I was about sleep when I saw this video which absoutely made my blood boil. Its the video of this teenage girl being flogged by the Taliban in the province where Sharia is now being implemented in Pakistan. While many people think Islam to be this atavistic homogeneous entity I have long argued to the contrary.
So this is a video where a girl is being flogged for having come out of the house with a male person who was neither her father or husband. So basically haraam according to a very narrow reading of the Shariah. The video is disturbing to put it mildly. Watch it if you dare at the end of the day only.
Anyway the video has been filmed by a mobile and distributed widely to act as a warning. I find it low and a debasing act.
Because its in my bloody name, I insist on taking the right away as a muslim .I never gave them the right but still I must lodge my protest.The taliban are as misguided fools as Dante.
Its funny how big demons we become when we think our repressions are justified. Islam is not harsh. It's gentle and merciful.
See the video here
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