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In reply to the discussion: Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)It should first be pointed out that your comparison of rape rates in Bangladesh to those of the United States is tu quoque nonsense. What happens here does not justify what happens there. Not that anyone here would jump to the defense of "American rape" anyway.
But rape is only half of the equation. The other half is how the Bangladeshi authorities respond to rape, which, according to Amnesty International, is beyond inadequate.
Yes, Bangladesh is ostensibly secular, but as it was already keenly pointed out, the rule of law rarely extends beyond urban environs. Remote, isolated rural villages and towns are left to their own devices, without much in the way of federal oversight. In the absence of formal legal authorities in these regions, villagers are shown to rely on "traditional" punitive measures, such as honor killings (which number in the thousands per year in Bangladesh) or coercing victims into marrying their attackers.
Since you have apparently failed to grasp this simple fact, I'll reiterate: these conditions are by no means a reflection of Bangladeshis, or Muslims, as a whole. These conditions are not, however, insignificant.