This is as disgusting a story about the global war against women as I’ve ever read. And it’s insane:<\/p>\n
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan \u2014 It was bad enough that the alleged rape took place in the sanctity of a mosque, and that the accused man was a mullah who invoked the familiar defense that it had been consensual sex.<\/em><\/p>\n But the victim was only 10 years old. And there was more: The authorities said her family members openly planned to carry out an \u201chonor killing\u201d in the case \u2014 against the young girl. The mullah offered to marry his victim instead.<\/em><\/p>\n This past week, the awful matter became even worse. On Tuesday, local policemen removed the girl from the shelter that had given her refuge and returned her to her family, despite complaints from women\u2019s activists that she was likely to be killed.<\/em><\/p>\n The case has broader repercussions. The head of the Women for Afghan Women<\/a> shelter here where the girl took refuge, Dr. Hassina Sarwari, was at one point driven into hiding by death threats from the girl\u2019s family and other mullahs, who sought to play down the crime by arguing the girl was much older than 10. One militia commander sent Dr. Sarwari threatening texts and an ultimatum to return the girl to her family. The doctor said she now wanted to flee Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Here’s the full story, if you can stomach it: Struggling to Keep Afghan Girl Safe After a Mullah Is Accused of Rape – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is as disgusting a story about the global war against women as I’ve ever read. And it’s insane: KUNDUZ, Afghanistan \u2014 It was bad enough that the alleged rape took place in the sanctity of a mosque, and that … Continue reading