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Dress modestly: Masked men enter girls’ school, thrash students
Fear grips Satellite Town schools as 60 men beat up students for dressing ‘inappropriately’.
Fear grips Satellite Town schools as 60 men beat up students for dressing ‘inappropriately’.
RAWALPINDI:
In a first for the garrison city, sixty masked men carrying iron rods barged into a girls’ school in Rawalpindi and thrashed students and female teachers on Friday.
The gang of miscreants also warned the inmates at the MC Model Girls High School in Satellite Town to “dress modestly and wear hijabs” or face the music, eyewitnesses said.
Fear gripped the area following the attack and only 25 of the 400 students studying in the college were present on Saturday. The school employs 30 female teachers.
Attendance in other educational institutions also remained low. After hearing about the attack, all schools in the city shut down, an official of the Rawalpindi District Administration (RDA) told The Express Tribune.
A student of the girls’ school managed to inform the administration of the nearby boys’ high school of the attack. “[However,] the armed gang was so powerful that we could not rescue our teachers and colleagues over there,” Noail Javed, a grade 10 student, said.
In-charge of MC High Schools in Rawalpindi issued a notification to the heads of all girls’ schools to take pre-emptive measures to avoid such incidents in future. According to the notification, a gang comprising 60 to 70 miscreants entered into the school from a gate that was “strangely open”.
All the MC school heads were assigned the responsibility of protecting the students by the notification. A school headmistress wishing not to be named said, “How is it possible for us to protect the students from such elements. The city administration should review its security plan.”
The notification also suggested that the heads should not inform the students about the situation, so that they are not alarmed into skipping school. “Police is investigating the matter,” the notification said. Following the notification, the heads of the schools also shared the numbers of relevant police stations with the teachers in case of any untoward situation in future.
Asjad Ali, a student of class 9 at the nearby boys’ high school, said that his younger brother Awais, a student of grade 5, was also among those who were brutally beaten by the miscreants with iron rods. “The police did not come,” he said.
A police official of the New Town Police Station, asking for anonymity, told The Express Tribune, “We were under strict instructions to do nothing.”
District Education Officer Qazi Zahoor and Rawalpindi Commissioner Zahid Saeed were not immediately available for comments.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 9th, 2011.
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These criminals must be found, flogged, and imprisoned. If they come from a madrassa, than that institution and its leaders must be charged, flogged, and imprisoned also.Recommend
@Maddy Khan @JJ:
HAHAHAHA. Are you absolutely serious? You have no right to say who we study with and how we dress. What’s WRONG with this? Are you serious? There is SO much wrong with this. You don’t randomly go to a girls school and beat women with rods. I’m pretty sure that’s in the Quran. Also, the I’m pretty sure the school uniform is modest enough and covers the entire body. No one has any right to beat up innocent people. Even Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), did not beat up people when they did not do what he preached. Preach, yes. If they listen, good for you. if they don’t, LEAVE THEM ALONE. Do not shove your thoughts down their throats. Your mentality is what’s wrong here.
Cheers
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Shariat is the answer !! We need Sharia NOW !!!!
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@Maddy Khan:
religion cannot be limited to confined views. Please define what Islam is in totality. Women in Pakistan dress modestly, and specially in the locality where the attack took place. we unfortunately have started arabizing religion, our dress displays modesty, but we now put forth that Suadi type dress in which women eyes can only be seen is Islamic dress. Even during the days of the Caliphs the women in the Levant covered their heads while those in the Middle East just showed their eyes, this was associated more with culture than Islamic precepts.Religion provides apt guidance and is assimilative of cultures as religion is absorbtive in nature, as seen in Indian history in which different Islamic sects since centuries are living in the same abode. please do support baton wielding men in the name of religion, it would do nothing but bring in destruction.
God bless Pakistan
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These kind of people are the enemies of Islam they must be punished….
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Whatever happened to Islamic teachings? Whatever happened to “There is no compulsion in religion/Islam”… all schools should have security cameras in place… the people against education Pakistan’s future generation.. cannot possibly succeed!Recommend
@JJ
The girls must be covered from head to toe and there must be segregation of sexes.
A. The girls must be covered from head to toe injunction applies only if they are in mixed company. This was a GIRLS school with LADY teachers. I hope you know what that means.
B. For educational institutions the standards are set by Al Azhar University of Egypt. This Islamic University has banned the Hijab on campus.
C. Coming to there must be segregation of sexes, did you notice the girls were minding their business in a girls school. It was the ‘soldiers of Islam’ who violated the ‘segregation’. Shall we stone the violators to death?
Can you see the issues now?
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A police official of the New Town Police Station, asking for anonymity, told The Express Tribune, “We were under strict instructions to do nothing.”
Rejoice, Shariah Rule is around the corner. The police are busy ushering it in.
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Utterly tragic state of affairs in this country failure of society day by day .. more than the failure of state which cannot be greater than the sum of its parts!
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TRASH … seems to be simply an ACT of making the WROLD believe that Pakistanis are Militants … where Govt. is weak and Militants are strong ,…. Absolutely Crap!!!1
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This is barbaric, totally and utterly unacceptable in what is supposed to be a tolerant and accommodating 21st century where everyone should have basic human rights, such as the right to whatever religious practice they decide without the fear of reprisals from fanatical, over-zealous lunatics enforcing their twisted version of a peaceful faith on those who don’t believe or believe something different.
Utterly despicable.
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Hmm… what I’d really like to know is why is this incident not being reported anywhere on other electronic/print media? So far I’ve seen only one other newspaper reporting this. Have people become accustomed to these type of bullying/intimidation incidents?
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@Maddy Khan: Dont preach your version of Islam, you’re not God..
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@Sindhi-Topi:
Who’s Sharia???
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Excuse me Maddy Khan. You amuse me…
Why should anyone be requesting them to dress in a certain way? I am not saying that one should dress indecently, and i am sure that these girls were not dressing inadequately and coming to school.
If you are someone who is not condemning this act at all, then i say you should act in the same way. Get out some iron rod right now, and beat every woman and girl you know who does not wear a hijab or dress modestly(according to you). Can you do that? Only then should you talk all this talk that you are talking.
and you know i dont care about about what the islamic laws say and what they dont, that is another completely twisted matter altogether. But my logic is plain and simple…. just imagine the Prophet beating young girls for this… can you imagine that scenario? I can’t. I guess the Islam i know and what you take islam to be is completely different.
Simply, people like you make me sick inside out!
You know I “almost” feel like beating up the likes of you. But i won’t, for i am different from your kind…Thankfully!
have a good life. and the way you are going you might end up in a place the likes of you keep warning the rest of us about.Recommend
@simple_request: What is your idea of proper Islamic dress and code??…I presume God told you about it at the last Jumma prayers…
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Modesty is commanded in Christianity as well as Islam. Modesty should be defined and enforced, however, only by loved ones. A parent or guardian who has faithfully fed, clothed, encouraged, and taught a child has earned the right to determine what is modest, and has earned the right to apply balanced disciplinary action when the rules of the parents’ home are disobeyed.
Religious leaders may have the right to teach definitions of modesty, but have no physical enforcement rights, unless they are the ones providing food, clothing, and nurture.
Masked strangers have no such rights at all. They have simply applied force to try to compel others to their will, and will one day find themselves facing superior force – in this world or the next.
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Now I am going to comment in a very unpopular way…but if these girls don’t dress properly out of Islamic values or shame…then it might be the only solution to enforce a dress code with a bit pressure. Pakistan is degenerating at a fast rate. Corruption, rape, high inflation, bad governance…and this is all connected. The people seem to think that success comes by coping the western values…..but they forgot that Islam was victorious when we implemented Allahs laws…not now with democracies hypocraty…
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vailant Ghazis….
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JJ – where in the Q’ran doe it state that grown men can burst into a GIRLS’ SCHOOL with FEMALE TEACHERS and BEAT THEM and ABUSE THEM?
It was a GIRLS’ SCHOOL with ONLY females in it, so it wouldn’t matter if the girls were STARK NAKED. There were MEANT to be NO MEN THERE.
NO MEN! No extremists, no rabble from the local extremist, anti-education madrassa, NO MEN.
Of course, having said that, the group that went into the school HAD NO MEN, because REAL MEN do NOT beat little girls, do they?
Extremists are NOT MEN – they are LOWER than dogs.Recommend
@Ali Khan: The sad, shocking truth is that Pakistan has indeed become a nation of religious maniacs. Chilling, but confirmed in poll after poll.
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@JJ:
Saudi Arabia is rich because it has oil. Although I know that I can’t technically argue with someone lacking common sense, which is now unfortunately tolerated, if not embraced, by mainstream society, as evident by the Qadri protests – is the biggest threat to this country and even Muslims. Allah aap ko hidaayat day.Recommend
everybody has a right to their beliefs but they should stop trying to force others to do the same all religions are make believe as science has proved so people should stop acting like cave men and try to improve there existance by being happy kind and loving not nasty,evil and vengefull then the world could live in harmony,sadly the only way this could happen is to remove the evil people who commit such awfull crimes like these from the planet !
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Pakistan is one savage country. Children are beaten by deluded religious freaks and the police do nothing.
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@Aussie Kim:
I would like to correct your last line- Extremists are not men- they are lower than dogs. Kim, mostly all normal dogs are faithful to humans, so comparing these monsters would be degrading the dogs. The last may be amended as- They are lower than MAD DOGS.
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I apologize if my English is not as great as i see so many people have responded here
Seriously guys, are we implimenting islam in our country ?
Modesity in dress is completely upto you,
All those who were thrashing these girls have no idea what is happening in their own houses, i can bet these people who were present there at girls school didn’t offer the prayer which is a “MUST” in religion,
I’m surprised that our country has already going through a lot of problems and corrupt politicians
( We can’t even select a right person as our prime minister and we are trying to impliment the Best Religion on ourselves )
Take a look at our daily lives, we lie everyday, probably every hour we do something which is totally against islam and Sharia
Please do correct your home before stepping outside
Please correct yourself before correcting others
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I am a proud Pakistani, a Muslim, and a lady. God give me the strength and presence of mind to stand up for my beliefs in the face of hardship, oppression and cruelty from filth like these men. Prayers for the girls who had to go through such a sickening ordeal. And I hope that if ever such a moment comes in my life, that I have the courage to take whatever is coming my way without betraying my principles and moral code that is my religion. Ameen.
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this means the idiots touched the girls and the female teachers so is that something normal for ppl who claim to be the holders of the torch of the greater Moral?
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These people were cowards obviously, why else would they hide their face? unless they started wearing niqabs like women.
Pakistan will be destroyed from inside if these criminals are not arrested, then these Taliban will become bold and start taking over society by force, stand up now, or forever become their slaves.
I am in the US and feel sorry for how our own shaitan are destroying our country, its not jews, or Indians, or Americans, but our own fitna mullahs, wish we could do what Attaturk did and destroy all the Mullahs, we would have peace then,.
If these mullahs start hurting regular people, then regular people should also come out and start hunting any man with a long beard, start killing bearded men and hijabi women.
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honestly i would shoot these hypocrites on sight if only they showed their masked faces. they talk about the pardah and everything, but honestly they are going against the law by entering a premises that is specifically designed only for girls! then you are not supposed to hide you face during anykind of circumstances as for every event that takes place there have to be witnesses . and for that you need to see the face, this is one reason we cant bring them to justice. And tormenting innocent lives is AGAINST ISLAM.. !Recommend
To the few weirdos who supported this action: This is a govt school where girls of lower middle-class families get education. Majority are young children less than 13 years of age, with max age being 16. Given their bacgkround they are quite modestly dressed anyway. Do you seriously support forcing young children to wear burqa via using iron rods?? If you have to support this craziness due to your low intellect and narrow-mindedness, then at least don’t use the good name of Islam to do so…
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Also, you only have to look at Western progression in science and medicine (amongst other things) that we are winning constantly, because we don’t allow this kind of thing to happen. Anyone can come and practice any faith they like, and we are accommodating of that for the most part. We aren’t interested what your creed, colour or gender is, we want democractic, humane progression with tolerance and acceptance for all
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Remmeber fatah makkah anyone who likes this. REMEMBER THE REASON THE CRUELEST OF HUMANS BECAME MUSLIM Because of HAZRAT MUHAMMAD’s (P.B.U.H) KINDNESS, FORGIVENESS. ISLAM WAS SPREAD THROUGH PEACE NOT VIOLENCE. violence results in a more negative reaction. AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MAKE A PERSON FORCEFULLY LISTEN TO QURAN DO U KNOW WHYYY???? BECAUSE A PERSON WILL REJECT AND YOU WILL BE THE SINNER. GOT MY POINT. please be calm please be rational please let the peace take place in your hearts.Recommend
I dnt know whats in shariah, or any holy textbook….but i know one thing…its against humanity. You beat up little girls, and give religion as an explanation??
and who gave them this responsibility to enforce whats ‘right’. And those who are lauding this horrific act- what if your own daughters were there?Recommend
@Aussie Kim: I agree with R S JOHAR. Dogs are nobel animals. They give unconditional love and are loyal and faithful to their owners and do not attack their fellows for being immodestly dressed. It is not right to compare these people with dogs.
In fact to compare these goons to ANY animal is an insult – to animals, who are far more nobel than these people.
Of all the animals in the animal kingdom, humans alone are capable of being the most illogical, heartless and cruel.
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@Maddy Khan, JJ and Simple Request. You’ll get your chance guys. Tell you what: why don’t you guys form a separate state in Afghanistan called Fundoostan. Go live in that state with your Taliban and Al-Qaeda Brethren. You can be happy in your uneducated squalor beating up your women and living the life of a 7th century Bedouin. If you don’t create trouble for us we’ll let you live. Otherwise we’ll take turns nuking you.
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Out of 170 millions sheeps, only bunch of miscreants knew what they were doing was completely Islamic. Irony of my land!
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News with Talat covered this on Monday. Must see.
Watch News Night With Talat
Kudos to Express Tribune for covering this incident which most news papers ignored.
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To Richard and R S Johar – the reason I used the word “dogs” is because Muslims are taught that dogs (along with pigs) are unclean animals that can not enter houses and must be rejected and avoided.
I used the word “dogs” because I assume it is an insult to call a Muslim a dog, hence calling these “men” _lower_ than dogs basically means I believe they are the lowest form of life – they should be rejected by all decent people, should be thrown out of every home and should be treated like the scum they truly are.
Of course dogs are intelligent and wonderful creatures – I know it and so do most other people.
These “men” who attack small girls and who think they understand their own religion are beyond help and should be made useful for the very first and ONLY time by ploughing them into the ground and using them as fertiliser…Recommend
All such truble makers should be shot dead on the spot without any questions asked.
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Another shameful act by the Jehadis, where we are going and where it will stop. Really shame for all of us…!!!Recommend
@JJ: does beating girls with iron rods qualify as being islamic and how come people who came in to beat those girls (which islam strictly condemns) qualify as true muslims????????
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A police official of the New Town Police Station, asking for anonymity, told The Express Tribune, “We were under strict instructions to do nothing.”
This is a far-reaching sentence that can have serious implications.
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@KolachiMom:
You know a couple of months back, you had mentioned in another blog related to the Lahore art gallery owner being beaten up for fahashi by the SHO ” Soon they’ll be beating us if we’re not wearing burqas!”
Your words have proved prophetic.
Pakistan is going down a highly violent and intolerant path. As your neighbour, I worry for all my Pak sisters. If going to school becomes such a scary occurrence even in a place like Pindi, how will the next generation of Pak women fulfill their potential?
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First lets remove the islamic from our country,s name. Drop the objective resolution.
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@Jameel:
I watched the news clip. Absolutely reduced me to tears. Imagine the terror inflicted on 5-6 year old school girls and boys. Where is the Khadim-e-Aala? Where is Hanif Abbasi? Do they even feel slightly ashamed when they appear on TV and talk about the rule of law? Punish them with your votes in the next election for allowing all this to happen.
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I feel jealous when i see the other religions. They all are developed countries now. Will we ever reach that status??????Recommend
Aussie Kim I am aware of that. But the fact is dogs are kind loving animals and these people were anything but kind and loving. Dogs cannot defend themselves, so you mustn’t say things like lower than dogs, which runs dogs down unjustly.
It is truly heartening to see the overwhelming response of Pakistanis condemning this horrible incident.
To the small minority who have supported it I ask – is your religion so intolerant that you must beat your women with iron rods if YOU think they are not dressed as you feel they should be? Do you have no love? Compassion? Tolerance?
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@Maddy Khan:
What point is there for so many males to enter a GIRL’s school;
In a girl’s school they may make themselves comfortable by relaxing Purdah restrictions.
Islam allows that.
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@gk:
I think u didn’t Get JJ’s sarcasm there!
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@gk: Dear Sir,
You have got 219 hits and JJ has 49 hits.It shows nearly quarter of people are of JJ’s mentality.I think it is a high percentage.Unless and until people like you unite and do something to change such mentality,future of Pakistan looks bleak.
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@Jameel:
Thank you for uploading the news clip. The most disturbing part is that local police has refused to register a case against the miscreants so far but probably waiting for killing of innocent children to take place. That speaks volumes that how much the law enforcing agencies fear these fanatics and what future lies ahead of the country.
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@JJ:
i will only say to condone this behavior is tantamount to being non compliant to Sharia, JJ has done no service to Islam or to our beloved Prophet and has once again used a great religion to support his own political agenda. May I say an attempt to condone a serious crime in the name of Islam. May I ask why is it that our so called religious people are so obsessed with women and their clothes is it sexual depravity or some other problem.
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@Maddy Khan:
Why the preoccupation with girls my friend. First I do not agree that this is according to Sharia and the teaching of our beloved Prophet. Even then can you please confirm the reason for our so called religious people, who i refer to as obscurantists, obsession with females. Can Maddy Khan or someone else please explain this, is it because of sexual inadequacy or some other problem.
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The male relatives of these women and girls must fight against the terrorists who are attacking. The men of their families must defend their wives and daughters from violence or they are not men.
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@JJ and the like,It is high time we recognize that Islam does not allow state within a state nor does any other system or ism or state allows it. Stop any direct, indirect or tacit support of terrorism now!Recommend
Another Lal Masjid type scenario is in the making :(
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I don’t know why the politics and religion are played at expense of girls and women in the Muslim Countries and yet they call themselves Muslims… shame, shame, shame. I feel angry, shame, helpless and frustrated.
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they were wearing masks as they themselves were ashamed of the act they were doing, sham to all fundamentalists who adopt such crimnal acts to preach Islam. I should say they are the most ignorant elements of society and they should learn about Islam first before they preach.
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@Maddy Khan:
sorry honey you want to do women bashing do it in the urdu press not here. you will be mugged here no obscurantists hereRecommend
@Usman:
” We idolise our military”
Really? Please speak for yourself not the whole country. Islam EXPLICITLY forbade idol-worship and most people are NOT going to idolise military or anyone else.
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@JJ:
go to afghanistan n leave pakistan alone u psycho
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when the west say that islam spread with the tip of sword, then how you can deny. these miscreants are working on the same agenda, i.e to prove that the west is right. when u r illogical then u speak with weapon. this is ur reality. down with taliban.
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Dark chapters in islamic history in the shape of Bani Ummayya, Bani Abbas, then Abdul Wahab Najdi, and now in the present era their followers the taliban and its affiliated groups like sipah e sahaba, lashkar e jhangvi etc. these r the people who r anti education, anti humanity. believes in killing and torture only. they don’t ve any logic and those who r illogical always speak with sword. Allah’s Curse on these barbarians.
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@JJ:
This is so retarded… Who has made you the bearer of (Islamic) justice? Is Pakistan not a nation that is governed by its laws? Basically Islamic laws… Who gives theses goons (and for that reason you) the power to impose your laws. Islam is a religion of PEACE! Where is peace in beating up little girls with rods? You talk about Islam and you do not even know the basic tenants of Islam… One, being a law abiding citizen even if you live in a non-Islamic country. Your kind keep throwing the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) left right and center yet you do not know what he preached!
Save yourself from hellfire and start obeying Allah SWT. Do not distort the religion he sent to us with your perverted culture! Remember Islam is the most modern religion of all… Our Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) brought a revolution that brought social & economic justice for all. YES FOR ALL! He is rahamat-ullill-alameen and not rahamat-ullill-muslameen!
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These kind of act must increase in order to put social order in place effectively … Recommend
I would say:
The Thinking was right:
““dress modestly and wear hijabs””
But The Way was wrong:
” thrashing and steel rods “
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Only in Pakistan!
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“The thinking is right”
No – the thinking is NOT right. Why should women and girls have to cover up?
Why can’t men BEHAVE DECENTLY???
If men can NOT behave decently, the there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM.
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vary good news……..want some more….
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@JJ:
Where does the segregation of sexes come from anyway?
Last i remember there is no segregation in Macca, even during Hajj…
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@Aussie Kim:
Aww cmon…. Dogs aren’t this bad…
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@Balochistan:
good news according to dawn pakistan they didnt attack anyone bad news they were shutting down shops schools etc as a strike against conviction of qadri the killer of salman taseer
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@Redemption:
agreed my lab was my best friend and you couldn’t attack anyone with a rod before him
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If they are spreading good things and urging young generations of our society to dress modestly, why don’t they come unmasked. After all they are giving good guidance.
Why they are destroying schools, kidnapping teachers, expelling Ahmedis from schools, very soon they will issue religious diction agaisnt Shia, Bravelvi, Deobandis, Nasbandis and other sects living in the society.
Mussarat
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My heart is under strict instructions not to comment on this article and I know the source too which gave these instruction,Its my mind.My mind allows my heart to ask only one question.So,here is the question,Islam came to abolish the centuries old inhuman customs and traditions of dark ages,it was the most revolutionary religion of the day causing millions to convert to it so quickly because people felt safe and their livelihood secure under its umbrella.To learn and to acquire knowledge was the first command,to shun the taboos of dark ages was first order.Then,what happened that muslims of today want to do quite the opposite of all those teachings?It needs very urgent and deep research to find and redress the true causes of downfall so that something is done to come out of this “quick-sand of reverse events” that are devouring muslim”s Islamic culture fast.
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If I were President i would make sure all those girls enter that madrassa and beat the crap out of those ugly molvis
Then I would shut down that madrassa and open a school and give those retards a real education. Recommend
Anyone who supports or condones this sort of enforcement of “Islamic laws” needs serious medical attention-simple as that. And I agree with Shahzad Hussain, why do these people’s Islam begin and end with women? They are a bunch of misguided men at best.Recommend
These lunatics have nothing to do with Islam. If anything they are psychatrically unstable people really needind their heads examined. To those supporting their actions, Islam would never allow such things to happen. This is precisely the reason that youth turn waya from Islam. Islam appels people to understand. It appeals to reason. It does not ask men to become despots. These people sincerely disfigure Islam.
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This is not Islam. This is animalistic misogyny. Unacceptable. These type of people turn the youth away from islam.
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If what you preach is better than what I do then first learn to become a better human being. Then I may follow your version of my religion. Don’t barrage into girls schools with your faces covered and try to thrust your version of religion on them. Before asking women to do hijab, you need to learn to lower your gaze.
You think you are Muslim. Well I have a surprise for you as well as your imams. None of you can be considered a Muslim until you all learn to respect other humans (regardless of their religion) – that is what we learn from our beloved prophet – whose name is being belittled by you and your Imams.
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Islam has emphasized on Hijab and should stricly followed this order but who are these,who are exploiting islam for there own interest.That time they did not follow islam by entering girls school.
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@JJ:
what is wrong with you? If they don’t want to cover their heads it’s none of yours or anybody else’s business. Recommend
@RIAZ:
Islam has not emphasized hijab it has emphasized modesty … and i am pretty sure that these poor girls weren’t in bikini tops at the time in school.
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@JJ:
Where exactly are you getting your ideas from?
“TRUE islamic country like Saudi Arabia. And see the results – Saudi Arabia is one of the richest muslim countries in the whole world. This is the power of Islam.”
Saudi Arabia: ruled by decadent rich kings
Saudi Arabia: Where men and women can’t mingle resulting in the rise of homesexuality in the country
Saudi Arabia: RICHEST only because of oil
Saudi Arabia: the biggest supporter of the U.S.A
Saudi Arabia: the country where women cannot even drive
Saudi Arabia: Arabs who don’t even support the Palestinian cause
Saudi Arabia: place where ‘lesser’ muslims like pakistani’s go to earn money and bring bad ideals to a peaceful sufi land
Saudi Arabia: is not my idea of the power of Islam.
All part of this new nonsense to call Ramzan ‘Ramadan’ and Abu Dhabi ‘Abu Zhehbi’ – we’re not Arabs just because we’re Muslim ok, we have our own cultural roots embedded firmly in the Indian subcontinent.
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Twenty years ago, there was peace & tranquility in Pakistan. People were more human. Women felt secure and were able to go out and do chores alone. But now Pakistan has become a corrupt and violent place. Killing someone in the name of Islam is becoming common. And if someone disagrees with one’s opinion or way of life then he/she should be killed as well. Women don’t feel secure any more. Children are getting kidnaped and their schools are blasted with bombs. All this is done in the name of Islam.
Islam that was practiced by our forefathers was definitely not the one that is being preached today. Is it that our forefathers knew nothing about Islam and that is way there was peace then, or is it that we have twisted Islam for personal gains?
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Extremely disappointed with the reasoning of those who either outright or tacitly support the violence against the school girls. Where do you get off telling anyone how they live their life? The beauty of Islam is that it provides a great deal of latitude within which one can live ones life while traveling ever closer toward God. It shouldn’t matter what the girls were wearing – Niqab, Hijab, Shalwar Qameez, Jeans and a Tee shirt or even a skirt and blouse – if you are the type of individual that cannot keep your eyes lowered and feel you have to resort to violence just because you believe differently, then you do not deserve to live free in any society.
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Unfortunately, these guys probably think they have done something very good. They use ideas like “enjoin the right and forbid the wrong” and believe that they are following that. I cannot believe the comments in support of this. By the way, why does no one thrash the old perverts who attack innocent boys in the majlises? Or the men who go to red light areas and bring diseases back home to their wives? If it’s all about Islam, then why are such attacks so focused on women? I am pretty sure molesting innocent children causes a lot more harm to people than a ponytail hanging outRecommend
@JJ: And I bet you are a man. It’s thick-headed thinking like yours that will never allow this religion to progress. I can’t believe some of the crap I am reading in these comments.
@Xurmat Xara: this is a very good step?? May Allah have mercy on you. Do you want your daughter or sister to get beaten with iron rods by strange men when she is at school, because she doesn’t have a hijab or niqab on? Even animals have rights not to be abused or hit unjustly, what about people? Do you hit everyone you morally disagree with?
Violence is our lowest state. May Allah grant hidaya to all of you that believe that this was “right” or “justified” and may Allah have mercy on all of us. Ameen.
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@Sandra Bell Islam is a peaceful religion?! OK if you say so. I’m just amazed how whenever people refer to Islam they have to add “peaceful religion” just so that the rest of us Kuffars know it is a peaceful religion. All of us Kuffars know how peaceful it is, muslims are the kindest, most forgiving, caring, loving people out there. They love us kuffars no matter what religion we belong to. They don’t have superiority complex like the rest of us kuffars. This is to all Kuffars, learn to be like muslims, Allah’s chosen people.
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@Tariq Shah:
Well said!!
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shame on pakistan police…… . and yeah whether u were strictly intructed to do nothing it dosent matter even if you are not told this either way u do nothing……………Recommend