Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Another What the F moment

I am back. I will be brief but I came across another bit of news from India and it raises the question I posed earlier....What the fuck?!!!!! Here it is.

Indian forced to 'marry' her father-in-law rapist

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian rape victim is being forced by village elders to "marry" her rapist -- her father-in-law, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Community leaders in Charthawal village, backed by local Muslim clerics, believe that by being raped, 28-year-old Imrana's 10-year marriage has been nullified under Islamic law, The Asian Age newspaper said.
Holding a special council on Sunday, village leaders ordered the mother of five to leave her husband, Noor Mohammed, and live with her parental family for seven months and 10 days and make herself "pure" again, The Age said. It did not say how she becomes pure.
After that, she must "marry" her father-in-law and live with him, along with his legal wife.
"She... will then be like a mother to Noor Mohammed," the paper quoted local cleric Shamim Ahmad saying.
Her four brothers have agreed to the edict. She has not but in India, victims of crime often have nowhere to turn and with even her own family supporting the edict she may have little choice.
Police are now investigating and say they plan to arrest the father-in-law. They refuse to comment on the village elders' ruling, saying it is a sensitive religious issue.
The village is in Uttar Pradesh, one of India's poorest and most backward states and its most populous, with more than 165 million people, more than Russia's 145 million.


Well here it goes. She is being forced to become "pure", whatever the fuck that means, though I have some clue. I mean her rapist father in law, soon to be husband, deserves a virgin for a second wife. He needs a second wife? I mean I can barely support one, I cannot figure out how this "well to do" pillar of the community (if it is a community of rapists, it is good to be to a Muslim male) can support a second wife, but that is not my problem, is it?

Now she gets to be "mother" to her ex-husband and father of her children. Is this the fucking Indian hillbilly state? No offense to the hillbillies out there, but when your mother is your sister is your aunt, things are pretty fucked up in the familial relations area. Though, family reunions must be a blast and all you need is another family member who serves as multiple family relations. Then, of course, you have sex with them (I guess it does not really matter about genders at that point) and if a youngun is birthed, well it is just another "cousin" to be added to the mix.

Not to offend any of those of the Islamic faith out there, but when "Islamic law" leads to such an absurd conclusion, is it really law or the will of Allah? Blind faith, blind justice, your husband is your son, damn it all makes sense to me now! Ciao!

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