My morning newspaper, the Indian Express, has been front-paging a story about a "radical muslim cleric" based in London who wants to start an agitation/movement to make Islamic Sharia law compulsory here in India. Among the various statements he has allegedly made by Anjem Choudhary are such gems as "I do not believe in Indian law so there is no question of seeking permission from the authorities there".
At a purely "pseudo - intellectual" level I would have simply laughed this whole story away, pehaps shaking my head in mock disbelief. Sharia? In India? Bullshit! I would have also shaken my head to wonder, doesn't the Indian Express have any better stories to carry/run instead of fanning reactionary protests from all around.
Ok, honestly, I'll amend that "I would have..." and actually confess that I did both. Stupid cleric, stupid Indian Express, damn them both.
Two pages later, tucked away somewhere on page 5 was this small little story of 2 six year old girls having been raped. I went cold with rage - yes, RAGE is not an intellectual or a pseudo intellectual state. It is raw, gut wrenching, it is pure savagery, an emotion that craves for action, release, relief.
What kind of an animal would even think of venting out his depraved sexual urges on a 6 year old girl? Look around you, in your neighbourhood, in your pretty fancy colonies and apartments. Our 6 year old daughters, daughters of our neighbours, looking like such lovely angels, getting ready to go to school, playing little childrens games, laughing, smiling, telling stories, such animated faces that give birth to a smile..... how can one even begin to understand why such little, innocent kids get raped?!!
It was worse... of the two girls that were so brutally victimised, one was even burnt with cigarette marks all over her body.
I think we could do with some dose of Islamic law for crimes such as these. Damn it. The perpetrators should not be allowed to serve 2 or 3 years in jail for THIS!!
ADDENDUM: Someone very "kindly informed" me that according to the Sharia Law, a woman who accuses a man of rape must be able to produce 4 male eye-witnesses to corroborate her statement; failing which she can be prosecuted for adultery and sentenced to death by stoning.
Is this true? Or is it just one more cooked up Islamophobic story?
At a purely "pseudo - intellectual" level I would have simply laughed this whole story away, pehaps shaking my head in mock disbelief. Sharia? In India? Bullshit! I would have also shaken my head to wonder, doesn't the Indian Express have any better stories to carry/run instead of fanning reactionary protests from all around.
Ok, honestly, I'll amend that "I would have..." and actually confess that I did both. Stupid cleric, stupid Indian Express, damn them both.
Two pages later, tucked away somewhere on page 5 was this small little story of 2 six year old girls having been raped. I went cold with rage - yes, RAGE is not an intellectual or a pseudo intellectual state. It is raw, gut wrenching, it is pure savagery, an emotion that craves for action, release, relief.
What kind of an animal would even think of venting out his depraved sexual urges on a 6 year old girl? Look around you, in your neighbourhood, in your pretty fancy colonies and apartments. Our 6 year old daughters, daughters of our neighbours, looking like such lovely angels, getting ready to go to school, playing little childrens games, laughing, smiling, telling stories, such animated faces that give birth to a smile..... how can one even begin to understand why such little, innocent kids get raped?!!
It was worse... of the two girls that were so brutally victimised, one was even burnt with cigarette marks all over her body.
I think we could do with some dose of Islamic law for crimes such as these. Damn it. The perpetrators should not be allowed to serve 2 or 3 years in jail for THIS!!
ADDENDUM: Someone very "kindly informed" me that according to the Sharia Law, a woman who accuses a man of rape must be able to produce 4 male eye-witnesses to corroborate her statement; failing which she can be prosecuted for adultery and sentenced to death by stoning.
Is this true? Or is it just one more cooked up Islamophobic story?
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