In a shocking revelation, parents in Pakistan are reportedly putting padlocks on the graves of their deceased daughters to protect them from being raped. According to reports, the number of necrophilia cases in the nation is rising.
It has become ingrained in our collective psyche that a woman is raped every two hours in a nation that takes great pride in its family-oriented values. The appalling sight of padlocks on female graves is enough to make the entire society hang its head in shame and never dare to look at the supposedly honorable vessels.
Harris Sultan, an ex-Muslim atheist activist and the author of the book “The Curse of God, why I Left Islam” blamed hardline Islamist ideology for such depraved acts.
“Pakistan has created such a horny, sexually frustrated society that people are now putting padlocks on the graves of their daughters to prevent them from getting raped. When you link the burqa with rape, it follows you to the grave,” Sultan tweeted on Wednesday.
This is being done in a last-ditch effort to protect the integrity of dead bodies in the event that any rabid creatures decide to cherry-pick them to satisfy their lust. One can’t help but comprehend the need to defend loved ones given the epidemic rise in necrophilia.
Another Twitter user Sajid Yousaf Shah wrote, “The social environment created by #Pakistan has given rise to a sexually charged and repressed society, where some people have resorted to locking their daughter’s graves to protect them from sexual violence. Such a connection between rape and an individual’s clothing only leads to a path filled with grief and despair.”
Women’s bodies were said to have been unearthed and desecrated on several occasions. A necrophilia case was reported in Pakistan in 2011 when a grave keeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North Nazimabad, Karachi was arrested after he confessed to raping 48 female corpses.
According to National Commission for Human Rights, more than 40 percent of Pakistani women have experienced some form of violence at least once in their lifetime.
A burned body of an 18-year-old who was allegedly slain with an axe was discovered nearby Indus Highway just a few days ago. Zahir Jaffer, the face of sexual assault in Islamabad, is attempting every legal maneuver to avoid being executed.
