Many assbackwards Catholic areas in South America and the Philippines subscribe to the same practice of blaming the victim (not to the extent of branding someone an outcast...but close). It's not just a Muslim thing.
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Originally posted by Paul Waters
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=978132004
First bit reads:
SHAIKH AZIZUR RAHMAN IN CALCUTTA
THE dusty Berhampur Central jail, 120 miles north of Calcutta, provided the setting for a bizarre wedding last week between a rapist and his victim.
The victim faced a life as an outcast, ostracised and stigmatised by Indian society for being on the receiving end of a violent sexual crime.
But if her assailant married her, the shame would be lifted in the eyes of the local Muslim community.
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