They made her dad watch while they ran her down with hungry dogs and then shot her:
A 17-year-old Pakistani girl was mauled by dogs and shot to death in front of him over a land dispute… Ibrahim Solangi, 28, has been in custody ever since Taslim’s death… [he is also] her first cousin.… Taslim’s father said he was locked up in his home and forced to watch from a window as dogs chased her and then mauled her when she fell down exhausted. She then was shot, he said… Zameer Hussain Solangi, the girl’s father-in-law, claimed Monday that his son confessed to the killing under police torture and that the allegation regarding the dogs was “baseless.” He said a tribal council later declared the dead woman an adulterer and compensated the husband with her jewelry.
Oh – well if a tribal council gave him her jewelry, then obviously it’s just a big misunderstanding. Notice that the debate is over whether the victim was an adulterer and not over whether, say, we should use vicious dogs to hunt down adulterous women and then shoot them. See also: Somalia, where a sharia court just punished a woman by burying her to her neck and bludgeoning her to death in front of thousands of people in one of the city’s main squares.
If I was this Pakistani guy, though, I’d be kind of upset that all I got was my murdered wife’s jewelry. This other Pakistani guy – a 62-year old – not only got away with killing his wife. He also got the tribal council to award him three prepubescent girls from the family of the adulterous man – the man’s 10 year old girl, plus two of the man’s nieces. Plus 20 buffaloes:
A man who killed his second wife for allegedly having an illicit relationship with another received impunity… [the illegal tribal court] has also ordered the other party who allegedly had the relationship… to hand over three girls together with 20 buffaloes as compensation… Police arrested the killer but soon released him and have respected the decision of the Jirga. According to the information received, Mr. Sher Dil Jatoi, 62 years old, killed his second wife in an honour killing… The decision said Sher Dil Jatoi was the victim of honour and innocent in killing his second wife… “as Shahoo Jatoi developed the illicit relationship… [he] was order to compensate Sher Dil by handing over his three minor daughers”. Since Shahoo has only one girl, a 10-year-old daughter, the Jirga decided that the brothers Mr. Miro Jatoi and Mr. Khanan Jatoi should give their daughters of ages between 13 and 11 years to Sher Dil. Besides, it also ordered Shahoo’s family to deliver 20 buffaloes.
Or you could just let someone rape your wife and force her to become a suicide bomber. But come on – dogs? That’s just primitive.
References:
* Pakistani Man Claims Teen Daughter Mauled by Dogs, Shot to Death in ‘Honor Killing’ [Fox News]
* Pakistan: Honor Killer Awarded 10, 11, 13-Year-Old Girls in Marriage From man who had "Illicit" Relationship With his Wife….. [Zippers]
* Love, blackmail and rape – how al-Qaeda grooms women as ‘perfect weapons’ [Times Online]
* Woman stoned to death for adultery after Somali court ruling [AFP]
Previously:
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – If You’re An American Woman Talking With A Guy In Saudi Arabia, You Might Have To Be Arrested And Beaten
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – If You’re A Female Student Who Tries To Have Coffee With Your Professor, He Might Have To Be Lashed To Pieces (Also: If Your Man Is Neurotic And Impotent, You Might Have To Die)
* Hey Gals, Check This Out – Great News! Islam Has Nothing To Do With Honor Killings.
