Afghanistan: Muslims Throw Acid in Girls' Faces for Going to School

In Afghanistan, girls are doused in acid for going to school. In America, politicians and the media bend over backwards to defend the ideology that calls for the oppression of women.

Victims of an Acid Attack

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)—Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three teenage girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.

The girls, age 16 to 18, are students at one of the biggest girls' schools in Herat city, the provincial capital, said Aziz-ul-Rahman Sarwary, head of the education department for the province.

All three girls were admitted to Noor hospital in Herat city before their parents took them elsewhere, said hospital head Jamal Abdul Naser Akhundzada.

Two of the girls were in critical condition after the acid was thrown in their faces, he said.

Akhundzada quoted the girls as saying that their assailants were two men on a motorbike.

"This is the punishment for going to school," the men told the girls after pouring the acid on them, according to Akhundzada. (Continue Reading.)

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Pakistani Father Attacks Step-Daughters with Acid for Refusing Arranged Marriages

I'd like to ask those of you who believe this "no culture is better than other cultures" nonsense: How far are you willing to go in denying the obvious?

Lahore—A man in Pakistan's Punjab province attacked his two young step-daughters with acid for refusing to marry men chosen by him, police said today.

Muhammad Aslam, a mason from Pattoki village, located 70 km from provincial capital Lahore, threw acid on his step-daughters Malaika, 19, and Javeria, 23, while they were asleep last night.

Both victims were brought to Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, where doctors described their condition as critical.

Police said Aslam often quarrelled with his step-daughters on the issue of their marriage. "He wanted to marry them with men of his choice," police official Bashir Ahmed said. (Continue Reading.)

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