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Islamic laws and islamic justice. Why women should be afraid, very afraid, of jehovallah and the laws he has decreed his faithful to practise here on earth.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Friday, 16 November 2007,
<b>Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'Â </b>
<b>Saudi women are subject to strict sex segregation laws </b>
A lawyer for a gang-rape victim in Saudi Arabia who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six-months in jail says the punishment contravenes Islamic law.
The woman was initially punished for violating laws on segregation of the sexes - she was in an unrelated man's car at the time of the attack.
When she appealed, judges doubled her sentence, saying she had been trying to use the media to influence them.
Her lawyer has been suspended from the case and faces a disciplinary session.
Abdel Rahman al-Lahem told the BBC Arabic Service that the sentence was in violation of Islamic law:
"My client is the victim of this abhorrent crime. I believe her sentence contravenes the Islamic Sharia law and violates the pertinent international conventions," he said.
(Though it's commendable of the lawyer to stand up for the poor woman, let him not pretend that he knows what Sharia Law dictates. This is Saudi Arabia where the event happened. And the court is most clearly islamic, basing its sentence on islamic law as they've done: they're punishing the victim after all, which no non-islamic court would ever do. Similar sentences are passed in other islamic countries: such as Afghanistan, and of course in Iran where girls have even received hanging sentences for getting raped.)
"The judicial bodies should have dealt with this girl as the victim rather than the culprit."
The lawyer also said that his client would appeal against the decision to increase her punishment.
<b>Segregation laws</b>
According to the Arab News newspaper, the 19-year-old woman, who is from Saudi Arabia's Shia minority, was gang-raped 14 times in an attack in Qatif in the eastern province a year-and-a-half ago.
Seven men were found guilty of the rape and sentenced to prison terms ranging from just under a year to five years.
The rapists' sentences were also doubled by the court. Correspondents say the sentences were still low considering the rapists could have faced the death penalty.
The rape victim was punished for violating Saudi Arabia's laws on segregation that forbid unrelated men and women from associating with each other. She was initially sentenced to 90 lashes for being in the car of a strange man.
On appeal, the Arab News reported that the punishment was not reduced but increased to 200 lashes and a six-month.
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Let me get this straight:
- Unfortunate Arabian woman (a 19-year old girl) gets gang-raped.
- The beasts that attacked her don't get a significant sentence. AND she gets punished for not observing islamic sex-segregation laws.
- She appeals and apparently tried in desperation to get the media to broadcast her unjust plight, gets longer sentence. Now it's 200 lashes and 6 months in prison for her.
- Her lawyer has been taken off the case besides being able to look forward to a further "disciplinary session".
This is disgusting. Arabian men should storm their religious power centres and toss down islam and protect their female population (who would probably be willing to help them in the same, except they're not even allowed to drive a car in Saudi Arabia; and we can tell from the above what happens when Arabian women are seen within any short distance of an unrelated man... <- islamic law in SA will give them 90 lashes for violating sex-segregation laws)
Islamic laws and islamic justice. Why women should be afraid, very afraid, of jehovallah and the laws he has decreed his faithful to practise here on earth.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Friday, 16 November 2007,
<b>Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'Â </b>
<b>Saudi women are subject to strict sex segregation laws </b>
A lawyer for a gang-rape victim in Saudi Arabia who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six-months in jail says the punishment contravenes Islamic law.
The woman was initially punished for violating laws on segregation of the sexes - she was in an unrelated man's car at the time of the attack.
When she appealed, judges doubled her sentence, saying she had been trying to use the media to influence them.
Her lawyer has been suspended from the case and faces a disciplinary session.
Abdel Rahman al-Lahem told the BBC Arabic Service that the sentence was in violation of Islamic law:
"My client is the victim of this abhorrent crime. I believe her sentence contravenes the Islamic Sharia law and violates the pertinent international conventions," he said.
(Though it's commendable of the lawyer to stand up for the poor woman, let him not pretend that he knows what Sharia Law dictates. This is Saudi Arabia where the event happened. And the court is most clearly islamic, basing its sentence on islamic law as they've done: they're punishing the victim after all, which no non-islamic court would ever do. Similar sentences are passed in other islamic countries: such as Afghanistan, and of course in Iran where girls have even received hanging sentences for getting raped.)
"The judicial bodies should have dealt with this girl as the victim rather than the culprit."
The lawyer also said that his client would appeal against the decision to increase her punishment.
<b>Segregation laws</b>
According to the Arab News newspaper, the 19-year-old woman, who is from Saudi Arabia's Shia minority, was gang-raped 14 times in an attack in Qatif in the eastern province a year-and-a-half ago.
Seven men were found guilty of the rape and sentenced to prison terms ranging from just under a year to five years.
The rapists' sentences were also doubled by the court. Correspondents say the sentences were still low considering the rapists could have faced the death penalty.
The rape victim was punished for violating Saudi Arabia's laws on segregation that forbid unrelated men and women from associating with each other. She was initially sentenced to 90 lashes for being in the car of a strange man.
On appeal, the Arab News reported that the punishment was not reduced but increased to 200 lashes and a six-month.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Goes on at link.
Let me get this straight:
- Unfortunate Arabian woman (a 19-year old girl) gets gang-raped.
- The beasts that attacked her don't get a significant sentence. AND she gets punished for not observing islamic sex-segregation laws.
- She appeals and apparently tried in desperation to get the media to broadcast her unjust plight, gets longer sentence. Now it's 200 lashes and 6 months in prison for her.
- Her lawyer has been taken off the case besides being able to look forward to a further "disciplinary session".
This is disgusting. Arabian men should storm their religious power centres and toss down islam and protect their female population (who would probably be willing to help them in the same, except they're not even allowed to drive a car in Saudi Arabia; and we can tell from the above what happens when Arabian women are seen within any short distance of an unrelated man... <- islamic law in SA will give them 90 lashes for violating sex-segregation laws)