Girl sentenced to death after being raped by a mullah in a mosque in Afghanistan

A ten years old girl in Afghanistan was raped by a mullah in a mosque and risk being murdered by their own relatives' family dishonor "after police took her from the shelter for women and returned to a parent. This may end in a tragic event, because of primitive traditions of the Afghans.

Mullah Mohammad Amin was arrested by police and confessed to having sex with the girl after hours of recitation of the Qur'an in the mosque was taking place on 1 May. Abuser claims that he didn't knew the girl's age, believing that she is at least 17 years and accuses her that she made ​​advances.  

According to the statement of the girl and the doctors who cared for her, the rape was so brutal that has caused fractures and severe vaginal bleeding that put her life in danger because the family was late to go to the hospital. Medical personnel file submitted photos from rape, violence certifying that has undergone, confirming the fact that the girl has a little over 20 kilograms and has not even entered puberty.

Two women officer who handled the case received a serious threat from the Afghan mullahs - some are even Taliban-and from other fellow officers. Everyone insists for the girl's age 17, an age at which girls are eligible for marriage, and for "seducing men." The last argument is used in almost all cases of rape in Afghanistan.

Once out of the hospital, the girl was taken to a shelter for women in Afghanistan, where he received treatment and counseling. The authorities have handled the case because they had information that the girl will be killed in an "honor killing" as dishonored the family. Mullah offered to marry her to save her from death, as is done traditionally in the region. Activists from the center insisted that she should remain in the shelter.

Last week, however, the inevitable happened: the local police decided to return the girl to her family, although she will be killed. The girl's case has repercussions on Afghan women's shelter, where she hosted the girl. Center director, Dr. Hassin Sarwar, began to receive death threats from the girl's family, and some mullahs, who insist that the girl is 17. Sarwar had to hide for several weeks in order to protect her's life. The last threat came from a police commander and head shelter said that she plans to leave the country, as no one can guarantee her safety, even authorities.