A followup to our original report.
Maybe Afghan lives matter after all:
An Afghan court has sentenced four men to death for their part in the brutal murder of a woman who was falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran.
In a slaying that shocked the nation and inspired calls for authorities to ensure equal rights for women and protection from violence, a 27-year-old woman named Farkhunda was savagely beaten to death in a frenzied mob attack in the capital Kabul earlier this year.
The religious scholar was pushed from a roof, run over by a car and set on fire before her body was thrown in the Kabul River in full view of several policeman after bogus rumours spread that she had deliberately damaged of copy of the Islamic holy book.
As well as the four death sentences, Judge Safiullah Mojadedi also jailed a further eight defendants to sixteen years in prison and dropped charges against eight. The proceedings are part of the trial of forty-nine suspects, including 19 police officers, with the remaining suspects due to be sentenced on Sunday.……
The charges included assault, murder and encouraging others to participate in the assault. The police officers were charged with neglecting their duties and failing to prevent the attack. After the hearing Farkhunda’s brother, Mujibullah, said that her family was angered by the leniency of the court toward the majority of the defendants.……
Okay, so maybe Afghan lives matter a little, and there's still a ways to go.
Farkhunda’s brutal killing shocked many Afghans, though some public and religious figures said it would have been justified if she had in fact damaged a Koran.
Okay, a long ways to go. Just wait until the Taliban - or ISIS - is back in power.
Exit question: is "Farkhunda" Arabic for "Pamela Geller"?
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