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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: Islamic Justice Strike Again |
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Being raped is a crime, it would seem.
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A 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl was who raped 8 months ago was given 101 lashes as punishment for having conceived during the assault, Bangladesh's Daily Star reports. Meanwhile, the paper notes, the alleged rapist received no punishment.
The village elders who issued the fatwa against the girl also fined the girl's father and warned him that his family would be forced into isolation if they didn't pay.
According to the Telegraph, the girl was so ashamed that she did not lodge a complaint about her attack. Human rights activists say that she married quickly after the attack, but was divorced not long after when it was revealed she was pregnant. She told the Daily Star that the rapist had "spoiled" her life.
"I want justice," she said. |
She might want justice, but she's clearly not going to receive any from Islam. |
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Islamic Justice Strike Again |
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| Fox wrote: |
Being raped is a crime, it would seem.
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A 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl was who raped 8 months ago was given 101 lashes as punishment for having conceived during the assault, Bangladesh's Daily Star reports. Meanwhile, the paper notes, the alleged rapist received no punishment.
The village elders who issued the fatwa against the girl also fined the girl's father and warned him that his family would be forced into isolation if they didn't pay.
According to the Telegraph, the girl was so ashamed that she did not lodge a complaint about her attack. Human rights activists say that she married quickly after the attack, but was divorced not long after when it was revealed she was pregnant. She told the Daily Star that the rapist had "spoiled" her life.
"I want justice," she said. |
She might want justice, but she's clearly not going to receive any from Islam. |
Actually she received justice! The problem is that it is Islamic justice!
In the Koran, four witnesses are required to prove an accusation such as rape (Koran 24:13)
If rape is not proven, the other possibility is adultery since the unmarried girl is pregnant. The penalty for adultery varies wildly based on variant of sharia law. Some Islamic countries, she would have been stoned.
There was a simiilar case in Saudi Arabia recently where another Bangladeshi raped a Filipino maid. She was whipped as well, and he wasn't charged. It's not a coincidence that both cases had similar results since it is consistent with sharia law.
Since rape was not proven, the guy is free to go. A lesson for those in the west who aren't opposed to sharia law. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: Islamic Justice Strike Again |
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| ytuque wrote: |
| Fox wrote: |
Being raped is a crime, it would seem.
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A 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl was who raped 8 months ago was given 101 lashes as punishment for having conceived during the assault, Bangladesh's Daily Star reports. Meanwhile, the paper notes, the alleged rapist received no punishment.
The village elders who issued the fatwa against the girl also fined the girl's father and warned him that his family would be forced into isolation if they didn't pay.
According to the Telegraph, the girl was so ashamed that she did not lodge a complaint about her attack. Human rights activists say that she married quickly after the attack, but was divorced not long after when it was revealed she was pregnant. She told the Daily Star that the rapist had "spoiled" her life.
"I want justice," she said. |
She might want justice, but she's clearly not going to receive any from Islam. |
Actually she received justice! The problem is that it is Islamic justice!
In the Koran, four witnesses are required to prove an accusation such as rape (Koran 24:13)
If rape is not proven, the other possibility is adultery since the unmarried girl is pregnant. The penalty for adultery varies wildly based on variant of sharia law. Some Islamic countries, she would have been stoned.
There was a simiilar case in Saudi Arabia recently where another Bangladeshi raped a Filipino maid. She was whipped as well, and he wasn't charged. It's not a coincidence that both cases had similar results since it is consistent with sharia law.
Since rape was not proven, the guy is free to go. A lesson for those in the west who aren't opposed to sharia law. |
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