Comments on: The Mukhtaran Bibi case

By: Al Mujahid

Al Mujahid — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 17:15:51 +0000

“low-caste Pakistani village woman”. Very interesting indeed. In Pakistani Punjab it seems, the caste system is as prevalent as in India. It is as I understand categorised as ‘biradree’ and not classified into castes per se.

By: Stefan Geyer

Stefan Geyer — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:29:28 +0000

I have been trying to find out how to donate to the possible opening of the girl’s school that Muukhtaran Bibi wants to open. Any leads?

By: gc

gc — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:52:31 +0000

hmmm, is caste a big issue in islamic pakistan? I confess to total ignorance of the interplay of caste (a hindu thing) and supposedly caste-less islam.

By: prakruti

prakruti — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:44:45 +0000

So so sad..the whole village has to be condemned too.. why should she suffer for the crimes her brother committed..was he spared because he was a man?… Iam glad she rebelled..No wonder a culture that bred noble soft spoken, self sacrificing indian women for centuries is breeding rebellious poolan devi’s today.. Iam glad women are learning to fight and claim their rights which they did not do for centuries.. this is the bad side of india where men for centuries have troubled/tortured women in the name of traditions/culture… And it never seems to end.. Despite all the education ,Since I was raised in india as an indian girlchild I had my share of verbal illtreatments too and and it is not an easy battle to win even today and I have to argue at every place to claim my basic rights as a human being.. and even today 70-80% of indian men in india disrespect women and treat women badly.. and we women need to keep on fighting until we are treated right and hope God gives specially the rural uneducated women courage to fight everyday all through their lives.. Most of the rural women dont even know what their basic rights are…

By: razib

razib — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:04:11 +0000

unfortunately, this type of behavior seems to be most common among ‘civilized’ peoples.