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To: longnshort who wrote (2853)	11/8/2006 7:38:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Violence against women [Pakistani perspective] The Dawn (Pakistan) ^ \| November 8, 2006 \| Editorial dawn.com THE recent chopping off of the hands near Khanpur in Punjab of two sisters married to two brothers comes as the latest act of savage violence against women. The brutal ‘punishment’ was meted out to the sisters because they had gone to visit their parents without the husbands’ permission. On Friday last, another man in Sindh’s Khairpur district shot his wife after an argument; the woman died on her way to hospital. In the Frontier, a foreign NGO worker who had accused a security guard of trying to rape her, and who had sustained injuries in the process, reportedly withdrew her complaint after a court issued an arrest warrant for her for failing to pursue the case properly. Not a day goes by without reports of violence perpetrated by men on their daughters, sisters, mothers and wives. If it is not a case of a malevolent man’s honour being sullied by a close relation, it is that of a rape in which the woman victim ultimately finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Evil tribal customs that force minor girls into marriages to settle disputes also continue to plague society. If this is what Pakistan is in the 21st century, only heaven can help keep the country’s image unsullied. Over the decades, the only difference made in matters concerning women is that now violence against them is being reported more openly. But this can be of little consolation to the wronged women; mere reporting of crime has not been a deterring factor for perpetrators of heinous acts of violence against women. The near absence of social responsibility among opinion leaders, the urban middle class, the political parties and the NGOs claiming to work at the grassroots level, and the existing set of anti-women laws are to blame for this sordid state of affairs.

To: longnshort who wrote (2853)	11/12/2006 10:28:44 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Missionaries found innocent in case linked to literature on Islam The Associated PressPublished: November 9, 2006 iht.com NAIROBI, Kenya: A Kenyan court on Thursday found four missionaries, including two Americans, innocent of incitement charges for distributing allegedly anti-Muslim literature in a Nairobi slum. U.S. citizens Andrew Saucier, from Philadelphia and Paul Garcia, from Illinois, were charged along with Kenyans Michael Otanga and Patrick Ngei. The four were accused of handing out a pamphlet that questioned the legitimacy of Islam and using words that would injure the feelings of Muslims. Principal Magistrate Hellen Wasilwa said the prosecution did not provide enough evidence. "The missionaries came to preach and teach children the word of God. Out of the 4,000 pamphlets distributed, only 300 were claimed to be offending," she said. Today in Africa & Middle East Pentagon seeking new Iraq plan Qaeda claims to be winning in Iraq To restore foreign aid, Hamas leader says he would resignWasilwa said that religious books written by Muslims were sold in bookshops and that no Christian had ever attacked a Muslim for questioning the validity of Christianity. "Kenya is a democratic country which guarantees freedom of worship and displaying of the pamphlets in my view does not amount to incitement to violence," she said. Dozens of riot police stood guard outside the courtroom. During a hearing last month, Muslims protesters threw stones and riot police fired into the air to break up the disturbances. A day after the pamphlets were distributed outside a primary school on Oct. 17, Muslims demonstrated outside the Baptist church where the defendants are based. Muslims make up about a third of Kenya's 33 million people.