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We have covered this earlier in the thread in response to Islamophobic stereotyping…but suffice to say, violence against women is not confined to Muslim society nor is prearranged marriage - the Indian caste system for example allows child marriage, stoning/honour killings and yet your comments reveal a general bias against Islam.
Ending child marriage and adolescent empowerment
India has the largest number of brides in the world.
www.unicef.org
Indian couple stoned to death for marrying outside caste - World - The Jakarta Post
The 29-year-old couple, from the same village in the southern state of Karnataka, had married three years ago against the wishes of their families and moved to Bangalore and other cities in the region, and had two children.
Killing honour in the name of ‘honour killings’
Honour killing’ — also called ‘shame killing’ — is the murder of an individual, mostly by the victim’s own family members, to protect the ‘’dignity’’ and ‘’hono
Indian teenager stoned to death by her father and brother because she loved somebody from the wrong village
Police believe Pratibha Khan, 19, was dragged from her home by father Jagpal, 65, and oldest brother Pradeep, 36, who 'smashed her face beyond recognition' before strangling her to death.
As for the tweet above - NO ONE here supports Hamas and have said repeatedly Hamas’s treatment of its own people has been violent at times, always oppressive and non-representative of their needs so this tweet proves very little and, I would suggest, it is actually far less favourable to your arguments in support of Israel than you might think;
As a direct result of Israel’s continued bombardments, 93% of the population in Gaza (50% of them children) are at immediate threat of dying from crisis levels of hunger - Israel has blocked aid, bombed food stores, and in particular have targeted bakeries in Gaza. There is now absolute chaos around aid deliveries/supplies as you get in any famine ravished countries when starving people become out of control in an effort to get food. If Hamas is firing shots over the heads of those attacking aid trucks (nb not killing them) as they drive through the border crossing, then I can only assume they are protecting the supplies either for themselves or for civilians/hostages who are still stuck in Northern Gaza who are sick or dying or both.
I would ask not why is Hamas shooting at Gazans attacking the aid deliveries, but why is so little aid getting into Gaza at all, that is making civilians act in utter desperation for food and medicine.
Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza
Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely among children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and older people.
Happy Christmas btw - I hope we can all have a truce for a few days
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