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What a backward country Pakistan is in so many ways, nothing honourable in what this murderer did.
My comment was taken down for saying the same thing.
Gus
It’s not that long ago Irish families were sending young girls to Magdalene laundries for honour of the family.
Why is it that when someone does something despicable in another country,someone always wants to bring up what happened in our past. It’s almost like,don’t criticize anyone,we are as bad as them ourselves.
It’s today or yesterday either, Nick.
This delightful cultural practice, however, is going on right now.
*not today etc.
Not quite on the same level
S**t did happen in our past but we overcame it because it was abhorrent to most of us. This is not the case in Pakistan or India or other countries like Afghanistan. Women are treated as objects and not humans. It’s a disgrace. They talk about honour but I’ve yet to see a man take his sister’s or mother’s side in disputes. They are cowards. Pure and simple.
I guess the implication is, we hope in 50 years the people of India, Pakistan et al can look back from a more progressive future, as we look back now with disgust at our own past when women were treated very badly.
Jaysus nick that was one time, I’d like to think this country has moved on especially after last years vote for gay marriage, which won’t happen in Pakistan any time soon.
Eamon it was probably deleted for what they call in sport ‘persistent fouling’,you have up to 8 troll accounts on The Journal flooding every and any article to do with Muslims,spouting Islamophobic bile,I’ve listed them before and am happy to do so again.
Tariq. Pakistan is a dump of a country because it is filled with people who believe in and live by the nonsense you espouse every day on the journal. Only difference is you’re not there unfortunately.
This coming from the troll who had at least the same number of accounts on politics.ie over the years and who kept getting banned for spouting Islamo bollox. And pretending to be an Iraqi business man and a moslem from England. well played Liam you sad loser.
Moslem?
You obviously do a lot of reading about the topic.
How is it “trolling” if it’s the truth?
@nick thankfully we have come a long way since then but with small mindedness like yours our nation will be doomed to stay in the past, what happened here should never happen especially in modern society. Peoples rights need to come before peoples culture.
Cop yourself on Nick Allen and grow a brain. Stupid stupid comment to make
We had Brehon law for a lot longer than that! Never a death penalty. This murder is sick – he slaughtered his own sister, because he didn’t like how she dressed? I hope his parents don’t seek a pardon for him. What are they going to tell their grandchild if he’s set free?
Let’s hope so. RIP to that poor woman. No one should have to live like that. Her own brother.
Very quiet there tarik ,whats ur view on this type of thing
What’s ur point Nick?
So you want sharia fir all and have no respect for other religion or lifestyles
sure we give sharia a spin, it might be a bit of craic
I think you’ll find Moslem is a valid alternative to Muslim, Jim..
How tapped in the head do you have to be to think that drugging a woman and then strangling her to death is somehow an ‘honourable’ act. What a deplorable sh!thole of a country.
And it seems 1000′s of Pakistani men are making their way in to Ireland for asylum.
It’s fear, jealousy, pure rage .. A male dominated country .. they want to stay stuck in old ways that allow males control everything .. sad sad animals .. R.I.P. that beautiful girl and all others murdered over there in for ‘honour’
Is there any way journalists can agree on a new term to describe these unfortunately named “honour” killings.
The same should apply to the term “child bride” – Paedophilia.
What a kip
Pakistan is the second worst country in the world when it comes to the treatment of women,Yemen is the worst. I read on a separate site that this poor girl had her nose and mouth pinned shut before being strangled by one brother, he then fled with another brother. If it’s seen as an honor killing, they can get away with it under Pakistani laws. Appalling. RIP.
Grow up Pakistan
@Paul Furey,
Talk about a mild reprimand.
There was a documentary on Ch 4 a couple of months ago about how gay/lady-boy prostitution is thriving there. Its banned under Muslim law but lots of so called ‘straight’ men go to and use the services of these brothels.
Nothing is said about it, they just ignore it and the authorities pretend that its not happening. Then you have these sc**b*gs performing honor killings , most of the men doing those honor killings probably went to those gay brothels to get his jollies in the past.
Disgu*ting, misogynistic, backward hypocritical country, devoid of honor and respect for its women.
Saw the one about the street kids,truck drivers picking up young boys
A lot of eastern cultures actually conflate the separate notions of sexuality and gender identity. Iran has openly trans people, whereas homosexuality whilst identifying as a man is seriously frowned upon. Same in Thailand where being trans is far more socially acceptable than being gay.
It’s a mixed up homophobic viewpoint which basically says: ‘ah you’re not gay you’re just really a straight woman’.
Gus, you are correct ! The problem in Pakistan is there is no progress and in fact this is getting worse. The practice is extending way beyond their own borders into families in the UK and elsewhere and people have to be put under protection for fear of their own family members. there seems to be a lot more to radicalisation than ” joining up”. I stand open to response because my knowledge of this is only based on media reports, like this one.
“Radicalisation”…a politically correct term that absolves the Jihadi/murderer of personal responsibility.
The thing I don’t understand is why do Muslims leave their festering kips of countries and when they arrive in the west they try to emulate those same slums
Homesickness.
Those savages would cut your throat for a fiver
Or for “honour” what a sick place.
Obviously it isn’t anything to do with honour. I’ve often wondered whether the brothers receive a commission for marrying some random man to their sisters. Is part of it about money, would you think? If so, it might be that they see only a deal, a bonus for them, something to be enforced.
This is what islam brings to the world. It is time for the west to stand up and outlaw this terrorist organisation. No such thing as peace in islam. They love hatred and death
Well at least you’re looking at actual rape cultures and patriarchy and misogyny and not complaining about how lads sit on the bus/train.
Wow Aifric ! That’s put us in our place ! Glad I qualified my comment with the fact that I only know what I read in the media. I’m sure people in Pakistan wouldn’t dare comment on our barbaric “traditions” and I’m just as sure that they would be more up to speed about us than we are about them. They usually are very well up about places they can only dream about living in and having a life beyond their wildest dreams in ! Unfortunately our immigration regulations don’t allow it , but their one time colonial masters across the water had a dilemma for a very long time and could not stop their far flung subjects from seeking to be closer to the motherland , not, of course , because life is or was difficult in Pakistan, not at all ! I stand corrected now however Aifric, and when I think about it I actually only know one Pakistani gentleman , and he is very nice with the exception that he is very rude to his wife at times and treats her quite subserviently ! But I’m sure he is an exception , although I really did want to , how shall I put it… give him a jolly bloody nose for it the last time I witnessed it !
I wasn’t specifically directing my comment at you. I realise youre full of sarcasm but at least you did qualify it. I never said life wasn’t difficult in Pakistan. Of course it’s difficult. I guess you can be thankful and smug that by some roll of the cosmic dice you happened to be born in Ireland and not Pakistan?
Wow so many knowledgeable comments here from Irish people who have obviously learned all about Pakistani culture and Pakistani people from their extensive time spent in Pakistan! Oh no wait! None of you have ever been to Pakistan! You’re just a bunch of ignorant Muslim hating bigots who think you know something but you’re actually just talking out of your bums. I’ve actually spent considerable time IN PAKISTAN, in both the cities and more conservative rural areas and I can tell you that like any country, the people and the culture is far more complicated than can be summed up in one article about a murdered celebrity. Pakistan has a vibrant youth culture, a large part of the population are young, educated and progressive. For the most part, women are being educated. I met a girl living up the top of a mountain with almost no electricity supply, mostly living of the land, with a psychology degree. And she wouldn’t be unusual. There are many many problems there stemming from poverty, war and the legacy of British colonialism (you would think the Irish would have some insight into that…) but people are literally fighting for change every day. It’s not a country on the way down, it’s getting better every time I go there. The mere fact that Qandeel Baloch had thousands of fans should show you that Pakistan is not as 2 dimensional is not the 2 dimensional place portrayed in Western media. And remember that only the most shocking and disturbing stories about Pakistan are ever going to reach the Irish news. Of course posting here is about as effective as banging my head against a brick wall, not sure why I bother.
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Pakistan lost a great man this week Abhdul-Sattor -Edhi’s funeral is expected to be one of the biggest in Pakistan’s history. The last time Pakistan held a state funeral was for military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq in 1988. He will be missed , but his legacy will live on I hope . May he rest in Peace and get his due reward for all the good he has done. There are great people everywhere !
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