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June 05, 2005
Marriage Islam Style
Bride gang-raped after wedding
In Pakistan's tribal and rural Punjab, women are married without their consent in compensation for the crime committed by their male family members to settle the dispute under "Swara" and "Vani" customs.
Kaneez Kubra was married to Mujahid Hussain last month on the directives of Panchayat (local jury) after it found her brother guilty of having illicit relations with Mujahid's sister.
Immediately after the wedding, the bride was gang-raped by her groom's friends with her in-laws' consent in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province, a news report said on Monday.
The daily Times said Mujahid Hussain and his family allowed the bride, Kaneez Kubra, to be dishonoured in revenge for her brother's crime of having sexual relations with their daughter.
The bride's father, Ghulam Hussain, said four persons sexually assaulted his daughter in front of his son-in-law in his house in Punjab.
But her ordeal did not end there. Ghulam Hussain said on the following day she was taken to the residence of another friend and assaulted again.
I am sure Kaneez's brother learned his lesson. Sure, that'll teach him.
Of course, now that Kaneez Kubra has been raped and "dishonored" she will surely be killed by her own family, its the only way to restore the family's honor.
Posted by LindaSoG at June 5, 2005 11:05 AM