Pakistani soldier stoned to death for alleged affair
Pakistani police produce young children, suspected of planting bombs, to the media in Quetta on March 13, 2013. Pakistani police have arrested around a dozen children, some as young as 10, suspected of being used to plant bombs for separatist militants, officers said. / BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Tribesmen tied a Pakistani soldier to the hood of a car and stoned him to death in the country's restive northwest for allegedly having a romantic relationship with a local woman, government officials and a tribal elder said Wednesday.
The grisly incident took place Tuesday in Parachinar, the capital of the Kurram tribal area. Kurram is part of Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region, which runs along the country's border with Afghanistan and is dominated by conservative Pashtun tribesmen.
The soldier, Nooruddin Aalam, allegedly began his relationship with the woman during a previous posting in the area, said a local government official. He was transferred elsewhere three months ago but returned to see the woman in recent days, said the official.
Residents allegedly caught the couple dating, said a local tribal elder. Leaders of various tribes met Monday and decided the soldier should be executed according to Islamic law, said the elder.
A second government official said locals took Aalam to a graveyard, tied him to the hood of a car and stoned him to death, then shot him.
One resident also shot the soldier, said the tribal elder. The woman allegedly involved in the incident is with the family of a local tribal elder, and her fate will be decided later, he said.
The government officials and tribal elder spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution from local tribesmen.
A military official confirmed the death of the soldier but did not provide any additional details. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with official policy.
It is quite rare for people to be stoned to death in Pakistan, but when it does occur, the victim is more often a woman than a man.
Also Wednesday, police in a southwestern province announced the arrest of 11 children and teenagers between the ages of 11 and 18 for allegedly having planted bombs for a violent separatist group. Eight of the 11 were presented to the media to be photographed.
The children were arrested Tuesday evening after a shootout in a park in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, said the city's police chief, Zubair Mehmood. Eight people got away during the gunfight, he said.
The children, who come from poor families, have confessed to planting bombs for the United Baluch Army in return for up to about $50 each time, said Mehmood. At least 12 people have been killed in Quetta since December because of these bomb attacks, he said.
Baluch separatists have been fighting a bloody insurgency against the Pakistani government for decades.
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Why waste a rock when you can use a gun?
Why waste a bullet when you can cast a stone or two?
Why do we keep sending money to these ninnies?
What is our ROI with them?
Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests
Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)
Kill Witches
You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)
Kill Homosexuals
"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)
Kill Fortunetellers
A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB)
Death for Hitting Dad
Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB)
Death for Cursing Parents
1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB)
2) All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT)
Death for Adultery
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)
Death for Fornication
A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)
Death to Followers of Other Religions
Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)
Kill Nonbelievers
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
Kill False Prophets
If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through. (Zechariah 13:3 NAB)
Kill the Entire Town if One Person Worships Another God
Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)
Kill Women Who Are Not Virgins On Their Wedding Night
But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:20-21 NAB)
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
however an explaining might be required,
then there are timeframes and revelations,
then we do not know this and that,
asuming we had the same timeframe of history,
asuming we were the same people,
what you missed is this,
we had no rights to it by reading some bibels,
because religion and its rules are god connected,
that means as long there is no such god standing on the mount,
people asuming all along,
they err as much as claim to have ruling order,
so none of religion and culture has the right to kill.
May be you can get that point,
that we cannot excecute death, since we are human,
and human meant to have peace with each other.
I could explain those old days of Moses,
but I bet you would not understand.
If you are interested still, look up Abraham and how he came about to do some odd things. His days were heaven bound and only him knew what he had to be up to.But never was it claimed to be alike for everyone else.
That why I consider a religious culture a dangerous culture.
Common sense comes first, then some more respect for each other,
and may be much later some god related discussions.
But to establich common sense, we need free thinking education, and that they did not have in the above Afg.
it is all about asuming power to create fear,
fear to submit and rule.
If we could identify those who rule by fear among us,
we would know a lot more about us and them.
Sorry I reject them the way they are and I reject ours the way they make us think.
There is never to be a solution to this type of moral slavery,
until all people are willing to speak up to freedom and against brain washing.
I am very sorry, to me it seems like not only there but also here we have lost touch to personal happiness coming out of selfdependency.
To change this, need no weapons or war but education into prospects of individual rights.
The News Media and the internet have now a lot of power to educate the world before those Brain Washers have reached out into the minds of the insecure.
Here is our chance, I hope there is enough time left.