Saturday, April 04, 2009
Pakistan - (video) A 17-year-old whipped in public in Swat, which is governed by the sharia, by Marie-Êve Marineau
The blurred images appear to show a girl aged 17 being beaten by radical Islamists in the Swat region of northwest Pakistan where Sharia has been introduced after the conclusion of a truce with the Taliban in February.
A local commander of the Taliban in Matta, a militant stronghold 25 miles from the regional capital, Mingora, ordered that the girl was whipped a week ago after being accused of adultery, according to local reporters.
But some residents of Matta have accused the commander had ordered that the girl was beaten to avenge she refused his proposal of marriage, told reporters at the Times.
"Please! Enough! Enough!" implored the girl in Pashtu, the language of the tribes that dominate the north-west Pakistan, now the main hub of Taliban and al Qaeda.
At another point, she exclaimed: "I repent, my father repents, what I did, my grandmother repent for what I did ... "
The man who insults the flagellum his colleague who is struggling to control the girl and to prevent him from protecting his back with his hands.
We hear: "You must keep it tight so it does not move."
The President Zardari stressed that the truce was signed with "moderate"....
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Labels: Islam, Marie-Êve Marineau, Pakistan, Sharia
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