This is with reference to massively broadcasted and a very sad incident of a 17 year old Girl being lashed in Tehsil Matta of Swat Valley in beautiful Northern Area of Pakistan. The video is easily viewable on YouTube or LiveLeak. I was short of words to condemn this act when I first saw the video and the girl crying and screaming for mercy.
Firstly, I just want to express that it’s simply un-islamic way of punishment, which is based on changing the thinking of a person, instead of humiliating or killing him/her. The very reason that in Islam, the person lashing should not take his arm higher then his shoulder, the sole reason is to make it bearable, not to kill or damage the person physically. A simple reason is that physical damage can be overcome, but you change a mind, it stays in forever. So in my opninion whatever happened is really sad, and such so called mufti’s and qazis should be brought to justice… BUT WAIT!
Although whatever happened was extremely sad, and YES it was wrong! but at approximately 8:45PM (Pk), I saw a comment from President House that this is intolerable. YES IT IS, and YES THIS WAS EXPECTED OF HIM! but one thing I was not lookin at before this comment, was that President still haven’t signed the Ordinance to start Shariah Courts in Swat, and we all know how much USA was against it!!! Don’t we?
I wish this post is proved wrong, but I see people of Swat being pushed into another fight, more Pak Army soldiers getting Shaheed killing Talibans, and all that follows. It may be so that this video is not a recent one, and may be Government was holding it back to make an excuse to reject Shariah Law Ordinance for Swat! and giving Americans what they’ve wanted!! Scary! But lets hope it doesn’t take a shape and Pakistan gets rid of all its hassles soon. Amen!
Yupee!!! not to commend or anything.. well..just take a look at the picture taken! hope you see the ‘thing’ inside the sealed Yougurt!



