to beating his daughter, before his wife threw acid at her.

"I told her before not to do that, it's wrong. People talk about us because our older daughter was the same way," he said.

Later, shown shackled and surrounded by weeping children, Mohammed Zafar pointed to the spot on the stone floor where he says his wife threw the acid at his daughter, claiming he had attempted to wipe it off Anusha.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported 943 women were killed in honour killings last year, an increase of more than 100 from 2010.

[Sharon]

The 'woe is me' face on that 'mother' makes me sick, what an evil bitch murdering your girl like that

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

Yep, what kind of hate filled religion/culture is ok with pouring acid on a young girl, never mind your own daughter?

It's beyond repulsive

[Hvergelmir]

Originally Posted by Zambini ↗

Yep, what kind of hate filled religion/culture is ok with pouring acid on a young girl, never mind your own daughter?

Fundementalist Christianity, Orthodox Judaism, and Orthodox Islam would all do these things.

Well, Fundys will go on shooting sprees and kill a bunch of kids.

[Zambini]

^thanks for the update, will you give us some examples?

[Hvergelmir]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-0...y-city/1343182

[Zambini]

Great, one was committed by a mental patient and one was an reporter covering a protest that was spit on, so bad she almost cried.

Nice try, but both are a far cry from honor killings and throwing acid on your daughter.

You are defending the indefensible.