Unjust sentence for Saudi Arabian rape victim

[Yassen]

Well this is just disgusting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7098480.stm

The news says this woman in Saudi Arabia was gang raped 14 times and, while the men were all trialed and convicted, she is now being sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail for participating in a sexual activity.

Strange, since I never knew being gang raped was defined as "participating."

Also, while it's not in this particular link, I read this woman also fell pregnant. Which is one the reasons she had her punishment increased from 100 lashes to 200.

Frankly, this sort of thing is atrocious, and shows the horrible outcomes of having a government so heavily influenced by religion. Not to mention extremist religious rulers.

Now don't be mistaken and assume I'm anti-thiest, I'm not. But I belief no government or court should be influenced by religious views and instead just do what is fair and just.

This is not just.

 

[Caliostro]

Now don't be mistaken and assume I'm anti-thiest, I'm not.

I am. For a good reason too: This is the kind of retarded bullshit you get when your country is run by people that believe in magical invisible men in space that tell them how to do things...

Justice and logic have left the building...

 

[WeedWorm]

Fucking bastards. This is actually so typical of an Islamic country, a girl gets raped and she gets punished. Fucking bullshit and retarded laws. Fucking Muslims.

 

[the captain]

Well it's obvious that she tricked them into raping her and that is why she is getting whipped. She led them into tempation, and not only that, but she stole one of the mens seed. Hell, she might deserve 300.

Hasa lama lakum - Translation- Peace be upon you

 

[Rolling Thunder]

It is a well-documented fact that religion in government is like Methicylin-resistant Syphillis- impossible to get rid of and rots the brain. And since Islam is the only religion with control over any nations (aside from Vatican city, which is an abberation since it's not really a country), we must conclude that Islam has gone to far.


Still, I'm not in the mood for a religious war. But if you want, I'll sell guns and vehicles.

 

[psijac]

this link is over a year old wtf mate?

 

[Samurai Goomba]

...There are no words.

Seriously, what can be said? I'm actively losing faith in humanity as we speak.

 

[Dommyboy]

Well, I think I speak for all of us when I say WHAT THE FUCK.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Unjust sentence for a woman? In a muslim country?

This can not be!!

Sadly, that. Countries that follow Muslim law (it starts with an s and I can't remember what it is) treat women unfairly, it's terrible and wrong but there's nothing we can do. These countries believe that killing each other is fine as long as they are sober, and that females are something akin to objects. There's just nothing to do, these countries will not accept different opinions, maybe ever and will do things the way they enjoy them and have done since they recognized their laws.

 

[Abedeus]

...There are no words.

Seriously, what can be said? I'm actively losing faith in humanity as we speak.

This has been in effect for the last few hundred years.

Women in some extremist countries don't have many rights, if any at all.

 

[Nazulu]

Yeah this has been going for ages, this is partly the reason why the war started!

 

[Aardvark Soup]

Funny how all these threads change into religion-bashing threads after only a few posts. My opinion: Saudi Arabia is a fucked up country and their laws are based on Wahhabism, an extremely conservative form of Sunni Islam and of course not at all representative for Islam in general.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Funny how all these threads change into religion-bashing threads after only a few posts. My opinion: Saudi Arabia is a fucked up country and their laws are based on Wahhabism, an extremely conservative form of Sunni Islam and of course not at all representative for Islam in general.

What can we say? Everyone here gets upset when people don't worship them as the lord, we hate having to compete with others ;P. Seriously, when one idiot, or as you say one idiotic country pops up we slam the entire nation/religion/peoples/genre. It's just hard to see distinguishing areas when we see the same thing over and over, mainly because we don't see the normal every day part of that group. And is it actually called Wahabbism?

Fucking bastards. This is actually so typical of an Islamic country, a girl gets raped and she gets punished. Fucking bullshit and retarded laws. Fucking Muslims.

Don't be a racist asshole. There's likely a few Muslim people here and it's bullshit to generalize.

 

[veloper]

These people don't deserve women. That would solve the problem in one generation. This also explains why they suppress women so much.

 

[MindBullets]

Funny how all these threads change into religion-bashing threads after only a few posts. My opinion: Saudi Arabia is a fucked up country and their laws are based on Wahhabism, an extremely conservative form of Sunni Islam and of course not at all representative for Islam in general.

Excellent point, there. As much as I dislike religion, blaming this shit on Islam in general is like blaming the WBC on Christianity in general. It's just ignorant.

 

[Maze1125]

"Unjust sentence for Saudi Arabian rape victim"

What would a 'just' sentence have been then?
Only 50 lashes or something?

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

"Unjust sentence for Saudi Arabian rape victim"

What would a 'just' sentence have been then?
Only 50 lashes or something?

A just sentence would be forced counseling so she can get over it, with government care of her and her baby (they are so far away from allowing abortion that's the best she could get). Counts as a sentence.

 

[orifice]

Well this is just disgusting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7098480.stm

The news says this woman in Saudi Arabia was gang raped 14 times and, while the men were all trialed and convicted, she is now being sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail for participating in a sexual activity.

Strange, since I never knew being gang raped was defined as "participating."

Also, while it's not in this particular link, I read this woman also fell pregnant. Which is one the reasons she had her punishment increased from 100 lashes to 200.

Frankly, this sort of thing is atrocious, and shows the horrible outcomes of having a government so heavily influenced by religion. Not to mention extremist religious rulers.

Now don't be mistaken and assume I'm anti-thiest, I'm not. But I belief no government or court should be influenced by religious views and instead just do what is fair and just.

This is not just.

In saudi, women in this situation are usually stoned to death. I think the only reason she's getting off this lightly is that the men were tried and convicted. This is very rare, women are usually blamed for 'bringing it on themselves' by 'tempting' the men.