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Because He Couldn’t Get It Up!

Azra Rashid September 17, 2005

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#65 Posted by aisha786 on June 16, 2006 1:08:23 am
You must be knowing that majority of the people of Pakistan are not practicing Islam. A very small percentage even say their prayers regularly, purdah is not standard, and most of all, culture is dominant. There is a very clear difference between culture and religion, and sister what you see there is culture, not even Pakistan`s culture really. If it`s not India`s culture then it`s the new wave of adopting the culture of the UK and US.

You should also know that in the U.S. women are mostly assaulted by someone they love and are close to. Domestic violence is a huge problem here. Every 7 seconds a women is assaulted by someone she trusts, her husband, boyfriend, or otherwise known to her. Assault doesn`t occur `as often` by unknown men.

I really don`t say there isn`t a problem in pakistan, there may really be, but it`s not due to religion, in fact, if they ppl are so much concerned about fixing the problems there, it would behoove them to follow Allah and they will Insha`Allah be much better off. It is the lack of following Allah that has created the problems.

I am American, but I lived in Pakistan for a couple of years but I am a Muslim, non Pakistani.
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#66 Posted by junaidkhan on June 16, 2006 3:43:06 am
President talked in a different context and hence taking his comments isolation will be a bias. Bush once said ``we are having a crusade`` now if we take it in isolation, its pretty clear but the context in which he said, means otherwise.
Blaming is a very easy thing to do but none at him/herself to find so many problems that other may notice.
Mukhtaraan Mai has been raped and then paraded infront of men and hence she has been included in the most influential people of the year by Times. Why we never saw any american women getting this title when US is among the countries with highest rape rate. I wonder if this title is specially reserved for Pakistan?
Why Mukhtaran Mai has been so generously supported when we can find thousand and thousand of such women in US then arent supported at all.
Double standards as usual. I am not saying President is 100 percent right but atleast you people are also not!
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#67 Posted by fuadbhuri on September 5, 2006 5:12:07 am
no one can disagree in any manner with the above text but when u talk about mythology and compare religion to religion than Islam is a true and better off religion and no space for myths to enter, no other religion offers same respect to a women as Islam does but if we, people, dont follow our religion properly its not the fault of religion , one who is knowledgeable knows the fact that statistics of all crimes, including rape, are far too high in US than in other countries of the world where these americans claim themselves to be the most respected, reputed and better off than others -

And not enough, when such type of crimes take place in countries like Pakistan we just look at one side of the square, the are three more sides remaining - we all are invloved in the crime in totality , womens of Pakistan are shortening thier clothes on the name of boldness, and mens claim themselve to be religious but never lower their eyes when a Non-Mehram comes in thier way - so those exposing themselves and those looking at them are all responsible for these crimes, because these small crimes are the roots of the big tree , eg rape -
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#68 Posted by edgeNRidge on April 24, 2008 7:53:28 am
I wonder what ailment would Azra Rashid ascribe to Pakistani
society, and its protectors who fail to protect the rights
of poor and lower middle class men from:

- daytime robberties
- theft
- murders
- harassment
- employment discrimination
- nepotism
- and yes, rape.

Pakistan is a lawless society and pretty much everyone is
victimized in one form or another. Its the height of
dishonesty by the "elites" of the society to take up
one cause or another for one group while ignoring others.
Azra Rashid is not alone in this crime. You have other
artists, writers, and musicians who are playing the same
game.
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