《中英對照讀新聞》Indian MP says girls should be banned from owning mobile phones 印度國會議員稱應禁止女孩使用手機
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Girls should be banned from owning mobile phones to stop them eloping, an Indian MP has said.
應該禁止女孩使用手機,以免她們私奔,印度一位國會議員說。
His comments come amid growing fears of ’talibanisation’ in parts of Northern India, where social conservatism in both Hindu and Muslim communities has been blamed for honour killings, kidnappings to enforce child marriages, and a rash of controversial fatwas and village council rulings. Earlier this month a feudal leader said child marriage should be encouraged to halt an increase in rapes.
他發表上述言論之際,印度北部部分地區出現的「神學士化」現象越來越令人擔憂。當地印度教和穆斯林社群民風保守,以致榮譽謀殺、誘拐並強迫童婚、多起有爭議的教令,以及村莊委員會裁決的狀況層出不窮。
In a televised speech in Muzzafarnagar, Rajpal Singh Saini told his audience of a father who had sought his help when his daughter eloped.
日前在穆扎法爾納格爾發表電視演說時,拉帕.辛格.賽尼如是告訴觀眾。當時觀眾中有一位父親為女兒私奔尋求他的幫助。
"I asked him if he had given a mobile phone to his daughter. The person said yes," he said.
「我問他是否讓女兒用手機,他回答說是」,他說。