As our blue planet spins onward through the 21st century, there still is archaic crap like this going on.
It is getting harder and harder for me to think of Islam as anything but a backward, violent, "religion"--better yet, a fanatical cult. Am I bigoted for thinking so?
Full Version: Woman who was raped sentenced to 90 lashes
Eh, Fox News.
Don't equate Saudi-Arabian law with Islam. The Shariah is only partially based on the Koran, and often differs from region to region, according to the prevalent political views. In a lot of Islamic countries, the Shariah has little influence on law (Turkey, Tunesia, ...). Saudi-Arabia is one of the countries that enforces the Shariah very strictly. But who cares if a country executes people based on sexuality, as long as they make good allies.
It's not even clear to me from the article if the sentence was the correct one, according to Saudi-Arabian law.
http://www.al-fatiha.org/ (International organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Muslims)
Don't equate Saudi-Arabian law with Islam. The Shariah is only partially based on the Koran, and often differs from region to region, according to the prevalent political views. In a lot of Islamic countries, the Shariah has little influence on law (Turkey, Tunesia, ...). Saudi-Arabia is one of the countries that enforces the Shariah very strictly. But who cares if a country executes people based on sexuality, as long as they make good allies.
It's not even clear to me from the article if the sentence was the correct one, according to Saudi-Arabian law.
http://www.al-fatiha.org/ (International organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Muslims)
It doesn't matter if the link was to FAUX News. My dad had Emailed me the link, and I just thought it was interesting.
So, reading threads here...
woman raped = 90 lashes = archaic
puppies killed, other offenses = 10 years prison = not enough.
Hmmmm.
woman raped = 90 lashes = archaic
puppies killed, other offenses = 10 years prison = not enough.
Hmmmm.
QUOTE(Crew Chief @ Mar 6 2007, 02:05 PM) 
As our blue planet spins onward through the 21st century, there still is archaic crap like this going on.
It is getting harder and harder for me to think of Islam as anything but a backward, violent, "religion"--better yet, a fanatical cult. Am I bigoted for thinking so?
You are quite correct that this is beyond sickening, Crew Chief! What kind of law allows for rapists to go free while the victim gets lashed? That's not justice; that's plain disgusting beyond words.
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