What are we seeing?

The Arabization or the Saudi-ization of Muslims in Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, and Pakistan is the hidden hand behind these acid attacks
upon women. These poor girls and women have had their lives ruined;
some have been forced to undergo surgery 20-30 times in order that they
may see a little, or breathe a bit, hear something, perhaps in order to
eat or make themselves understood. They look like…monsters. That was
what their attackers wanted to accomplish. To render their faces into
self-portraits of their attackers.

Why was acid thrown into their faces? The main reasons are because
they dared to reject someone in marriage or because the...

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What are we seeing?

The Arabization or the Saudi-ization of Muslims in Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, and Pakistan is the hidden hand behind these acid attacks
upon women. These poor girls and women have had their lives ruined;
some have been forced to undergo surgery 20-30 times in order that they
may see a little, or breathe a bit, hear something, perhaps in order to
eat or make themselves understood. They look like…monsters. That was
what their attackers wanted to accomplish. To render their faces into
self-portraits of their attackers.

Why was acid thrown into their faces? The main reasons are because
they dared to reject someone in marriage or because they wanted a
divorce. The “jilted” suitors (or husbands) took their revenge in this
fashion. If he can’t have her, no man will; I will make sure that no
man will ever want her.” One young girl was gang-raped aftger which her
rapists threw acid on her face. Another committed the “crime” of
disappointing her father by being born female, not male. Many were
disfigured as a result of a “family dispute.”

Thus, the punishment for being born female, for exercising any will
of one’s own is, Saudi-style, the most horrible punishment. The men
tried to make the women loathsome to humanity, to sentence them to
painful surgeries, self-hatred, perhaps to lives lived in isolation.

Make no mistake. This tendency to disfigure women–even those who
wear the Islamic Veil–is real. And, it might be coming our way if we do
not stop the Wahhabi and Salafi influence which is funding our
universities in North America as well as the Islamic religious schools.

For once, I will leave aside the question of what must be done and allow the photos to speak to you.

Media reports from different parts of the country over the past few years suggest that the acid attack phenomenon is becoming increasingly common and widespread, with neither class nor caste nor creed nor any other variable serving as protective barriers, and with triggers ranging from unrequited love and marital discord (often over trivial matters) through family feuds and property disputes to enforcement of social diktats of various kinds.

Most religions, it seems to me, are more or less oppressive towards women. Even Christianity. (Women must serve their husbands, they aren't allowed to join the clergy) etc. Some people have always used or misused religion to suppr...

Media reports from different parts of the country over the past few years suggest that the acid attack phenomenon is becoming increasingly common and widespread, with neither class nor caste nor creed nor any other variable serving as protective barriers, and with triggers ranging from unrequited love and marital discord (often over trivial matters) through family feuds and property disputes to enforcement of social diktats of various kinds.

Most religions, it seems to me, are more or less oppressive towards women. Even Christianity. (Women must serve their husbands, they aren't allowed to join the clergy) etc. Some people have always used or misused religion to suppress women. They'll claim their holy books allow them to do this, I am sure, but I am pretty sure both the Koran and the Bible say the opposite too, somewhere, but I reckon some men chose to focus on the more oppressive passages of the "directives". It's plain misogyny and it's on the rise. More women that ever are being attacked. .

http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2004/08/15/stories/2004081500460200.htm