Bengali mother caned for talking to Hindu man

[IndianaGreen]

Saturday, 06 June 2009

Bengali villagers say woman’s punishment is “symbolic”

Bengali mother caned for talking to Hindu man

DHAKA (AFP)

A Muslim mother has been caned for talking to a Hindu man in Bangladesh, police said Saturday, prompting fresh concerns about a rise in cases of harsh treatment of women under strict interpretation of Islamic law.

The punishment was carried out in a remote village in Muslim-majority Bangladesh on the orders of village elders, local police chief Enamul Monowar told AFP.

The village elders found Kamala Begum, 38, a mother of four children, guilty under the local application of Islamic law of chatting with an unidentified Hindu man, Monowar said. Hindus make up around 10 percent of Bangladesh's population.

Symbolic punishment

"The villagers got bundles of 25 sticks and hit her four times on the back. They claimed it was a symbolic punishment. But she's humiliated and has been in great mental pain," Monowar said.

It was the third such reported case in two weeks in the country and stirred concern among women's groups in Muslim-majority but officially secular Bangladesh about what they say is a rise in brutal treatment of women under locally applied Islamic laws.

"In the last few months, we have seen villagers invoking Shariah (Islamic law) to mete out barbaric punishments to women," said Salma Ali, the head of rights group Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers Association.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/06/75023.html

[BolivarianHero]

1. Now that they have a centre-left gov't....

It's time to deal with these Mujahideen freaks Soviet-style.

[ddiver]

2. That would be indiscriminate killing of all Afghans? Mighty Stalin of you.

"deal with these Mujahideen freaks Soviet-style", set down the knife Rambo.

[BolivarianHero]

4. As opposed to what?

The leftists were doing horrible things in Afghanistan...Like ending the warlord-dominated feudal system, secularising Afghan society, making intellectualism a virtue rather than a vice, and fighting tirelessly for women's rights...While Moscow offered them logistical support and a geopolitical ally, the Soviets did not intervene directly until NATO, Beijing, the CIA, and a bunch of Islamist crazies from abroad started giving money and weapons to the Mujahideen, which had a tendency to shoot anyone remotely progressive, torture anyone remotely intelligent, and rape anyone remotely female.

[IndianaGreen]

6. K&R to your most excellent post!

Our blind anti-Communism is what led to 9-11. Bin Laden and Mullah Omar were the "freedom fighters" that we chose, and now they have chosen us as their next targets.

[IndianaGreen]

5. Stalin had a couple of good points

One, he dealt harshly with ultra-nationalism and two, he didn't have problems with religious jihadists of any faith.

Religious extremism in the 3 monotheistic religions is the greatest threat to reason and freedom on this planet.

[ddiver]

7. One of them NOT being the killing of 700 thousand people.

If you can just overlook that and you have shown you can.

[Chulanowa]

3. Hahahahahaha...

You mena get mired in and then get your ass kicked until your nation collapses?