Farkhunda was like an innocent bird when she was burned by a mob on March 19, 2015. The 27-year-old woman was a religious studies student who graduated from Aisha Darul Uloom. Ignorant and cruel people who know nothing about humanity killed her in very brutal way.
Let’s imagine for a while that we are Farkhunda. What would you do if more than a hundred people beat you with stones and sticks and in case you were still alive, ran over you with a car and finally burned your body?
We cannot imagine this because it is beyond belief. But she felt all these horrors. I live in a country that is nearly 98 percent Muslim, yet the majority of people do not know about Islam and the Qur’an because about 75 percent of them are illiterate.
Among the hundred people who killed Farkhunda, no one stood up and said, “This is against the law.” It shows that all of them were illiterate. It is a shame our corrupt government has failed for fourteen years to take steps forward to correct these outrages and injustices.
Farkhunda’s attack is unprecedented, but she is not the first woman to face terrible violence in Afghanistan. Everyday women face forced marriages, a lack of access to justice, and a lack of access to education.
Let’s raise our voices and stop such cruel actions from being repeated. It is time to make a decision. Do not let brutal people use our Islamic beliefs in the wrong way.
I offer my condolences to the family of martyr Farkhunda. She is a heroine of the century and history will record her death as a dark day.
By Afsana
Brava, Afsana! Thank you for speaking up and for sharing these strong words.
“Let’s raise our voices and stop such cruel actions from being repeated. It is time to make a decision. Do not let brutal people use our Islamic beliefs in the wrong way”
Indeed!
Stacy
Afsana — Thank you so much for writing this and “raising your voice” with your strong words about this horrific event. May your words stir many hearts and minds into making that important decision to not let Islamic beliefs be used against people. Nancy
Beautifully written, Afsana! Yes, I agree with you that it is important to raise your voice and speak out against this senseless violence. I can see your passion in this essay and your desire to make the voices of women in Afghanistan heard. Please keep writing.
Thank you for sharing your piece of work Dear.. One person cannot do anything unless the whole nation raise their voice, this is truly not the first time that a woman is being treated violently. If all educated people raise their voice and put them into action so maybe there might would come any sort of change in our country.
Please keep writing.
Well done, Afsana. Fight back with your pen!