16 Nov 2007
Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed

If Muslims wonder why we sometimes view them as barbarians, they should pay careful attention to this gross miscarriage of justice coming, allegedly, from Sharia law. Any religion that now only allows but actually mandates this kind of treatment for the victim of an assault deserves the label of barbarous - and that includes (Old Testament) Judaism, and (medieval) Christianity.

If you want to lose the label, lose the practice. I don't hear about many stonings in Tel Aviv for adultery these days, and the last auto de fe for the Inquisition was better than 400 years ago. Islam should take note.

An appeal court in Saudi Arabia has doubled the number of lashes and added a jail sentence as punishment for a woman who was gang-raped.

(link) [BBC News]

08:43 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link