Taliban’s issues matrimonial ‘fatwa’ in Pakistan

lusty Taliban’s issues matrimonial ‘fatwa’ in Pakistan
Taliban has now issued a new dictum in the areas under their sway in Pakistan’s troubled NWFP asking parents of grown up daughters to marry them to militants. Their cadre are reported to have blown up or torched over 100 girls’ schools in Swat.
TALIBAN NOWADAYS is busy searching life partners for its activists. This so-called new marriage campaign is being run in most of the areas in Pakistan’s troubled NWFP through regular announcements from mosques. If you thought that Taliban is in a transitional mode, then you are on the wrong track. This campaign is one of the latest attacks on female identity by the Taliban.Taliban has been known for its tough and rigid attitude towards the fairer sex and treats the females as second category citizens. The latest diktat issued by Taliban says that the parents of grown up daughters should own the responsibility of marrying them to Taliban activists who are fighting a ‘Jihad’. They have even threatened the families to abide by the orders or else be ready to face dire consequences. If parents did not act accordingly, the girls would be forcibly married off.This order to forcefully marrying girls to Taliban activists is seen as an extension of Taliban’s crusade against female freedom in the areas under its sway in North West Pakistan. This inhuman diktat came to light when some of the affected women dared to approach authorities to seek help.However, it is said that Pakistan government seems to have no control over north-western Swat valley which is considered a stronghold of the local Taliban. The situation has gone out of control and Taliban enjoys the status of an undeclared government. In the backdrop of this matrimonial diktat recently, Taliban had banned girls from going to schools and followers of Pakistani Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah have since been reported to have blown up or torched over 100 girls’ schools in Swat.Taliban have barred women from going to markets and have threatened them of harsh consequences if found outside their homes without identity cards and a male relative accompanying them. In case of couples, they are to carry with them marriage certificates to escape punishment.As if all such brutalities imposed by Taliban in the last decade were not enough, they have come out with the order against female education and forceful marriage with the terrorists. This would definitely hamper the prospects of those families where the bread owners are female members.