A Killing Commanded by Tradition: "Amina's paternal uncle, Mohammad Azim, said he watched as the villagers forced Amina down a muddy path toward a patch of soft earth along a riverbank surrounded by stones, a few yards from the edge of the village.
It was a beautiful spot, shaded by an enormous tree and offering a charming view of the village clinging to the mountainside.
It was also an ideal place for a stoning.
'They dug a hole in the ground right here,' Azim said, pointing to a spot in the clearing six days later. 'Then they buried Amina up to her waist, with her arms pinned by her side.'
Azim said Amina's hair was covered in a head scarf, and that she was crying in terror as nearly a hundred men gathered in a circle around her and began throwing small rocks at her head."
Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThis scene seems something out of dark ages Europe, and is grossly out of place in the 21st century. Does Karim comprehend of a world outside his village? Do the Karim's of the world ever rise above Sharia to a higher calling?
I'm not sending any Vitamin A to Afghanistan this month...