Five Brides for Five Strangers

Troubleshooter · 12-19-2005, 06:53 PM

From Reason here.

Almost 10 years ago, Amna Niazi, now 22, was married to a man she has never met. A village council in Pakistan ordered her and four other girls, all cousins, to be married to males from another family after the father of one of the girls killed another man. Now, their husbands want their brides to come live with them. The girls have refused, and the same village council has ordered that they should be abducted and raped or killed for refusing to go. And it has pronounced a death sentence on their fathers for refusing to turn them over. The Pakistani legislature has banned so-called honor marriages, but the law is widely ignored by local village councils.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-19-2005, 09:10 PM

Well, it's not like they were something valuable like goats.

Beestie · 12-19-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

...The girls have refused, and the same village council has ordered that they should be abducted and raped or killed for refusing to go.

Just thought I'd take this opportunity to remind the good citizens of Earth that these people are armed with large, powerful, nuclear BOMBS.

ArcReforged · 01-02-2006, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Just thought I'd take this opportunity to remind the good citizens of Earth that these people are armed with large, powerful, nuclear BOMBS.

Ditto.

Elspode · 01-02-2006, 12:49 AM

Dare we hope that these people are so fucking backward that they might perhaps blow themselves up accidentally?

Troubleshooter · 01-02-2006, 08:01 AM

That's what hope is for, the long odds.

[Edit] ...the long odds with the really good payoff.

01-02-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Well, it's not like they were something valuable like goats.

The girls' father was actually quoted as saying, "My daughters are not goats that I would give them away to a pack of illiterate fools." Apparently, the daughters are highly educated and even attending university while their "husbands " can't read or write.

Which brings me to my next thought. Its not the villagers in the primitive backwaters of the country where this judgement has been handed down that have the bombs. Its the forward thinking people up in the big cities who have them. If the villagers had the bombs with a mindset like that, they'd have all used them all on each other by now. Where's natural selection when you really need it?

Jordon · 01-05-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

If the villagers had the bombs with a mindset like that, they'd have all used them all on each other by now.

This insanity brought to you by ISLAM, the sponsor of fine Honor Killings everywhere. I'm sorry, but a religion that treats women like this is beneath contempt.

Sundae · 01-06-2006, 12:40 PM

The practice of vani is a tribal tradition, not strictly an Islamic one:

From here

[The father] added that his family had already paid blood-money to the aggrieved party. 'I have refused to give into the council's request as it is un-Islamic. I cannot hand over my girls like goats to marry these illiterate boys,' he said.

fargon · 01-13-2006, 04:27 PM

I guess that humanity is not a part of modern Islam. These enlightened and peaceful people need to join the modern world, and start treating women like the wonderful and enchanting beings that they are.

12-19-2005, 06:53 PM	#1
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Five Brides for Five Strangers From Reason here. Almost 10 years ago, Amna Niazi, now 22, was married to a man she has never met. A village council in Pakistan ordered her and four other girls, all cousins, to be married to males from another family after the father of one of the girls killed another man. Now, their husbands want their brides to come live with them. The girls have refused, and the same village council has ordered that they should be abducted and raped or killed for refusing to go. And it has pronounced a death sentence on their fathers for refusing to turn them over. The Pakistani legislature has banned so-called honor marriages, but the law is widely ignored by local village councils. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

12-19-2005, 09:10 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, it's not like they were something valuable like goats. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-02-2006, 12:49 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Dare we hope that these people are so fucking backward that they might perhaps blow themselves up accidentally? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-02-2006, 08:01 AM	#6
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	That's what hope is for, the long odds. [Edit] ...the long odds with the really good payoff. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-13-2006, 04:27 PM	#10
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I guess that humanity is not a part of modern Islam. These enlightened and peaceful people need to join the modern world, and start treating women like the wonderful and enchanting beings that they are. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-06-2006, 12:40 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The practice of vani is a tribal tradition, not strictly an Islamic one: From here [The father] added that his family had already paid blood-money to the aggrieved party. 'I have refused to give into the council's request as it is un-Islamic. I cannot hand over my girls like goats to marry these illiterate boys,' he said.

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