Hypocrisy

[unixronin]

MSNBC reports on pre-teen prostitution in Pakistan.  Some of the article is unintentionally ironic:

Others in the country have targeted the police’s inability to protect children as a reason to rally the people against the government.

“This is exactly why all the religious parties are campaigning for Shariah law,” said Maulvi Noor Mohammed, a hard-line Islamic cleric, known for his ties to the Taliban.

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“What these men are doing is against Islam and they must be punished accordingly,” he said.  “Islam guarantees protection for these young girls.”

...Just so long as they don’t, say, show their hair or ankles outside the house, or, kiss someone in public, or, Allah forbid, kiss someone before marriage.  In which case we’ll stone them to death in the name of Allah.  For their own good!

Comments

As a counterpoint...

[fruitylips.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7959100.stm

Re: As a counterpoint...

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

heh.

ihnjh,ijls "Law of unintended consequences" :)

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Part of the irony stems from the fact that it *is* against Islam. So is a bunch of the stuff the Taliban enforces . . .

As with Christian and Jewish (and Hindu, and . . .) fundies, take what you want from scripture and ignore the parts you don't.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

hypocritical zealots (of any flavor), you don't say!

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

If you look at it, Shariah law is pretty reasonable. It has it's roots in the same western values that we are used to.

Problem, it is significantly subject to judicial interpretation. Problem, what some governments in the region call Shariah law, is not.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Child prostitution == Bad.

Child marriage == Just fucking dandy.