Another depressing story that shows once again, hungry cats will easily push aside a veil to get to meat when they're hungry. And unless the Afghan government is shamed by the West into actually investigating this incident, it will not be counted in Afghanistan rape statistics, since the rapists have ties to the police and local politicians.
"Warlords gang-rape 12-year-old girl, her family threatens to commit mass suicide if justice is not done"
A 12-year old schoolgirl was gang-raped by five gunmen in Sarpul province in Northern Afghanistan.
The girl and her family asked Hamid Karzai to prosecute the rapists and take their case seriously. They threatened that if they are not provided justice, the whole family will commit mass suicide to get rid of such life. They say, the local authorities keep silence on such cases and did not act to arrest those responsible.
While crying, the rape victim told journalists that she was raped in a village called Baghabi in Sarpul province. She says five gunmen poured into their house in mid-night and after beating and abusing the family members, gang-raped her.
Ali Khan, uncle of the girl told Ariana TV that he has reported the case to the police and visited the police chief a number of times to ask for justice, but they do not pay attention to the issue and even abused and threatened him to be silent otherwise he will be jailed. He accuses the police chief to have links with the gunmen responsible for such crimes. But General Abdul Khaliq Samimi, police chief says they have arrested three people connected to the issue.
Would that be the girl and her parents, by chance?
On February 18, 2008 a fourteen-year old girl named Bashira was gang-raped by three men in the same province. One of the rapists is Najibullah, the son of Haji Payinda, a member of parliament from Sar-e-Pul.
Sayed Noorullah, father of Bashira told Tolo TV on July 19, 2008 that the case against the rapist has not been followed property by the court, because the rapist is son of a member of parliament and they bribed the Forensic Medical Investigation department to show the 22-year-old rapist as being less than 18 to escape the charges based on law.
Sayed Noorullah threatened that if the rapists are not punished, he will become "a dangerous suicide bomber" and take revenge himself.
Gang-rape and sexual abuse of young girls in the Northern provinces of Afghanistan by local warlords is very common but only few cases are reported by media, because it is usually risky for the journalists who report such issues.
Hence the extremely low reported rates of rape in Afghanistan, and in Dar al-Islam in general. Remember this when the claims are made that niqabs "protect" women from the unwanted attention of men in Dar al-Islam.
Also, the article does not specify why this particular family was singled out for the midnight attack. To treat fellow Muslims-in-good-standing in this way would definitely be against the teachings of the Qur'an, so we are left to speculate as to their religious and tribal affiliations.
