Islam, Pakistan, Infanticide

Baby Corpses Prepared for Burial

In Pakistan, a nation formed specifically as a Muslim nation, babies are being murdered on a grand scale. According to Islamic Law, babies born outside of wedlock are condemned and the adults are considered adulterers, which is a crime punishable by death.

Last year the Edhi Foundation reports there were over a thousand babies murdered. These are what’s known from major cities, and in a mostly rural country, what’s going on is unknown. Unsurprisingly the majority of the babies are girls.

Babies are left in garbage dumps to die, or are dumped there mutilated. Many are taken there and stoned to death.

It’s against Pakistani law to abandon a baby to die, but the cases are not prosecuted.

The Edhi Foundation has bought land to wash and give the babies a proper burial. It looks like more land will be needed because the murders are increasing; an estimated 1,210 last year, that was up from 890 in 2008 and 999 in 2009.