There was a news story that broke about the tragic death of Asifa Bano. Asifa was eight years old and her body was found mutilated and brutally beaten in the Indian Provence of Kashmir. Asifa was kidnapped while playing outside and taken to a Hindu Temple and gang-raped by at least five grown men. She was then strangled and stoned to ensure her death. These types of stories keep coming from South-Asia and as a South asian American I am horrified. Asifa was a muslim girl in a highly populated Hindu area. The religious tensions are even higher in Kashmir as this event was religiously motivated. Several men have been taken into custody but the corrupt system in India will most likely set these men free. I think as a western nation it is important to put pressure on the Indian government to punish these men for this heinous crime.
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