Somali Rape Victim Stoned To Death Was 13

Rights Group Says Teen Who Reported Rape Was Accused Of Adultery, Then Killed In Packed Stadium

(AP)  A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses.

The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.

Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.

Calls to Somali government officials and the local administration in Kismayo rang unanswered Saturday.

"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.

Somalia is among the world's most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of some 8 million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.

A quarter of Somali children die before age 5; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported nearly every day.

Islamic militants with ties to al Qaeda have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.

In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.

[luckygirl042]

What can I say except these people are true savages. It does not matter how old she was, this is horrendous.Probably done all in the name of some idiot god.
If we want to send troops anywhere, this is where the world should unite to make this hellhole safe for it''s suffering people.

[shochikibo]

Religion = men in positions of power abusing, not just adults, but children imagine no religion the quality of life all over the planet will be better without it no more need to stone children, or anyone for that matter; no more need to kill and abuse in the name of your god

[erlindab]

One problem here is not the religion or the gods of the people. This is about power. It is the lack of education of the women. It behooves the men to keep the women uneducated. Educated people exercise some sort of power over their lives. I think we need to send an army of women to Somalia, not to beat the men, but to educate the women and men. I bet things would change.

[pirmin3]

These be some really SICK mo fo''s. Islam $ucks

[maypo]

Jeez, how soon people forget. This is what the Taliban and Al Qaeda were doing in Afghanistan. A girl was raped in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to years in prison because she got in a car with men who weren''t her relatives. Muslim extremists are a primitive savage group. You want to go to Somalia? We were there. We got run out back in the first year of Clintons Presidency. Go see the movie Black Hawk Down. Thats what we encountered there. It''s going to be a long hard battle fighting the Muslim fanatics.

[maypo]

Jeez, how soon people forget. This is what the Taliban and Al Qaeda were doing in Afghanistan. A girl was raped in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to years in prison because she got in a car with men who weren''t her relatives. Muslim extremists are a primitive savage group. You want to go to Somalia? We were there. We got run out back in the first year of Clintons Presidency. Go see the movie Black Hawk Down. Thats what we encountered there. It''s going to be a long hard battle fighting the Muslim fanatics.

[gramto8]

It would make a lot more sense to get a bunch of hi-res satellite shots, follow up with some on the ground intel, and run in with a good sweep of firepower from the air and take out the idiots. It could be done if we didn''t have all our troops tied up in an unnecessary and unjust war in Iraq. With the appropriate preparations, enough of the savages could be taken out to make a big difference, and allow the ones that have been suffering under their thumbs some relief. If it means taking out most of the male population, so be it.

[mitdgreenb]

Azure -- we tried. We failed, at the expense of a lot of American lives.

Is this a horrible thing? Yes. But I believe that people need to fight for themselves and their own rights. You can''t impose your ideas of fairness on others -- they may not have the same view of "fair" and, if they did not fight for it, they will not have the vested interest in protecting it.

I do agree, though, that the world seems ambivalent because of a lack of oil. Look at Darfur.

[mitdgreenb]

Bob,

This really is not about faith. It''s about power. Because, really, do we need to look at the history of Christians? Crusades. Inquisitions. "Holy" wars. Forced conversions. All approved by the Church. And then there''s where the Church looked the other way: items like the Nazis. What would Jesus do? Not any of those, methinks.

[erlindab]

All Muslim''s do not behave this way. A country with a seventh century mentality cannot be dealt with in the same way as a country with a twenty-first century mentality. That''s why we''re having such a problem in Iraq and Afghanistan. With our "superior" weapons, army, intelligence, etc., we expect to be able to go in, get the job done in no time, and get out without a scratch.

Nope. Not gonna happen that way. The secret lies in education. Educate the women to educate their sons and daughters.

Then there would be no need to go to warl

[liselle3]

Sickening... These religions that place males so far above females just make me ill. They are barbarians.

[sandy19731]

Obama was born in Hawaii.
That would make the U.S. his country.
Now, take your meds.

[maypo]

Jeez, how soon people forget. This is what the Taliban and Al Qaeda were doing in Afghanistan. A girl was raped in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to years in prison because she got in a car with men who weren''t her relatives. Muslim extremists are a primitive savage group. You want to go to Somalia? We were there. We got run out back in the first year of Clintons Presidency. Go see the movie Black Hawk Down. Thats what we encountered there. It''s going to be a long hard battle fighting the Muslim fanatics.

[maypo]

Jeez, how soon people forget. This is what the Taliban and Al Qaeda were doing in Afghanistan. A girl was raped in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to years in prison because she got in a car with men who weren''t her relatives. Muslim extremists are a primitive savage group. You want to go to Somalia? We were there. We got run out back in the first year of Clintons Presidency. Go see the movie Black Hawk Down. Thats what we encountered there. It''s going to be a long hard battle fighting the Muslim fanatics.

[bdvpa]

Obama was born in Kenya, he won''t release his birth certificate to prove otherwise.

[sandy19731]

If you want to believe that Obama was born in Kenya, go ahead.
Welcome President Biden!!

But, please check your facts. The Hawaii authorities have verified his birth over and over.

[yunny80]

man you people need to stop grouping black people. white men are a majority of the child molesters in this country so group yourself if you want to. and as for those sick as militants i wish the us would have sent a couple cruise missles to clean that stadium out of the murderous morons. i hope those militants all die a slow painful death poor kid.

[sandy19731]

Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome ****** said Friday that she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama%u2019s original birth certificate.

Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the U.S. Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama%u2019s citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.

[wow123451]

wow - i cannot believe that in only 13 comments to a horrifying story about a child being gang raped and then stoned to death for committing this "crime" it devolved immediately into a debate about Barack Obama''s heritage with the insinuation that he not only belongs to the religion claimed by these animals but that he might be capable of this sort of violence. You people are sick.

[lynnmac3]

My God, this story is about the rape and subsequent brutal murder of a child in Somalia. It has nothing to do with Barack Obama. You people claim to be Christians but you come across as being as crazed and vicious as the men who killed this child. Do you have any idea of the teachings of Christ? For example, love, tolerance, peace, acceptance of all people?

[kimb54]

Wow looks like they are using Palin%u2019s play book in dealing with what they think is sin. The girl must not have been a %u201CREAL SOMALI%u201D

[toolmangler-2009]

Posted by d7767w at 01:19 PM : Nov 01, 2008



If I had been born in Russia I would still be an American citizen because my Mother was and it wouldn''t matter who my father was as long as my mother had not renounced her citizenship. (before you start, I was born in the lower 48 before WWII)

[sandy19731]

Oh,
you are mistaken, I never claimed to be Christian or the believer of any "God" as the people who viciously murdered this little girl claim.

Religion ruins everything.

[susanhelit]

This isn''t Islam - this is primitive tribal "justice" - look at "Christian justice" in those same types of countries (and there are some places there that are "christian"), and you''ll find the same and worse. It''s primitive tribal mores, that''s all.

It''s barbaric, disgusting, and what happens when justice is black and white, doesn''t care about mitigating circumstances.

[solarrays247-2009]

My God, this story is about the rape and subsequent brutal murder of a child in Somalia. It has nothing to do with Barack Obama. You people claim to be Christians but you come across as being as crazed and vicious as the men who killed this child. Do you have any idea of the teachings of Christ? For example, love, tolerance, peace, acceptance of all people?

Posted by Lynnmac3 at 01:55 PM : Nov 01, 2008

Amen...

[markavelli2]

""teachings of Christ? For example, love, tolerance, peace, acceptance of all people? ""

Well almost all people. There is that part about *** and lesbians being sinners. And that part about anyone who tries to stop christinas from spreading the word will go to hell...which means all non-believers. But thats all.

[amazedd]

Bloody saviges!

[toolmangler-2009]

The only way Somalia will ever know peace is if it is Nuked flat from border to border. Same thing for the Mid East..
I am not advocating it, merely acknowledging it as a fact.

[retrovvvisio]

This poor young girl had no chance at all...
Born in the wrong country. Born female.
The most vulnerable stoned for being a victim of rape... punished for the sin of men.

One of the most despicable acts ever committed.

God will be the final judge.
Nobody scapes judgement.
And that will be for eternity.

[retrovvvisio]

This poor young girl had no chance at all...
Born in the wrong country. Born female.
The most vulnerable stoned for being a victim of rape... punished for the sin of men.

One of the most despicable acts ever committed.

God will be the final judge.
Nobody scapes judgement.
And that will be for eternity.

[pulleco]

Obama''s friend Rashid Khalidi supports this very kind of Islamist "law" and governance. He clearly has supported the concept of strapping bombs on your children and sending them out as "suicide" bombers in Palestine.

[gramto8]

Obama''''s friend Rashid Khalidi supports this very kind of Islamist "law" and governance. He clearly has supported the concept of strapping bombs on your children and sending them out as "suicide" bombers in Palestine.

Posted by pulleco at 02:55 PM : Nov 01, 2008

Yep, this Rashid Khalidi is a real menace. He got his Doctorate of Philosophy at a really radical university in England known as Oxford University. They teach all sorts of evil there. And he is using his radical learning in the most vile way. He is teaching it to others at Columbia University in the City of New York. What better way to indoctrinate more young people?
[...sarcasm off..]

[sandy19731]

That''s very good sarcasm!

Thanks!

[jerr11]

I think this story is important.

I plan to vote for McCain so 13 year old kids in Somalia don''t get stoned again.

Heck what do we care about the national economy, if we can''t stop these senseless killings in other godforsaken lands!

So Vote for McCain/Palin.

Vote for more republican spending.

$10 TRILLION under Bush/Cheney.

McCain promises to top that with a $20 TRILLION debt in the next four years.

[treehgr07]

Too many off topics comments. This poor girl - the horror of it all. It is an outrage.

[toolmangler-2009]

That''''s very good sarcasm!
Thanks!
Posted by sandy19731 at 03:20 PM : Nov 01, 2008



Agreed 100%,,, Most times youth is wasted on the young, you seem to be an exception.

[treehgr07]

Indeed it is....
Just as hard as it is to fight the Christian fanatics and Jewish fanatics....who have robbed this country of its civil rights in the name of security.

Posted by MrNrgmizer

__________________
I am fairly certain that the US government does not a majority of Jewish and Christian fanatics. That said, the point that we have lost many civil rights, or at least had them diminished, is the result of folks who want to run this country for their own selfish ideological view points, that they want to shove down our throats.

[toolmangler-2009]

Indeed it is....
Just as hard as it is to fight the Christian fanatics and Jewish fanatics....who have robbed this country of its civil rights in the name of security.
Posted by MrNrgmizer at 02:25 PM : Nov 01, 2008



Lets not forget the "Enviro-freaks" "White (or any other color) extremist, Se xual orentation freaks (either side) and...... somebody make a list.....

[govwatch-2009]

This is muslim shira law, coming to your city soon. Are you ready? Or, are you going to fight to prevent it. Freedom is not free!

[toolmangler-2009]

When will the only universal ''RIGHT'' we have come into play??????

"Your ''right'' to swing your fist stops where my nose begins"

Use your minds and lets not get stupid with answers on this one.

[f_nietzsche-2009]

Now I know why I have never believed in God.

[rose_thorn]

Horrifically senseless and frightening. Men stoning a child over a rape. Psychotic mental patients gone wild gone global.

Rape is a world wide offense. Odd the men are capable of such a crime but too cowardly to admit it. And too rotten not to do it in the first place. Sounds more like an organized assasination of the key witness to telling who raped her - Not being paranoid, it is what it is.

[rose_thorn]

Now I know why I have never believed in God.
Posted by F_Nietzsche at 03:44 PM : Nov 01, 2008
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The Father did not commit these acts. Mankind did and continue to quite in spite of The Father. It''s a choice. Stop making The Father responsible for what mankind decides to do. When given the gift of life, one would think that doing all to sustain and support that life for health, fun, love, intelligence would be a reasonable path to walk. But no. Continuously the choice keeps being NO. Psychotic.

[eclecticman1]

Posted by sandy19731 at 01:21 PM : Nov 01, 2008

There is no concrete proof that he was born in Hawaii, no birth records from a Hospital and no legal birth certificate. The birth certificate he has shown is not legally stamped. If you have proof otherwise lets us know.

Well there was the notice in the local newspaper. Does that mean anything?

[sonofra1]

this is a tragic and sad end to suffer. i can only hope that she was knocked-out by the time the third stone touched her.

[policrypt]

Welcome to politics controlled by religion.

[standlee5]

Don''t blame this on religion. It''s barbarism a throwback to the middle ages. I hope these people are screened before they''re able to immgrate to the USA.

[policrypt]

Don''''t blame this on religion.
Posted by standlee5 at 04:33 PM : Nov 01, 2008
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Oh, yeah. Religion had NOTHING to do with this.

[missingamerica]

Religion didn''t have anything to do with this - when man uses religion to kill, he has left his religion behind in order to satiate his blood-lust.

He/they may not be smart enough to know that, but the rest of the world is smart enough to refuse to tolerate it.

[f_nietzsche-2009]

The Father did not commit these acts. Mankind did and continue to quite in spite of The Father. It''''s a choice. Stop making The Father responsible for what mankind decides to do. When given the gift of life, one would think that doing all to sustain and support that life for health, fun, love, intelligence would be a reasonable path to walk. But no. Continuously the choice keeps being NO. Psychotic.


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Posted by Rose_Thorn at 04:04 PM : Nov 01, 2008

Rose:

God is an unprovable conjecture.

To wit: Man has created god to comfort himself and make himself feel important in a meaningless universe.

Honestly, if there is a god, it either cares not about us at all, or it is a vicious *** who delights in the torment of its creations.

That''s my take on the subject of god.