tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17227243.post8497960328338054530..comments2023-09-11T10:31:26.220-05:00Comments on Thinking ...: RapeVenkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09187514815387789216noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17227243.post-64898123846980133432006-12-15T10:14:00.000-05:002006-12-15T10:14:00.000-05:00Yep. Sad but true. That's how Sharia works.
Shari...Yep. Sad but true. That's how Sharia works.<br /><br />Shari'ah law only provides for punishment in cases of adultery, if both parties admit to have committed the "crime". If this is not the case, four independent witnesses have to be found; however, the witnesses must be male. In cases of rape, shari'ah rules that a rapist is to be punished with 100 lashes, if unmarried, or with death by stoning, if married, since this would then constitute adultery.<br /><br />The law is based on an event in the life of Muhammad, when his favourite wife, Aisha, was suspected of adultery. To clear her name, he demanded four witnesses to the act. Allah demanded: "Why did they not produce four witnesses? If they could not produce witnesses, then they were surely lying in the sight of God" (Sura 24:13). This law acquitted Aisha, but has led to the suffering of hundreds of women.<br /><br /><br />Have you followed the Imrana rape story in the Indian media?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777264033718717776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17227243.post-34862665245225330032006-12-06T12:36:00.000-05:002006-12-06T12:36:00.000-05:00the hudud law which you're referring is tempered. ...the hudud law which you're referring is tempered. <br /><br />The truth law is, if unmarried woman & man is accused for having sex, the accuser must prove his accusation along with four witness (and the criteria of the witness must be 'baligh' or adult, the witness must be somebody that is known that he is an honest person).<br /><br />Then if the accuser can prove that, then both the unmarried couple will be convicted with 100x cane. <br /><br />But if the accuser is wrong, then the accuser will be punish with 80x cane for making false accusation.<br /><br />regards,<br />AzzamAzzam@a_muslimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868476951173269416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17227243.post-72959531697422890312006-11-22T05:11:00.000-05:002006-11-22T05:11:00.000-05:00Raoul, its just like "free" lunch.Raoul, its just like "free" lunch.Sujithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575861496557353799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17227243.post-23601641432046392262006-11-20T10:39:00.000-05:002006-11-20T10:39:00.000-05:00What I don't understand is what is wrong with free...What I don't understand is what is wrong with free sex.raoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379052895101240585noreply@blogger.com