[Reader-list] Jihadis abduct, rape young girls in Jammu -

[A.K. Malik]

Dear Mr Durrani,
Is it that we are scared to comment or these news not allowed to gain prominence? Or is it again a case of Muslim appeasement??

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Sat, 6/27/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] Jihadis abduct, rape young girls in Jammu -
> To: "reader-list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 9:56 AM
> Wonder why there are no protests ?
> 
> Jihadis abduct, rape young girls in Jammu
> 
> The Daily Pioneer
> OPED | Wednesday, June 17, 2009
> 
> Parents live in fear as terrorists force them to part with
> girls as
> young as 13, writes Deepika Thussoo
> 
> Young teenage girls in the terrorist-infested areas of
> Jammu over the
> last two decades have not only borne the brunt of insurgent
> violence,
> but they have also become the victims of the anger and lust
> of
> terrorists. There have been many cases where young girls
> have been
> lured or forcibly taken away by terrorists. There have also
> been cases
> where terrorists have used the young girls for their own
> designs,
> whether it is for gathering or transmitting vital
> information.
> 
> Terrorism strikes a deeper injury to the minds of young
> girls who are
> just setting out in life, weaving dreams about their
> future.
> 
> Abductions, rapes and forced marriages by terrorists in
> these
> far-flung areas is not uncommon and it is not surprising
> that the
> parents over the years prefer to marry their daughters
> quite young and
> migrate to safer areas. The insurgent violence on this side
> of the Pir
> Panjal range has dealt a crushing blow to many girl
> children in areas
> of Jammu, their plight has largely been ignored by the
> human rights
> activists.
> 
> One of the most poignant examples is Fatima Begum, 17, who
> grew up in
> the hilly district of Kishtwar. She was like any other
> ordinary girl
> in the area, until one day everything changed for her. She
> would have
> not imagined in her worst nightmare that a dreaded
> terrorist would
> force her to marry someone on the dictated terms of terror.
> Instead of
> social customs or her family’s wishes or love, Fatima
> entered into
> matrimony on the compulsions of a terrorist.
> 
> Imagine a girl in her bare teens having to live with a man
> under the
> fear of gun. Imagine her everyday apprehensions of any kind
> of
> catastrophe, which could put an end to her life.
> 
> The entire story came to light in January this year when
> the police
> recovered Fatima from a hotel at the bus stand in Kishtwar,
> having
> deserted her terrorist husband with whom she had been
> forced to
> solemnise the marriage. The boy with whom she claimed to
> have entered
> into second marriage was arrested.
> 
> The details unfolded as the investigations were conducted.
> Fatima
> Begum was just 13-year-old when HuJI commander Sher Khan
> and his
> associate Billal Ahmed had forced her to marry Hashim Din,
> son of Alla
> Ditta, who lived in Chatru. Hashim was reported to have
> paid a
> handsome amount to Sher Khan for his marriage with Fatima,
> who along
> with her father was tortured by the terrorists and
> compelled Fatima
> into marriage at 13. At the age of 14, Fatima gave birth to
> a child.
> 
> The terror of Sher Khan along with his associates, however,
> ended
> about a year ago when he surrendered before the police.
> Taking
> advantage of the situation, Fatima deserted Hashim and
> escaped from
> the area with Fareed Ahmed, a local. When Fareed and Fatima
> returned
> to Kishtwar after staying for a few days outside, they were
> taken into
> custody from the hotel where they were staying.
> 
> The violence targeting young girls has an old history. In
> 2003,
> militants beat a nine-year-old girl, Nazia, to death and
> critically
> injured her 11-year-old sister, Shareefa, in the Rajouri
> Hills area.
> Reportedly, a group of HuJI terrorists entered the house of
> one Nisar
> Hussain in Khabala village. Not finding him at home, they
> caught hold
> of his two daughters and beat them with guns to extract
> information
> about their father.
> 
> But others have not been so lucky to get away with a sharp
> message
> such as beating, tonsure and have come to bodily harm.
> Nasreen, a
> 17-year-old girl of Dalasan village in the Thana Mandi of
> Rajouri
> district was abducted by terrorists from her house. She was
> injected
> with poison that killed her and her body was found in the
> jungle.
> Unfortunately, human rights activists in the area have
> ignored such
> critical issues.
> 
> The girl child continues to be the victim of the insurgent
> violence,
> caught many times in the battle between the security forces
> and
> terrorists. In May last year, a 17-year-old girl, Amina, of
> Kishtwar
> district was killed in cross firing between terrorists and
> Army in
> Kanow Patnazi-Kither forests. Following widespread protests
> by the
> people blaming the Army for the killing, the State
> Government ordered
> a probe into the killing.
> 
> Even more critical is that these incidents have instilled a
> fear
> psychosis in the children, especially girls who never know
> which eye
> in the crowd means trouble or death of their dreams. When
> will the
> time come when the dreams of these girls will not be
> coloured with
> blood?
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