RELIGIOUS OPPRESSION OF WOMEN IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Motion Text

That this House expresses its deep sense of outrage at the brutal beheading of three innocent Muslim girls and a Muslim woman in District Rajoum, Jammu and Kashmir by terrorist because they refused to wear a veil; is particularly aggrieved that women have been directed not to attend schools or colleges by religious fanatics, which harks back to the medieval attitudes of the Taliban in Afghanistan; and offers its full support to the government of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who was elected in a free and fair election in October 2002 and is fully committed to equality of opportunity for all sections of Kashmiri society regardless of race, religion or gender.