Another Saudi gangrape victim sentenced to flogging for adultery

[Nagishkaw 510]

Well how charitable of them to only flog her once the baby is born.

And how merciful.

[Jasman0717 9]

Yea, punish the innocent, reward the guilty

[Donna A 4]

Nothing here indicates that "no effort was made to find the alleged rapists". My understanding of the law here in Saudi is that if they (the rapists) are identified and caught, the consequences for them are worse. Unfortunately as both parties get punished the victim (as was in this case) attempts to hide the crime, time passes, and there is nothing the legal system can do. The law here is not secret. Single women and men are NOT allowed to be alone together in public. They check couples all the time for proof of marriage at the mall, market, etc and it's a bad thing (even for a USC) to be found with an unmarried member of the opposite sex. Crime of any type here is rare indeed. As draconian as the laws may sound, it appears to me that on an outcome basis they appear to be effective.

You apparently missed a critical detail in the article. A judge who doesn't even make the effort to read about adultery (an unmarried woman CANNOT commit it) is certainly not going to bother even looking for the rapists.

More typically, the culprits are witnesses for each other so they go free. You can find literally thousands of these cases on the web. Have a friend that is bugged by this and always sending me stuff he finds. What am I suppose to do about it? If I had a B-29 and a Big Boy, could fly over and blow the country to kingdom come.

Stoning women for adultery is as old as the bible itself, Mohamed really loved that part and they do not have separation from religion and state.

quite true.

actually my husband conciders premarital sex as adultry. so the judge must feel the same way.

yeah that will teach her to stay in the kitchen

....barefooted .

whats the deal with that womans leg...its on backwards or did the cops break it for her?

[Ban Hammer 14,085]

yeah that will teach her to stay in the kitchen

....barefooted .

whats the deal with that womans leg...its on backwards or did the cops break it for her?

that's one way to keep her in the kitchen.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

That is seriously fvcked up.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

That is seriously fvcked up.

Well, Lawrence parsed out what Allenby had won from Ottomans to any chops (such as Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, 1876-1953) who claimed reward.

Abdul Aziz being a degenerate chop, no surprise that vast majority of his 50-60 children (estimated members of Saudi Royal family 30,000, all descendants of Abdul Aziz--way in excess of even combined extended size of all European ones including UK) share that trait.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Another savage culture.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Another One of, if not the, most savage culture.

fixxored for accuracy

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Somalia is more savage that SA.

At least the Saudis have law and order...

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Somalia is more savage that SA.

At least the Saudis have law and order...

Has anyone ever used Somalia as the model for their own country?

(post-1971, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto decided Saudi Arabia was the apt model for Pakistan--ironic, considering that Salafis consider Shi'as such as the Bhuttos as irredeemable heretics--not the first, but certainly one, step which eventually resulted in that country's current chaos)

[Dr. Obvious 49]

actually my husband conciders premarital sex as adultry. so the judge must feel the same way.

Is the idea behind that that you are cheating on your future husband or something like that?

[slim 1,533]

Let's keep in mind here the Saudi system was the "model" of good behavior in the Middle East while Saddam's reign over Iraq required a uni-lateral invasion and reformation.

I'm no expert on Sharia law, but I'm pretty sure a woman having sex with anyone other than her husband is guilty of adultery, even if gang-raped. And as said above, if she accepted a ride from a man other than her family, "she was asking for it" under the law.

Am I the only one that noticed the angle of the woman's leg in the Police picture? Looks like she was drunk/high and they tackled her causing her knee to twist almost all the way around. OUCH!

[Nagishkaw 510]

I noticed it, too.

[MrsAmera 41]

Yes it does suck totally but like others have said she knew the law, and shouldn't have accepted a ride (honestly who accepts rides from strangers anyway???). Also does anyone remember that American kid in Singapore like 10+ years ago who got caned for spitting gum on the sidewalk (just googled it and it was for vandalism)?? Pretty draconian IMO as well...

http://www.iht.com/articles/1994/03/04/sing_0.php

Edited February 13, 2009 by MrsAmera

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]