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All Girl Rock Band Violates Sharia Law

By on February 9, 2013

BandOne of the members of an all-girl rock group [called Pragaash]  in Indian-administered Kashmir has queried why they have been described as “un-Islamic” when male bands are allowed to perform.

She told the BBC that their intention was not to disrespect Islam, as alleged by the region’s most senior cleric. The teenager confirmed reports that the group, Pragaash, had disbanded.

Meanwhile, police are investigating allegedly intimidating comments posted on Facebook against the group. “We will identify them through their IP addresses,” a police official told the BBC.

The girls say they have received abuse and hate mail on Facebook since they made their first live appearance at the Battle of the Bands music festival in Srinagar in December.

“Music was our passion. We did not know it was haraam [un-Islamic],” the girl band member told BBC Hindi by telephone on Tuesday.

Read the rest here.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21335186 Read more here.  http://news.oneindia.in/2013/02/05/girl-band-pragaash-row-music-silenced-in-kashmir-1142980.html

Music violates Islamic sharia law.  And music made by females?  Double haram.  From the Reliance of the Traveler:

The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

(1) “Allah Mighty and Majestic sent me as a guidance and mercy to believers and commanded me to do away with musical instruments, flutes, strings, crucifixes, and the affair of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance.”

(2) “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress.”

(3) “Song makes hypocrisy grow in the heart as water does herbage.”

(4) “This Community will experience the swallowing up of some people by the earth, metamorphosis of some into animals, and being rained upon with stones.” Someone asked, “When will this be, O Messenger of Allah?” and he said, “When songstresses and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful.”

(5) “There will be peoples of my Community who will hold fornication, silk, wine, and musical instruments to be lawful ….”

All of this is explicit and compelling textual evidence that musical instruments of all types are unlawful (Kaff al-ra’a’ ‘an muharramat al-lahw wa al-sama’ (y49), 2.269-70).

This entry is filed under Arts, India.

Jihad in India: Two Mohammeds Rape and Murder Little Girls

By on October 9, 2012

indian girlTwo youths have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting three children whom they had kidnapped in separate incidents and killing two of them later, police said today.

Mohammed Sadab, 20, and Mohammed Mia, 19, were arrested on October 1 for sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl and leaving her at a garbage dump to die on September 26, a senior police official said.

The duo had kidnapped the victim from Gamri Extension and took her near the garbage dump in Usmanpur. “Both of them raped the child and then threw her in garbage dump,” ACP (North East district) V V Chaudhary said.

 

Read the rest: Two Mohammeds Rape/Murder Little Girls.

This entry is filed under India, Miscellaneous, Rape and Abuse.

Taliban-like Misogyny on the Rise around the World

By on August 28, 2012

Girl VictimThe Taliban misogynist mentality is a reflection of the degree of adherence to Sharia law, based on the doctrine of Islam as found in the Koran and the Sunna, the example of Mohammed.

The Taliban misogynist mentality is alive and well, and in fact it is thriving and mushrooming globally.

A group of village elders, all men, conducted a council meeting to enact important social policies. The decrees they passed include: Women under age 40 are banned from going out shopping. Girls must wear head scarves in public. Girls are not allowed to use cellphones. Marriages that are not based on parental arrangements are banned. Women under 40 are banned from going out after sunset.

This might seem like Afghanistan under Taliban rule in the late 1990s.

However, this is, in fact, India in 2012.
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Rape and gang rape of career women in Delhi have reached near epidemic proportions. Shockingly, the victims are usually blamed for the rape because of what they were wearing and the time of night they ventured out, many to head home from jobs or universities at odd hours.
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The Taliban misogynist mentality is alive and well, and in fact it is thriving and mushrooming globally. In northern Mali, Islamic militants have taken over, and the first set of fatwas has targeted women: They must cover up, and they must not venture outside, even to go to the market.
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Misogyny, of course, is as old as time itself. However, we live in modern times when universal norms for human rights and gender equality are to be respected, and violations are not to be tolerated. The global trends we are seeing in enacting new local laws and fatwas, and moral policing, that perpetuate misogynist attitudes and policies as well as violence against girls and women only point to one thing: We are experiencing a second, broader wave of “talibanization” of societies in different parts of the world, something I refer to as “Taliban 2.0.”

Read the rest: Taliban Ideology Against Women on the Rise in World.  

 

This entry is filed under India, Mali, Women's Rights and Gender Apartheid.

Kashmiri Women without Veils Threatened with Acid Attacks

By on August 15, 2012

Sign reads "Danger: Acid"

The women of Kashmir, renowned for their grace and beauty, have been warned by groups affiliated with al Qaeda to cover their faces or risk disfigurement and even death from acid attacks.

The warning also extended to women using mobile phones in public.

A notice stamped on mosques in the Shopian district of Kashmir allegedly from groups calling themselves al Qaeda Mujahideen and Lashkar e al Qaeda declared: “We appeal to the public that they ensure that their women observe purdah [covering heads and faces] in public places. If we spot any woman without purdah, we will sprinkle acid on her face. If we spot any girl using [a] mobile phone, she will be shot dead.”

The posters added: “This land belongs to Allah and we will make sure that nothing against His will happens here.”

Read the rest: Women in Kashmir without Veils Threatened with Acid Attacks.

This entry is filed under Acid Attacks on Women and Girls, India, Pakistan.

Husband Sets Wife on Fire in Front of their Daughters

By on July 30, 2012

Woman BurningThe failure to give birth to a son and the inability to fulfill her husband and in-laws’ demand for money cost a woman her life. She was burnt alive allegedly by her husband and in-laws in front of her minor daughters on Friday night. The victim, a resident of Khejurbona village, succumbed to her injuries on Saturday morning. The woman’s mother has lodged a complaint but the accused have gone into hiding.

The victim, Jahiran Biwi, married Serajul Islam, a labourer, seven years back. They had two daughters – Tamanna, 5, and Sahamida, 2.

Jahiran’s mother Aisanur Biwi said, “Since the birth of the younger daughter, my daughter was being tortured by her husband and in-laws. She was beaten up and abused for her failure to deliver a son.” The torture stopped for a while after complaints were made against Serajul at Malda police station.

Jahiran was also asked to get money from her parents to bring up the daughters. Initially, Aisanur met her son-in-law’s demand. “But a few days back, he demanded Rs 5,000 which was beyond our capacity. This triggered them to start torturing my daughter again,” the victim’s mother said.

On Friday, Jahiran was set ablaze in her house. Tamanna told police that her grandmother and aunt poured kerosene on her mother, while her father set Jahiran on fire.

Read the rest: Woman Burnt Alive by Husband for Not Bearing Sons.
This wickedness is sickening.  It is not sunnah  but it does follow in the extreme from the idea that women are only chattel, possessions that are born to serve their masters and bear the true humanity, Muslim sons.

This entry is filed under Honor Killing, India.

Hindu Vs. Muslim Honor Killings in the MSM

By on July 21, 2012

Three Hindu WomenPhyllis Chesler and Nathan Bloom investigate the bias of the mainstream media coverage of honor killings in an in-depth article from the Middle East Quarterly.

Although the overwhelming majority of honor killings worldwide occur within Muslim communities,[1] one would not know this by reading the mainstream media. Fearful of being labeled “Islamophobic,” the American press has given only glancing attention to the widespread, honor-related ritual murder of Muslim women in the Middle East and South Asia while treating periodic honor killings among Muslim immigrants in the West as ordinary domestic abuse cases.

Over the last few years, however, the media has published a flurry of articles about Hindu honor killings in India, the only non-Muslim-majority country where these murders are still rampant.[2] Apologists for Muslim culture and civilization rushed to herald the upsurge in Hindu (and Sikh) honor killings as evidence that the practice is “a universal problem, not an Islamic issue.”[3]

While India is indeed a striking exception to Islam’s near monopoly on contemporary honor killings, the following preliminary statistical survey shows Hindu honor killings in India to be different in form and commission from those of Muslims in neighboring Pakistan. Though no less gruesome, the Hindu honor killings seem largely confined to the north of India and are perpetuated by sociocultural factors largely specific to India. The millions of Indian Hindus who have immigrated to the West do not bring the practice along with them.

Read the rest: Hindu vs. Muslim Honor Killings.

This entry is filed under Honor Killing, Honor Violence, India.

Muslim Controlled Indian Village Bars Love Marriages, Shopping Alone

By on July 16, 2012

Veiled Indian woman peeks out from behind wallPolice in northern India are investigating a village council after it banned “love marriages” and barred women under 40 from shopping alone or using mobile phones in public, reports said Friday.

In a slew of restrictive measures on women’s behavior, the council, or “panchayat,” in the predominantly Muslim village Asara in Uttar Pradesh state also insisted women cover their heads in public, said the Press Trust of India.

Home Minister P. Chidambaram condemned the orders, saying they had “no place” in a democratic society.

“Police must act against anyone issuing such diktats. If anyone takes action against any young man or woman based on illegal village courts, then they must be arrested,” Chidambaram said at a press conference.

Local police superintendent V.K. Shekhar told PTI that an inquiry had been ordered into the content and legality of the council restrictions.

Panchayats often comprise an unelected group of elders, who are seen as the social and moral arbiters of village life.

Although their rulings carry no legal weight, they can be highly influential and have been blamed for numerous abuses, such as sanctioning “honor killings” of women whose actions are deemed to have brought shame on their family.

Read the rest: Indian Village Bans Marriages Based on Love.

This entry is filed under India, Sharia.

Hindu Man Hacked to Death for Marrying a Muslim Girl

By on June 23, 2012

Hindu SymbolA 24-year old man was hacked to death allegedly by the brother of a Muslim girl and his associates for marrying her, triggering tension in Idalakudi area of the district, police said.

Ramesh, a goods carrier operator based here, had married the girl belonging to Idalakudi some months ago though her family had opposed it, they said.

On June 14, two persons had stopped Ramesh’s vehicle and taken him to Idalakudi where a seven-member gang including the brother of his wife attacked him with iron rods, police said, adding he succumbed to injuries at a hospital yesterday.

Read the rest: Man Murdered for Marrying Muslim Girl.  (h/t to the IndianRealist.wordpress.com)

According to Islamic Sharia law, a Muslim woman cannot marry a man of any other faith unless he converts to Islam.  However, a Muslim man can marry a Christian or Jewish [people of the Book] woman and she can keep her faith.  But the children must be raised as Muslims.

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Muslim Woman in India Accuses Father-in-law of Rape, Then Disappears

By on May 13, 2012

A 24-year-old woman hailing from Charthawal village created quite a sensation at the office of SP City, Muzaffarnagar [India], on last Thursday, when she accused her father-in-law, Mohammad Jabir, of repeatedly raping her. An obviously pregnant Sabina (name changed) was covered in a ‘burkha’ and appeared nervous, as she sought police intervention in the presence of local mediapersons.

Sabina claimed that her husband, Wasul, a small-time cloth merchant was mostly out of town, which had only emboldened the old man. However, hardly 24 hours after the drama, Sabina has gone missing and no one, including the police, has any clue on her whereabouts.

Read the rest here.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Woman-accuses-father-in-law-of-raping-her-goes-missing/articleshow/13102228.cms

This entry is filed under India, Rape and Abuse.

Muslim Women Forbidden to Enter Mosques: Trouble in Paradise

By on May 11, 2012

Beach in KeralaThe right of Muslim women to enter mosques is snowballing into a controversy between the conservative and reformists in the community in Kerala (India).

The issue was stirred up by the Kerala Muslim Women’s Conference organised by the Mujahideen Girls and Women’s Movement (MGM) of the Hussain Madavoor faction in Kozhikode recently.

The conference, besides making a scathing attack on the clerics belonging to the conservative Sunni groups, has also decided to launch a state-level campaign in this regard.
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Hussain Madavoor, who heads the split away faction of the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen said that his movement was totally against closing the doors of mosques before women.

“Women too have a role to play in the society. How can you ban them from entering the mosques for offering prayers and from playing lead roles in politics and other social activities? We are only pleading for the cause of piously dressed women who come to offer prayers,” he said.

Haneefa Faizi of the EK Sunni faction and Ummer Moulavi of the other Sunni faction led by AP Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar said that there was no point in what the Mujahideen and the Jamaate Islami people say. “The Prophet (peace be upon him) had said that home is the safest place for women. His word is last and final for us,” they said.

“Women too have a role to play in the society.”  Yah think? How sad is all this?  Read the rest here.

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