A saint of Suhrawardi School of thought during the time of King Aurangzeb, Shah Dola in Gujrat said, that he has the power to punish disobedient parents in shape of children with small heads. These children served at shrine and were called “Dolay Shah kay Chohey” or “Mouse of Dolay Shah” or “Rats of Dolay Shah”.
Hundred of thousands of people, specially incapable women, come to saint to get his blssing for the fulfillment of their wishes. In the result, the first born baby donate to work as a servent in Shrine. They put an “iron cap” on the head of that baby to stop the growth of his head, and later call it “Mouse of Dolay Shah”.
According to old tradition, incapable women who worship at shrine of Saint Dolay Shah, will become fertile. But unless they donate their first born to shrine as a servant, all of their babies will born disabled.
Well that's the who story of “Dolay Shah kay Chohey” or “Rats of Dolay Shah”. This shrine is not under the control of Govt of Pakistan. There may be almost 10,000 of these “Rats of Dolay Shah”, mostly in Punjab and specially in the city of Gujrat.
That's another example of human rights violation in the name of religion on silly people who leave their kids in the premises tomb to fulfill their own wishes. The head of these children are donned with steel helmets to stop their growth.
Credit: Sabi-pkitforum.com
Why is this not a human rights issue yet and why hasn't the Pakistani government or the Human Rights Movements intervened?
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07-29-2011 at 06:37 PM
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This makes me sickkkkk to the stomach
07-29-2011 at 06:52 PM
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I'm a little shocked, in a bad way (obviously). It's so horrible to think that things like this are still going on in the world today.
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I have an upset stomach now..
07-29-2011 at 07:05 PM
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This is an absolutely disgusting practice. It kind of reminds me of chinese foot-binding.
For those of you who can understand urdu or hindi, there is a documentary on the practice on youtube:
mally, Salik all say thanks to doppelganger for this post.
07-29-2011 at 07:39 PM
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The worst part is i have seen these kids around and have donated generously to them thinking its some genetic disorder or disease. its sickening that there are mills that deform infants and send them out as beggars to earn profits. :(
07-29-2011 at 08:02 PM
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Oh my God. I don't really know what to say. I understand the international community/human rights movements may not know about this, but how can the country's own government keep this going? It's absolutely sickening.
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This most certainly is sad however it cannot be handled by the government and frankly is not a priority for the Pakistani Government. First, lets say the Government got involved and applied as many restrictions as possible. Would these people stop? Of course they wouldn't, it will strengthen their views and likely the leader of this insane cult will simply say the government is against our salvation and eventually more turmoil will arrise. Second the health of Pakistan as a country is bad, they have to deal with terrorism on a daily basis, they do not have the resources to deal with these idiots.
Oh my God. I don't really know what to say. I understand the international community/human rights movements may not know about this, but how can the country's own government keep this going? It's absolutely sickening.
You clearly do not know the Pakistani government. They are leeches who suck the blood of the population they should be helping.
no one really understands the brutality of pakistani politics and government other than pakistani's themselves :(
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@commie, i understand your view, but these people can be educated to stop giving their children off to such filth. The government doesent even need to play a role, the individual society's can stop these scams by educating everyone and stopping people from donating money to such children.
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You clearly do not know the Pakistani government. They are leeches who suck the blood of the population they should be helping.
I can't help but laugh at this, you blame the government but you forget the mentality of Pakistani society. It's all about who has what their, people are willing to kill one anothers family over money and this isn't just in those completely deprived it is in fact present more so in those who have money(its all about relative deprivation), have your basic necessities. The people need a wake up a call, they need to stop blaming America for all their problems.
Ps I am a pakistani
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