Wednesday, February 11, 2009

From the Legal Files of Saudi Arabia

A gang raped (and now pregnant) 23 year old woman has been sentenced to one year in prison and will be flogged 100 times after she delivers. Her crime is adultery.

From Robert Spencer at Dhimmi Watch who adds:

The testimony of four male witnesses is the standard for establishing guilt in sexual offenses under Sharia law, per Qur'an 4:15, 24:4, 24:6, and 24:13. Four male Muslim witnesses who saw the act. The testimony of the woman involved is inadmissible. Therefore if those four male witnesses do not come forward and the victim becomes pregnant, her pregnancy becomes evidence that she has committed adultery.

This sentence is not something extreme. It's standard Islamic Sharia.
Where is the UN's Council on Human Rights?

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