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The moment a Kurdish Yazidi teenage girl
was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy
1.5.2007 |
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Kurdish Yazizdi teenager was stoned to death her
family in city of MOSUL
May 1, 2007 -
(Northern Iraq-
Outside Kurdistan
region)
A 17-year-old girl has been stoned to death in Iraq
because she loved a teenage boy of the wrong
religion.
As a horrifying video of the stoning went out on the
Internet, the British arm of Amnesty International
condemned the death of Du’a Khalil Aswad as "an
abhorrent murder" and demanded that her killers be
brought to justice.
Reports from Iraq said a local security force
witnessed the incident, but did nothing to try to
stop it. Now her boyfriend is in hiding in fear for
his life.
Miss Aswad, a member of a minority Kurdish religious
group called Yezidi, was condemned to death as an
"honour killing" by other men in her family and
hardline religious leaders because of her
relationship with the Sunni Muslim bo
They said she had shamed herself and her family when
she failed to return home one night. Some reports
suggested she had converted to Islam to be closer to
her boyfriend.
Miss Aswad had taken shelter in the house of a
Yezidi tribal leader in Bashika, a predominantly
Kurdish town near the northern capital, Mosul
(Outside Kurdistan region).
A large crowd watched as eight or nine men stormed
the house and dragged Miss Aswad into the street.
There they hurled stones at her for half an hour
until she was dead. The stoning happened last month,
but only came to light yesterday with the release of
the Internet
video.
It is feared her death has already triggered a
retaliatory attack. Last week 23 Yezidi workmen were
forced off a bus travelling from Mosulto Bashika by
a group of Sunni gunmen and summarily shot dead. |
Dua Khalil Aswad, The teenager was dragged outside
by 8 or 9 men and stoned for half an hour until she
died. Her boyfriend is now in hiding in fear for his
life
Photo: taken from Kurdistannet.org |
An Amnesty International spokesman in London said
they receive frequent reports of honour crimes from
Iraq – particularly in the predominantly Kurdish
north.
Most victims are women and girls who are considered
by male relatives to have shamed their families by
immoral behaviour.
Kurdish authorities have introduced reforms
outlawing honour killings, but have failed to
investigate them or prosecute suspects, added the
Amnesty spokesman.
Kate Allen, the organisation’s UK director, said:
"This young girl’s murder is truly abhorrent and her
killers must be brought to justice.
"Unless the authorities respond vigorously to this
and any other reports of crimes in the name of
'honour', we must fear for the future of women in
Iraq."
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Religious significance
The Yazidis consider Melek Taus to be a benevolent
angel that has redeemed himself from his fall, and
has become a demiurge who created the cosmos from
the Cosmic Egg. After he repented, he cried for 7000
years, his tears filling 7 jars, which then quenched
the fires of hell.
Melek Taus is sometimes transliterated Malak Ta'us
or Malik Taws. In Semitic languages, malik variably
means "king" or "angel". Taus is
uncontroversially translated "peacock"; however, it
is important to note that peacocks are not, at least
currently, native to the lands where Melek Taus is
worshipped.
This has lead some to speculate that the worship of
Melek Taus was imported from India, though it is
more likely the peacock iconography is a development
from earlier representations depicting the god as a
native fowl, such as a bustard.
The Yazidi believe
that the founder of their religion, Sheikh Adi Ibn
Mustafa, was an avatar of Melek Taus. In art and
sculpture Melek Taus is depicted as peacock. The
Yazidi are thought to be unique in their depiction
of their primary god as a bird.
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