Muslim bride in UK was beaten daily by so-called husband
Another serious case of a woman abused not only by her Islamic "husband", but also by her Islamic "mother-in-law". From the Daily Mail (via FOX):
A young Muslim bride was constantly beaten and treated like a slave after arriving in Britain from Pakistan following an arranged marriage, a court heard.The would-be husband's family even took jewelry from her:
Sania Bibi, 20, was allegedly forced to work 17-hour days as she cooked, cleaned and washed clothes for her husband Haroon Akhtar's family.
She was usually attacked at least twice a day by her husband, who threw her down the stairs on one occasion after his mother complained she had not been doing her chores properly, the jury heard.
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Giving evidence from behind a screen and using an interpreter, Mrs Bibi - who said she came from a middle-class family - said her gruelling days lasted from 6am to 11pm.
'I was told I had been brought here as a servant and I was told I had to do all the work,' she said.
Akhtar allegedly returned to the UK two weeks later without having consummated the marriage and his mother Zafia Bibi, 49, and father Ali Akhtar, 55, followed, taking jewellery their daughter-in-law had been given at the wedding.So even her own family abandoned her? Sick. She's fortunate if she's made it to a shelter. She should turn her back on even her own family altogether in retaliation for their own betrayal.
Mrs Bibi - who claimed not to have seen the jewellery since - travelled to Britain on September 7, 2006, and went to live with them in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
But she said on her arrival she discovered her husband's two brothers, older sister and her three young children were also living in the house.
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Her clothes and shoes were confiscated and she was given pyjamas as work clothes.
She was allowed to change into normal clothes only when guests came. She also claimed she was never allowed to have money and was banned from answering the door or using the phone.
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The court heard the first beating happened a week after her arrival.
Akhtar allegedly grabbed her by the hair and pushed her against a window before becoming abusive about her family and calling her brothers 'bastards and dogs'.
The jury was told the beatings happened every day, usually before her husband went to his job in IT and on his return.
Once, Zafia Bibi allegedly became angry that the housework had not been done properly and called her son, who attacked his wife in the bathroom before throwing her down the stairs.
Mrs Bibi said she confided in relatives during a visit to Blackburn, but they told her: 'Now that you are married you have to stay there and it is family honour. You belong to that family. You no longer belong to us.'
On her return, the court heard, one brother-in-law threatened to send her back to Pakistan and her sister-in-law said she was going to be sent to a mental asylum, where she would be given electric shocks.
She was finally expelled from the house early in 2007, collected by taxi and driven to her relatives' home.
Labels: islam, londonistan, misogyny
