World Challenges for the XXIst century

A Pakistani man went on trial in France on Tuesday for setting his ex-girlfriend alight after she refused to marry him, in a case that rights groups are using as as a symbol of violence against women in poor neighbourhoods. Amer Mushtaq Butt, 28, doused Chahrazade Belayni in petrol and set fire to her on the street as she was leaving her home in the under-privileged Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Marne in 2005. She suffered third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body, fell into a coma and underwent many operations. Belayni, now 21, works for the police. “I want him to pay for what he did, not for my sake but to show other girls who have problems with their partners that it’s possible to fight back and the justice system won’t abandon them,” she told reporters just before the trial opened.

via France: Pakistani going to trial for torching his girlfriend who refused to marry him | Infidels Are Cool.

This was one of the first things I blogged about, back when I was blueslord (how far does that seems now!!). This is the translation of what happened then:

A witness’ account: I live in Neuilly-sur-Marne and I want to speak about something dramatic that has happened near here. On Sunday morning, at 9a.m. Moroccan 18-years-old Sherazade, has been burned alive by two Pakistani youths. The only error she has made has been to reject his constant wedding proposals. Today Shérazade is in hospital in the great burned unit, with her face and her body burned in a 60% and in an induced comma to prevent her from having unneeded sufferings. No journalist was here to report about this tragedy, being as they are now very worried about the violence in the banlieues.

My note back then: The surprising fact here is that only a brief note has been published on Nov 14th [] and another in France 3 région (on Sunday afternoon), pointing out that the cause was a “love disappointment”. It was never qualified as a “sexist crime”, according to the link.

So you see we get on pretty the same: this was not a case of “torching someone because he was poor“. This was a case of “torching someone because she is a woman and has no right to say no to a man who asks her in marriage, she must give birth to a lot of children to be educated in Allah’s teachings“. MSM are repeating once and again the same errors. And that is truly dismaying…

Islam in Europe:

Human rights groups such as the prominent “Ni Putes Ni Soumises” (”Neither whores nor submissive women”) say violence against women is rife in certain poor communities with high Muslim populations on the outskirts of French cities.

The activists say some young Muslim men take out their frustrations about poverty and discrimination on women, demanding that they cover up according to Islamic tradition. If they refuse, they are considered “whores”.

yeah, that’s right… absolute whores… and so they can be raped… gang-raped. But no, Islam and Sharia are not related to this phenomenon. That is a neocon’s tale.

From Spanish Pundit

The woman in the photo is Belayni now, after being burnt alive and having underwent plastic surgery several times.

Related: Wikipedia on l’affair Belayni (French).

UPDATED: The attacker has been condemned to 20 years in prison.

At that time, a witness heard Amer’s mother hope that “with all those cars burnt in the banlieues”, his gesture would “not get any attention from the media”. In front of the cout, this family’s friend told he didn’t remember hearing that (how appropriate!).

Just what seemed to happen at first. And what would have happened if the blogs hadn’t pointed out to Shérazade’s case.

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