Re: Sex with slaves
Debater, funny enough, one of the guppans is doing a presentation on rape stats and I was suggesting to her some resources that do cite rape stats. They’re fuzzy, but rutgers has a report on it. You could find it via a google search. Also, “You” on www.jang.com.pk has done various articles in the past on it, and jang is pretty credible. At least, I believe their journalists are some of the best ones in Pakistan.
I would love to quote you some reliable up to date stats, but the fact is we just don’t know. You can go on what is reported, but with these hudood laws, women take the risk of getting punished if they report their rape. There is minimal awareness of DNA tests and what the procedures are after a rape is done. The first instinct a woman has after a rape is to get herself cleaned up and into safe surroundings. Little does the average Paki female even know what DNA is, let alone how important a DNA test is. And as I was telling this guppan, if you are raped by a higher up, then forget it, that guy will make SURE you don’t get a DNA test done.
None of this has anything to do with Islam. Actually, almost very little that goes on in Pakistan has anything to do with Islam. What else can you expect in a land where the clerics are ingorant, and only interested in boosting their own egos and preserving their pride? When it comes to issues like these, clergy are nowhere near posing serious solutions to these serious problems, unfortunately.