Re: Talism + who dun it now?
i agree with some of what you say. sometimes e need to shame into embarrassment a society who has some psychological phenomenon of not seeing the pain and wrong doing of women, and not feeling the severity of crimes against them, which is why women have no other option but to retaliate by much more aggressive means. after Mukhtara mai's gang rape by police itself, when Asmaa and women protested, people and teh govt and police was ordered to pull bras of wome3n and to disgrace the protesting women by threatening them of rape as a consequence of their strikes, what do u have to say to that?? stick hits and locks ups is fine, but humiliating women asking for explanation for injustice, i don’t and cannot accept it as a self respecting woman. & men are party to that apathy to a point where they must let go of the confusion between the deen and the right to ask for justice. Deen is justice. it is another issue altogether that it is misconstrued to serve some malicious men and to give them the charge to exploit women. perhaps, i will investigate the issues more and then we can discuss it further. thanks for ur trust in my ability to perceive things without taking sides. Dushi
That is the thing that pinches me. Why did she help Mukhtara Mai's case - ONLY because it was all in the public so PUBLICITY could be much much easier. You know Asmaa has a lot of big contacts in Pakistan. She could just easily win the case in the court and help her and then could try to educate the public. She chose to go on roads. Whatever happened to women on the roads (its a shame for a muslim society) But truthfully, going on the roads & protesting is never a solution. There are so many other ways of fighting/protesting against issues.
And how come she only takes the cases where the issues are already well known by the public. whats about the rape cases where a tiny news is published one day and forgotten the next day. Why doesn't she help those females?.
I was little so I don't know the details but I remember, once Asmaa and Co were protesting somewhere (i guess it was Mall Road) in Lahore. Those women were literally burning their duppatas/scarfs (duppata is a sign of respect in pakistan) and were screaming like crazy. The very next day, the news were on the front pages. Result = None but so-called publicity. You know, that makes it easier to get $$$ from foreign govts.
They were protesting for women rights by disrespecting women. I don't think they can ever justify that.
Again, I might be wrong but thats what I think. And you are right, we should investigate it further. The findings might make me think otherwise :)