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January 02, 2009

Their crusade against girls

Force-marriage is a press euphemism for systematized mass rape. The Taliban just call it marriage. Progressives can undoubtedly conjure up an excuse, a grant application to study our racist attitudes toward this indigenous expression of jihadi culture and a feminist term for the practice without bothering to follow the link.

ISLAMABAD: On the heels of their crusade (sic - Flea.) against girls going to schools, the Taliban have now issued new dictum in the areas under their sway asking parents of the grown up daughters to marry them to militants or "face dire consequences". This new force-marriage campaign is being run in most of the areas in the Pakistan's troubled NWFP through regular announcements made in mosques to congregations. Such instances have come to light recently through some of the affected women daring to go to authorities for justice rather than meekly surrender to the militants’ dictates.

Salma, who teaches in a primary school in Peshawar, told the Dawn newspaper that Taliban have told families to declare in mosques if they have unmarried girls so that their hand could be given in marriage, most probably to militants. If they did not do so, the girls would be forcibly married off, the newspaper quoted the 30-year-old widow as saying.

The naive and the ignorant might be excused for assuming the Taliban share their opinion of what a "grown up daughter" might be. Long time Flea-readers should have no trouble guessing; just follow the example of the Perfect Man.

She also said the Taliban in the Swat valley of NWFP have threatened women with dire punishment, if they are found outside their homes without identity cards and a male relative accompanying them. Couples should also carry 'Nikah Nama' or marriage certificates with them when they venture out of home or they will be in trouble, she said.

"I have heard that Taliban have announced that if a girl above the age of seven is found outside her house, she would be slaughtered," Salma said.

Not only a death cult. Not only a rape cult. A child rape cult.

President-elect Obama: You promised to do something. Soon, you will have your chance to show your mettle.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 2, 2009 02:30 PM

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