Baad

Baad may refer to

Baad (practice)

Baad is a traditional practice of settling disputes in Pakistan and Afghanistan among Pashtun tribes in which a young virgin girl from the culprit's family is traded to settle a dispute for her older relatives. This may involve being used as payment for a financial dispute or as a means to avoid larger or longer-lasting arguments and grudges. A famous example is Bibi Aisha, who was subsequently mutilated when she fled the abuse that girls sometimes suffer from their new families under baad. The practice has no legal or religious basis and is an ancient tradition that is widely accepted among Pashtun tribes.

Description

Ba'ad is a tradition in Afghanistan in which young virgin girls are used as a means to settle conflicts by her older relatives, typically committed by men in her immediate or joint family.

When a man steals, kills, rapes, or is suspected of having an illicit affair, a council of elders called jirga decides the punishment. The punishment for small crimes is a fine in the form of a few sheep or a cow. Standard penalty for a serious crime is for the offender's family to part with a virgin girl, between 4 and 14 years old, who is given to the victim's family. In theory, the girl is given in forced marriage to a man in the victim's family. In practice, often the girl given in Ba'ad is little more than a slave; she can be beaten or mistreated, or even killed. The practice of Ba'ad is a source of domestic violence in Afghanistan.

Baad (Indian village)

Baad is a village in the North Kanara district in the southwestern state of Karnataka, India. It is surrounded by coconuts and mangoes trees. The Arabian Sea lies at one end of the village. Most of the community are fishermen, and the rest are farmers and Brahmins.

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Coordinates: 23°13′N 73°13′E / 23.217°N 73.217°E / 23.217; 73.217