Talk about one messed up world in Pakistan - insidiously, we see a 9 year old Christian girl dragged off and raped by an older Muslim man and after the police arrest the rapist, his relatives go after the little girl's family with threats of more violence.
From the article at EnerPub:
Gulfam, a nine year old Catholic girl, was raped by a Muslim man in the district of Samundari Tehsil, in the district of Faisalabad, Pakistan. The child is in a state of shock and suffering both physical and psychological trauma.
Reports came from sources within the Church, expressing its deep concern at the conditions of the poorest Christian families: the victims of discrimination, violence and abuse. “The incident is terrifying. I met the victims and I expressed my regret to them. I believe we must consider a pastoral and legal strategy, in an effort to stem the phenomenon of the abuse of Christian girls,” said Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad in an interview.
Gulfam (“like a flower”) is 9 years old (her surname is not revealed out of respect for the family) and is enrolled in the third grade. She lives in village in the district of Tehsil Samundari. On December 10 she returned from school to bake chapatti bread with her sister-in-law. She went with her with her 7-year-old cousin to collect firewood in a nearby sugarcane field. After a short time, the cousin came home and reported that Gulfam had been dragged away by a man. When relatives arrived at the scene, they caught the rapist red-handed, who then immediately fled.
Gulfam's mother took the half-naked girl home. Then the parents went to the police to report the rape, who then arrested the suspect. But the family is terrified because the village is mainly Muslim. The relatives of the rapist have already tried to intimidate Gulfam's family withdraw the charges. The girl said when she refused the rapist's offer of money, he then taped her mouth and assaulted her. The assailant reportedly told his victim “not to worry because he had done the same service to other young Christian girls.”
This story comes out just days after reports that tens of thousands of Christians in Iraq are fleeing persecution there as well. Let's face it - this rapist in this case singled out this girl because she was Christian - he knew that in the end he could get away with the rape of one of "those" girls whereas he would be punished for the rape of a muslim girl.
It's nearly impossible for me to even start to get my mind around how hopeless the situation is for a Pakistani family to worship Christ inside of Pakistan - each and every day must be a nightmare such as what this family as lived through. We have a nine year old girl whose life could have just as well been taken away from her for what she will be like the rest of her life and we have a family now that is marked for continual intimidation. All in the name of allah. Spit.
Pakistan: Muslim threaten family of Christian child raped by a Muslim
Gulfam, a nine year old Catholic girl, was raped by a Muslim man in the district of Samundari Tehsil, in the district of Faisalabad, Pakistan. The child is in a state of shock and suffering both physical and psychological trauma.
Reports came from sources within the Church, expressing its deep concern at the conditions of the poorest Christian families: the victims of discrimination, violence and abuse. “The incident is terrifying. I met the victims and I expressed my regret to them. I believe we must consider a pastoral and legal strategy, in an effort to stem the phenomenon of the abuse of Christian girls,” said Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad in an interview.
Gulfam (“like a flower”) is 9 years old (her surname is not revealed out of respect for the family) and is enrolled in the third grade. She lives in village in the district of Tehsil Samundari. On December 10 she returned from school to bake chapatti bread with her sister-in-law. She went with her with her 7-year-old cousin to collect firewood in a nearby sugarcane field. After a short time, the cousin came home and reported that Gulfam had been dragged away by a man. When relatives arrived at the scene, they caught the rapist red-handed, who then immediately fled.
Gulfam's mother took the half-naked girl home. Then the parents went to the police to report the rape, who then arrested the suspect. But the family is terrified because the village is mainly Muslim. The relatives of the rapist have already tried to intimidate Gulfam's family withdraw the charges. The girl said when she refused the rapist's offer of money, he then taped her mouth and assaulted her. The assailant reportedly told his victim “not to worry because he had done the same service to other young Christian girls.”
“It is shameful. Such incidents occur frequently. Christian girls are considered goods to be damaged at leisure. Abusing them is a right. According to the community's mentality it is not even a crime. Muslims regard them as spoils of war,” local sources report.
Gulfam is now under the care of some Catholic women religious. The same sisters tearfully described their outrage and pain for little Gulfam and for other Christian girls abused by wealthy Muslims.
Other similar cases include the October 2010 rapes of Lubna Masih and Kiran Nayyaz. According to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) abductions and sexual violence against Christian and Hindu girls are increasing in Pakistan. These often also involve forced conversion and marriage. Most cases go unpunished.
3 comments:
I nominate Lorena Bobbitt for US ambassador to Pakistan.
And we are considering allowing Islamic law to be applied here in the U.S.A.
I would have thought that it would have scared the hell out of people with the ruling in New Jersey where a judge agreed with a Muslim man who took his wife against her will. It was overruled.
An argument is taking place within Islamic law over the interpretation of the phrase in the Koran that allows a man to beat his wife. (You can't leave any visible marks)
Why do we need to argue this issue? Another problem is that Islam has numereous issues like these.
LOL Bigfoot! I like that one!
joe,
Well said, sir.
:Holger Danske
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