Libya rape victims face 'honour killings'

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Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called “honour killings”, according to aid workers.

Rape is a sensitive topic worldwide, but in this country it is even more of a taboo.

“In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonoured,” says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Libyan charities say they are getting reports that in the west of the country, which is particularly conservative, Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have tended to rape women and girls in front of their fathers and brothers.

“To be seen naked and violated is worse than death for them,” says Hana Elgadi. “This is a region where women will not go out of the house without covering their face with a veil.”

Ms Elgadi is in a group of Libyan volunteers offering medical help and HIV tests. The organisation is also offering to pay for abortions for women who have been raped in the war.

“For the moment pregnancies can be disguised, but not for much longer. Many fathers will kill their own daughters if they find out they have been raped.”

“It is killing done with love,” says Ms Elgadi. “They believe they are saving the girl.”

“That’s why we are offering to pay for abortions for women who want them,” says Ms Elgadi. She says fatwas - Islamic clerical rulings - have already been made, which sanction abortion in circumstances such as rape.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895
 
There is so much wrong with this, but it shows exactly why if you respect life, you must do so from conception to natural death. I am certainly praying for the girls and their families, and that somehow God will use this situation for His Glory.
 
Whether it is because a woman doesn’t marry as her parents want here too or because she has been raped or is pregnant, these so-called “honour killings” break my heart. It’s just so awful that they have already suffered terribly then have to face death at the hands of their family and friends.
 
LemonAndLime said:
Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called “honour killings”, according to aid workers.

Rape is a sensitive topic worldwide, but in this country it is even more of a taboo.

“In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonoured,” says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Libyan charities say they are getting reports that in the west of the country, which is particularly conservative, Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have tended to rape women and girls in front of their fathers and brothers.

“To be seen naked and violated is worse than death for them,” says Hana Elgadi. “This is a region where women will not go out of the house without covering their face with a veil.”

Ms Elgadi is in a group of Libyan volunteers offering medical help and HIV tests. The organisation is also offering to pay for abortions for women who have been raped in the war.

“For the moment pregnancies can be disguised, but not for much longer. Many fathers will kill their own daughters if they find out they have been raped.”

“It is killing done with love,” says Ms Elgadi. “They believe they are saving the girl.”

“That’s why we are offering to pay for abortions for women who want them,” says Ms Elgadi. She says fatwas - Islamic clerical rulings - have already been made, which sanction abortion in circumstances such as rape.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895
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Another entry in the record for the “Religion of Peace”.
 
And the people the US and UK governments are supporting are fine with this?

Borrowing the logic of Cameron Diaz:

“If you think murder should be government funded vote for Obama…”
 
SamH said:
And the people the US and UK governments are supporting are fine with this?

Borrowing the logic of Cameron Diaz:

“If you think murder should be government funded vote for Obama…”
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No she did not say that! Source!

**just went searching to no avail. I thought you were serious. I would have loved that 🙂
 
Charlotte408 said:
No she did not say that! Source!

**just went searching to no avail. I thought you were serious. I would have loved that 🙂
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I didn’t say she said that.

What she did say was essentially not voting for Kerry was like voting to legalize rape.

freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231579/posts

We have a voice now, and we’re not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo***–if you think that rape should be legal, then don’t vote.*** But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the…

She then broke off into tears…
 
Scott_Lafrance said:
In that area of the world, they are inseperable.
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Yes and no. In that area of the world their behaviour is deemed as part of their religion, but Muslims in other countries completely dismiss that and declare it is anti-Islam. So I think we’re both right. Yes, it is a mix of culture and religion that is inseperable, but on the other hand, it is culture.
 
LemonAndLime said:
Libyan women and girls who become pregnant through rape risk being murdered by their own families in so-called “honour killings”, according to aid workers.

Rape is a sensitive topic worldwide, but in this country it is even more of a taboo.

“In Libya when rape occurs, it seems to be a whole village or town which is seen to be dishonoured,” says Arafat Jamal of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Libyan charities say they are getting reports that in the west of the country, which is particularly conservative, Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have tended to rape women and girls in front of their fathers and brothers.

“To be seen naked and violated is worse than death for them,” says Hana Elgadi. “This is a region where women will not go out of the house without covering their face with a veil.”

Ms Elgadi is in a group of Libyan volunteers offering medical help and HIV tests. The organisation is also offering to pay for abortions for women who have been raped in the war.

“For the moment pregnancies can be disguised, but not for much longer. Many fathers will kill their own daughters if they find out they have been raped.”

“It is killing done with love,” says Ms Elgadi. “They believe they are saving the girl.”

“That’s why we are offering to pay for abortions for women who want them,” says Ms Elgadi. She says fatwas - Islamic clerical rulings - have already been made, which sanction abortion in circumstances such as rape.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13760895
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Its fathers like this that help convince radical feminists (radical by Western standards, not the pitiful standards of places like Libya) that all men are evil.

Frankly if most fathers acted like this I would have a hard time arguing with them, and I am a guy myself.
 
k8e308 said:
There is so much wrong with this, but it shows exactly why if you respect life, you must do so from conception to natural death. I am certainly praying for the girls and their families, and that somehow God will use this situation for His Glory.
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If conservative Muslims have proved anything over the last century or so, its that you can be highly committed to stopping abortion without having much actual regard for the women or children involved.
 
this is so backward I don’t even have the words

a man rapes my daughter…and my reaction is to kill my daughter???

huh???

the MAN, the RAPIST, is the criminal! He deserves the retribution! How on earth does the daughter deserve it? Lord help us!
 
Some people really frustrate me

If your daughter is attacked, she is the victim, not the agressor. My goodness, this is awful
 
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