In Afghanistan, women are still being put to jail after they have been raped. Afghan law punishes any form of sex outside of marriage and makes no difference between an adulteress and a victim. Statistics say that 87% of women after the age of 7 experience some kind of harassment. 60% of marriages are forced on women, 57% of brides are younger than 16.
Ghulam Ali, highly positioned officer responsible for the security in the country explained that the law which punishes victims of rape is right because “in Afghanistan, sexual encounters outside of marriage mean breaking the Muslim law, no matter if the person accepted or was forced”. He personally believes this law is good because “there are many diseases which spread because of illegal sexual relationships.”
I was just wondering about the outcomes of the US liberation of that country…… Taliban are as strong as ever, poppy fields are in full bloom and women are being punished for being raped. Democracy? Freedom? Human rights?
Also, I’d like to learn more about the difference of STDs transmitted between wed partners and non-wed partners. But for this, I’d probably have to attend an Afghan school. Hey, maybe Mr. Ghulam found cure for AIDS – just lock all women into prisons!
Tags: Commentary, Feminism, System
This entry was posted
on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 21:50 and is filed under General.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I was in Zurich during the day of the street parade, and on the border of which I heard a group of drummers. Coming closer, I saw a group of 40 drummers making a lot of noise, quite good performance however. Suddenly I realized they were holding banners about Christianity, Jesus etc… one of them read:
“Jesus cures AIDS”.
Good to hear from you that such notions are not only available in one part of the world. Stupidity is distributed equally throughout the world.
Regarding your question to the skills of the US to reduce the mentioned issues in Afghanistan: I attended a report of a Turkish contractor who was hired to rebuild the harbors in Iraq and he confirmed that the hygiene, food and security of the population has not improved a bit since the invasion unless through what they were able to do themselves through work and trade. The billions of USD that were spent by the US have not reached its destination.
I can imagine that. That is a general problem with aid. It always ends in wrng hands. My country also received billions to recover from the war. And suddenly, new (mega)rich popped out of nowhere. This is how I learned that a war is not about idealism. It is about getting rich.