Via FoxNews:
A 17-year-old Pakistani girl forced to marry a 45-year-old when she was only nine was reportedly killed by her parents, according to the Weekend Australian.
The murder has intensified despair among human rights workers in Pakistan over a recent spate of “honor killings,” in which two women and three teenage school girls were buried alive in Baluchistan Province because they wanted to marry the men of their choice.
Saira Nusrat Bibi was successfully fighting a legal battle to have her marriage annulled. As she left court in the Punjabi city of Sahiwal, she was surrounded by a group of men reportedly sent by her parents, and shot in front of police, The Australian reported.
The Baluchistan case was worsened by an attempt by a member of the country’s national parliament, Senator Israr Ullah Zehri, to defend it, telling colleagues that “these are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them,” The Australian reports.
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September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
This story is so revolting that I feel physically ill just reading it. Her own parents! How on earth people can act this way is completely beyond me.
smoothstone Says:September 7th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Hi Raizy, thanks for visiting. Yes, it’s horrible that this Islamic tradition still has not evolved from its primeval barbaric origins. Islam has once again applied a grievous punishment towards its adherents for failing to obey.