Shani Louk’s father says infamous photo of Hamas
parading her body shows ‘darkness’ Israel faces
The father of murdered Israeli concert-goer Shani Louk appeared Monday night at a pro-Israel rally in Times Square, where he said the enduring image of her lifeless body being paraded around by Hamas terrorists illustrates the “darkness” the Jewish state is fighting against.
Nissim Louk told The Post that before-and-after photos of his 23-year-old German Israeli daughter on Oct. 7 — which appeared in countless newspapers the next day — emphasize what’s at stake in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
One photo shows the young tattoo artist joyfully dancing at a music festival in Israel and the other shows her half-naked body in the back of a pickup truck after Hamas militants stormed the event.
“This picture is very important because this picture shows from one side, Shani — beautiful, amazing, bright light to the world, and from the other side you see these militants in the pickup with machine guns that bring trouble and pain to the world and nobody can mix these two pictures,” he said in an exclusive interview.
“And whenever you don’t know who you are, you don’t know: ‘Am I the bad guy? Am I the good guy?’ You don’t know. Look at these pictures — and it immediately straightens everything out.
“You see that Shani is the light and that Shani is part of the Jewish people. We are the light. The other part is darkness. They bring pain to the world and suffering and that’s what happened to her,” he continued. “She died that day.”
Nissim previously defended an Associated Press photographer who snapped pictures of the grim scene of his daughter’s mangled body in the back of the pickup. He called it one of the most important photos of the last 50 years.
The heartbroken dad, who flew into New York last Thursday, remembered Shani as a “beautiful girl” and “free spirit” on Monday.
“Wherever she went, she brought light and happiness,” he added.
Shani Louk became one of the most recognizable faces of the Oct. 7 massacre when Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis and took more than 200 others hostage in Gaza.
The young woman was confirmed dead weeks later after earlier reports indicated she might have survived the initial attack.
Nissim talked about his daughter at several synagogues during his time in the US over the last few days before appearing along with roughly 1,000 people Monday to celebrate the 76th anniversary of Israel’s independence, which he called an “amazing miracle” following the Holocaust.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who spoke at Monday’s event, said attendees remembered the Israeli soldiers who have died since 1948, as well as the victims of Hamas’ attack last year, before they celebrated the creation of the Jewish state.
“What are we doing here? We’re showing that Jewish people are alive, well, unafraid, un-scared, frickin’ visible, in your face, in the street, in New York City, baby, in Times Square. It was epic,” the rabbi told The Post.
A Jewish couple who also traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan said it’s important to show that the Jewish people are “alive and vibrant.”
“We’re here to stay to share in our Jewish pride and to celebrate the day that Israel got its independence,” 30-year-old Moshe Gitler said.
“It’s really an independence for all of us. Israel makes us Jews feel safe.”
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The Indian sub-continent is the worst place in the world to be a girl...
Islamic Republic of Pakistan:
Muslims brutalize non-Muslim children
and force them to convert to Islam
The international establishment media is indifferent to such incidents, because it has a paradigm: Muslims are always brown victims and Christians are always white oppressors. If a story doesn’t fit that template, it is unworthy of attention.
In Pakistan, Non-Muslim Children Are Brutalised
and Forcibly Converted to Islam
by Uzay Bulut, European Conservative, May 10, 2024:
A 13-year-old Christian girl, Sania Amin, went missing on April 4 after she left home to buy groceries in Anjotar, a village in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Local eyewitnesses reported that three Muslims took her by force and dragged her through the streets. Pakistani police refused to register a “First Information Report” (FIR) for Sania’s abduction.
Christian Today reported on April 15:
A Christian family in Pakistan has been left devastated after police refused to register a case about the alleged kidnapping and forced marriage of their 13-year-old daughter, Sania Amin. Despite the frantic appeals of her father Amin Masih, authorities have turned a blind eye, claiming the young girl converted to Islam and wed her supposed abductor … The distraught family has made repeated pleas to investigators, even presenting documents that appear to show Sania’s forced conversion and wedding. However, the police have remained unmoved, indifferent to the potential criminality of marrying a child.
This is not an isolated case. Pakistan has an endemic of abductions, rapes, forced conversions, and forced marriages of minority children and women. The Associated Press reported in 2020 that, each year, nearly 1,000 non-Muslim girls are forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan, largely to pave the way for underage marriages that are non-consensual.
The lack of accountability for perpetrators has led to a surge in these types of crimes. In the first four months of this year, there has been a sharp increase in similar cases impacting young Christian and Hindu girls in Pakistan. Consider the case of Chanda Maharaj, also known as Chanda Kumari, a Hindu girl. Based on a court ruling, she has recently been sent back to the Muslim man who abducted her. This occurred after she spent a year and three months in a shelter home. Chanda was 15 when she was kidnapped by a Muslim on 12 August 2022. The incident occurred in Sindh, Pakistan while she was walking home with her sister. Marco Respinti, a journalist with Bitter Winter, reported on March 15:
Initially, the police refused to take action on the complaint filed by the Hindu girl’s parents. Finally, after the international campaign supporting her, in October 2022 Chanda was rescued by police from her ‘husband’ and taken to a shelter home. However, on October 20 a court ruled that her conversion and ‘marriage’ were valid and sent her back to her kidnapper, Shaman Magsi. The parents appealed, and in December 2022 Chandra was taken again to the shelter home although she had clearly expressed to the court her wish to be with her family.
The Pakistani persecution against Chanda did not end there. In March of 2024, the court determined that Chanda’s biological age made it legal for her to be with her ‘husband,’ although her birth certificate said she was not yet 17. As a result, she was taken back to her abductor. Respinti notes that, “There has been no hearing; she has not been heard [at a court of law], and her parents learned about her situation after she was taken back to the home of her kidnapper [against her will].”
On 11 April 2024, UN experts expressed dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls belonging to minority communities in Pakistan….
India: Muslim gets life sentence for killing
his pregnant sister for marrying a Hindu
The Qur’an forbids Muslim women to marry “idolaters”: “Do not marry idolatresses until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave woman is better than an idolatress, even though she pleases you. And do not give your daughters in marriage to idolaters until they believe, for indeed, a believing slave is better than an idolater, even though he pleases you. These people invite you to the fire, and Allah invites you to the garden, and to forgiveness by his grace, and explains his signs to mankind so that perhaps they will remember.” (Qur’an 2:221)
Hindu husband’s throat slit, nine-month-pregnant wife stabbed to death:
Shafique sentenced to life imprisonment for killing sister
who converted to Hinduism, her husband
OpIndia, May 7, 2024:
A bloodcurdling incident from 2016 has come to the fore from Maharashtra’s Thane after the sessions court handed down a life sentence to a man named Shafique Mansuri for killing his pregnant sister, who had converted to Hinduism to marry a Hindu man, in an “honour killing” case. The woman’s husband, Vijay Shankar, was murdered by the accused.
Mansuri, employed at a Jari factory in Mumbai, was also fined a total of Rs. 1,10,000 by Additional Sessions Judge DS Deshmukh.
Convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder, Mansuri’s victims were identified as Vijayshankar Yadav, 30, and his wife Priya Yadav, 22. Priya, who had converted from Muslim to Hinduism to marry Vijay Shankar, resided in Mumbai’s Shil-Phata locality and was expecting at the time of their deaths.
The couple had eloped from their Uttar Pradesh village to settle in Thane, facing opposition from Priya’s family. Despite the police confirming their marital status and allowing them to continue living together, Priya’s family remained staunchly against the union.
Suspicions arose in the Uttar Pradesh village regarding Mansuri’s involvement in facilitating the couple’s marriage. These accusations reportedly troubled Mansuri deeply. When Priya mentioned plans to visit their village, fearing reprisal from villagers, Mansuri allegedly devised a plan.
Moving in with the couple, Mansuri purportedly intoxicated Vijay Shankar heavily on the day of the murders. He then fatally stabbed both victims before fleeing, securing the door from outside….
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