Not Pure Enough

MSNBC:

"These are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, said Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid."

What might this tradition be?

The women, three of whom were teenagers, were first shot and then thrown into a ditch. They were still breathing as their bodies were covered with rocks and mud, according media reports and human rights activists, who said their only "crime" was that they wished to marry men of their own choosing.

Welcome to Pakistan.

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[Mike T]

"These are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, said Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid."

It is interesting to me to watch Islamic behavior on these issues because it mirrors a lot of the warnings in the Bible. One of those warnings is to be afraid of calling that which is evil good, and that which is good evil. In this case, that province in general is celebrating the evil of killing a woman for choosing to be a spouse, when they should be avenging her death by killing her male relatives for murdering a young woman who chose the virtuous path of being a married woman.