About

This web page began publishing in 2008 to honor the eight women of Village Mirwah who were buried alive for family honor in Babakot, Balochistan, by male family members and local male dignitaries.

In 2012, this page was expanded to include the demand to Repeal Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws and for the establishment of a Secular Pakistan.

Now, by combining them, we’ll be able to see all these issues woven together- as they are. The transitions are apparent on its pages and posts, and in the header images below.

August 2016

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Header Image
‘lhore lhore ae’ by Shahid Mirza

‘Azadi 1’ by Shahid Mirza

Previous Header Images
Photo by AsAd Khan

Photo by Comrade Dilawer

Painting by Navpreet Kaur

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Blasphemy is another ‘Honour Killing’ Platform.
Please Don’t Support It

‘Honour Killings’
Description

Where women, and some men, are harassed and killed by the male members of their families on the pretext of ‘saving the honour of the family’, but actually to keep control of the property and sexuality rights of women.

Male members are supported by the local authorities such as the police, jirgas, civil and army administrators, and other influentials, in propagating and committing these violent and abusive crimes.

This vile concept of control of women through extreme punishment is presented by the mainstream culture as a crucial part of the ‘moral fibre’ of Pakistani society.

‘Honour Killings’ support male control and power over all women, but most women who actually get killed are the poorest in a city, town or village.

Do you support ‘Honour Killings’?

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Blasphemy
Description

Where non-Muslim and Muslim men, and some women, are killed or required to be killed by the extreme religious Muslim groups on the pretext of ‘saving the honour of Islam and its prophet’, but actually (1> to keep control of the property and civic rights of non-Muslims and Muslim minority sects, and (2> to use it as a Muslim-mob-generating hysterical street weapon for their petty political ends.

The extreme religious Muslim groups are supported by the local Muslim authorities such as the police, jirgas, civil and army administrators, politicians, lawyers, educators and other dignitaries in propagating and committing these violent and abusive crimes.

This vile concept of control over minority communities through extreme punishment is presented as a crucial part of the ‘moral fibre’ of Pakistani Muslim society.

‘Blasphemy Killings’ support the control and power of Muslims of a majority ruling sect over all non-Muslim and minority Muslim communities, but most people who actually get killed are the poorest in a city, town or village.

Do you Support ‘Blasphemy Killings’?

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Blasphemy is another ‘Honour Killing’ Platform.
Please Don’t Support It!

From
Repeal Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/RepealBlasphemyLaws

Web Page
https://lifethelove.wordpress.com/
Email
uddari@live.ca
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This web page supports the movement to
– Repeal Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws
– Repeal the Hudood Ordinances
– Abolish Shariat Courts, Jirgas, other parallel legal outfits
– Separate religion from the state
– Develop equitable economic and social structures

October 2012

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It was created in July 2008 to honour eight women of Village Mirwah who were buried alive in Babakot, Balochistan. First, we found that five women were buried alive by their male relatives for intending to act against the wishes of an illegal Jirga.
1. Fatima, 45
2. Jannat, 38
3. Fauzia, 18
4. Unnamed 1, 16-18
5. Unnamed 2, 16-18

Teens Fauzia, Unnamed 1 and Unnamed 2 were abducted, beaten, shot, and buried alive for intending to contract civil marriages with three young men of their choice.

Fatmah and Jannat were pushed into the same grave for trying to stop the burying alive of the three young women. Fatmah and Jannat were married to Umeed Ali Umrani and Qaiser Khan; we do not know if there are any children.

Fauzia was the daughter of Ata Mohammad Umrani. The identities of the other two young women who were buried alive that day, are still unknown.

Later, we found that three older women of the same village were buried alive at the same place after, for objecting to the live burials of five women. We know that at least one of the three women had small children.

About love and life
Most women are murdered and abused by the people (men) we love
Our fathers, brothers, sons
Husbands and lovers
Grandfathers and uncles.
Most women are murdered and abused by the people (men) who are ‘expected’ to love us back
Our fathers, brothers, sons
Husbands and lovers
Grandfathers and uncles.

We explore this subject to fathom our love lives.

July 2008

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This blog is managed by Fauzia Rafique from Vancouver Lower Mainland, an area established on the unceded territories of Satesh Salish peoples, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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