‘Behind the curtains of silence’

Was her dress way too short for you to lower your gaze or is a diaper more tempting to you now? Shall we blame a mother for not covering the body of her three year old ‘properly’ or rather a dress code that doesn’t dazzle your eyes no more? Or is it a hijabi’s fault who walked proudly down the streets without thinking that she’s just another girl meant to satisfy the needs of a MAN!?

Women don’t get raped because they were drunk or high on drugs. They don’t get raped because they weren’t careful or properly dressed. They get raped because someone RAPED them! I’m talking about women but today, on my land it’s about a little innocent girl, Aiman Zehra who was brutally raped by a 24 year old beast at a village Trigam of Bandipora District, Kashmir.

Unfortunate part of the episode is that a principal is issuing fake DOB certificate to the culprit in order to cover the criminal and declare him as a 19 year old minor!

Such incident is enough to estimate plight of the women in Kashmir. Women are not safe neither outside nor now at home.

No wonder you must feel proud of yourselves, your holy brains and sacred bodies!

 I’m gripped by shame, not because the beast had it’s prey but due to the fact that we’re hiding ourselves behind the curtains of silence. What is this pride for? What if we or our families would’ve been the victims of what happened with her?

A dirty fish in a sea doesn’t mean the water is contaminated but it does lack something needed by the fish. I won’t flaunt about our education systems or our so called ‘social ethics’ but what about our basic etiquettes? What about the tag, ‘Human beings’ we’re wearing? Are we even worthy of beholding this title? I guess not.

Before calling ourselves the saints of our religion, we need to understand our religion first.  

#justiceforAimanZehra #justiceforwomen #hangtheculprittilldeath