The following CNN video is pretty graphic. It depicts a young woman in Iraq being stoned to death for falling in love with a boy.
The amazing thing is that this was done in a very public scene. The film shows the young woman being dragged out from her home, into a public area where lots of men then take part in stoning her to death. Nobody ventures to help, but apparently lots of people are happy to film this on their cell phone cameras. The youtube film itself was filmed on one of these cameras and is therefore (thankfully!) very shaky and of very poor quality.
On the same day that I saw this video, one of our students came by my office to whine about how bad her life was, because of exams and projects. And how she was "almost dying" (in her words).
I didn't slap her or snap at her, but it took an effort.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Stoning in Iraq
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Presumably such things were common and "acceptable" years ago, in many countries and cultures. Most societies have moved on to more civilised practices. Sadly some are still stuck in the old ways. This is really cruel and unsettling.
Yep. Did you hear about the Malay woman who isn't being allowed to convert to Christianity?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/world/asia/30cnd-malaysia.html?ex=1338264000&en=0b04eb084dbe4860&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Kind of weird to think this can still exist in this day and age -- but it's true and it's there.
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