Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, has been murdered. May Allah grant her and the country she loved so much peace.
What’s especially disgusting about this news is that, in many outlets, it’s being accompanied by an assessment of the price of goods, stocks, currency, or oil. A woman has been murdered, and all anyone cares about is the impact on money. Estaghfirallah.
Updates: The New York Times writes a nasty obituary about her: “…the dance of veils she has deftly performed…” Really?
That is indeed horrible.And Wikipedia’s article on it has an entire “Economic” section under “Aftermath.”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto_assassination
Thanks for posting this. I had wanted to but thought it would be best to leave that for you to post. This is so tragic.And you’re right about how many networks have been talking about economic consequences. I am disgusted by such talk. Justt wait a few days at least before looking at that.As much as there was controversy around her there is no doubt this woman was extremely brave. Just looking at her history – her father being assasinated as a result of a military coup, her being placed under house arrest, both her brothers being murdered, and then of course her political career – demonstrates her courage. They’ve shown a few times on the news how she once said that real Muslim don’t kill women. They know that if they kill women they will go to hell. Therefore she said she did not feel fear. Well, I hope that whoever did this, just as those who do these things in other parts of the world to others, rots in hell.
Where did you find out that Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility? And what is their reason? I mean I know they’re not very fond of women being leaders (or doing anything for that matter) so I can only imagine the reasons, but I’m thinking it may have something to do with her saying that she would allow America to come into Pakistan and find extremists.
It is depressing to see the economics tied in to an immensely courageous woman’s life. I have to say I also really dislike the fervor with which so many news organizations are talking about the corruption charges against her, as if she were personally responsible. I’m not saying that she or her husband might not have been involved, just that pointing her out as if she was the only corrupt official in Pakistan, EVER, is ludicrous. In fact, it reminds me of the Columbia shuttle disaster, all the news were talking about were the heroic astronauts – apart from Kalpana Chawna, who was a woman, Asian, and had made some errors unrelated to the mission. Nothing at all about the trail she blazed for other Asian women, women of color, or Asians in general.Heck, it’s been 4 years and I’m still annoyed.My point is that Benazir Bhutto deserves better than ‘her political history was best known for charges of corruption’.