Amazing What Religious Extremists Will Do Sometimes
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage.
"These are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, said Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid."
Their "immoral act" was wanting to choose their own husbands. Three were teenage girls and two were older women who expressed support for the girls' decision to choose their own husbands.