On 4/5/09, Dorene Cornwell <dorenefc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not to be trite, but I am thinking this kind of comment from other Muslims
> just might carry a whole lot more weight than a bunch of bombs dropped by
> NATO's drones.
>
> DoreneC
> Seattle WA
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200904041455.htm
>>
>> The Hindu
>> http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200904041455.htm
>>
>> India's Muslims denounce Taliban whipping of girl as un-Islamic
>>
>> New Delhi (IANS): After video clips of a 17-year-old girl being
>> flogged in public by Taliban fighters in Pakistan's Swat valley were
>> shown on TV, India's Islamic scholars denounced it as "un-Islamic" and
>> "satanic" and condemned it as "gross violation" of Quranic codes.
>>
>> Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan spoke out strongly
>> against the incident and added that if anything, the act was
>> absolutely "un-Islamic - even satanic".
>>
>> "This kind of treatment is neither Islamic nor human. In fact, not
>> only is it un-Islamic and inhuman, but also satanic," Khan, who has
>> authored over 200 books on Islam, told IANS.
>>
>> "The first thing that should be done is to educate people, develop
>> ethical values, sensitivity towards women and treat them equally.
>> Society can be reformed through education - punishment (of the
>> perpetrators) can never be the starting point for any kind of reform
>> or change," he added.
>>
>> Similarly, Mushirul Hasan, vice chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia
>> university, condemned the incident saying that it was a wrong
>> portrayal of Islam, which preaches exactly opposite of what the
>> Taliban were seen doing to the hapless young girl.
>>
>> "I am horrified. This (incident) is a gross violation of Islamic and
>> Quranic injunctions which teaches humanity, love, peace and
>> magnanimity," Hasan told IANS.
>>
>> The dangers of imposing Sharia laws in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley
>> were brought into sharp focus Friday with the airing of a two-minute
>> video showing a 17-year-old screaming, burqa-clad girl being whipped
>> by Taliban fighters for coming "out of her house with another man who
>> was not her husband".
>>
>> The grainy video, shot on a mobile phone, showed the girl face down on
>> the ground. Two men held her arms and feet while a third, a
>> black-turbaned man with a flowing beard, whipped her repeatedly.
>>
>> Salima Khan, a student doing her PhD in Delhi University, said that
>> she literally boiled in anger after seeing the video clip on YouTube,
>> the popular video sharing website and then again on TV.
>>
>> "I can't believe how anybody can humiliate and beat up an innocent
>> young girl in the name of religion. And what was her fault - that she
>> was seen with a man who was not her husband! Who in their right state
>> of mind would ever dare to do such a dastardly act?
>>
>> "Such acts just show how Islam has been grossly misinterpreted by a
>> handful of people who are using it as a tool to serve their own
>> cause," Salima said angrily.
>>
>> On YouTube, the video received thousands of hits overnight and a
>> barrage of comments.
>>
>> One of the comments read: "These people (Taliban) should be given a
>> taste of their own medicine. They should be whipped in public for
>> maligning the name of Islam and inflicting torture on poor, helpless
>> women".
>>
>> Another comment from an Indian woman read: "Thank God I was born in
>> India and not there (Swat valley). There they treat women like animals
>> - no, even worse. To live a life like that seems like sheer hell."
>>
>> However, the authorities of Darul Uloom, one of the most renowned
>> seminaries in the Deoband town of western Uttar Pradesh, chose to keep
>> mum.
>>
>> Maulana Abdul Khaleeq Madrasi, pro vice chancellor of the seminary,
>> told IANS: "We cannot give any statement on the matter from the
>> institution as we don't know the details at the moment".
>>
>> India has an estimated 140 million Muslims, the third largest Muslim
>> population in the world after Indonesia and Pakistan.
>>
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