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Saudi: Why we punished rape victim

Posted in Uncategorized by Patrick Truax on November 21, 2007

(CNN) — The Saudi Justice Ministry Tuesday issued a “clarification” of a court’s handling of a rape case and the increased punishment — including 200 lashes –meted out to the victim.

The case, which has sparked media scrutiny of the Saudi legal system, centers on a married woman. The 19-year-old and an unrelated man were abducted, and she was raped by a group of seven men more than a year ago, according to Abdulrahman al-Lahim, the attorney who represented her in court.

The woman was originally sentenced in October 2006 to 90 lashes. But that sentence was more than doubled to 200 lashes and six months in prison by the Qatif General Court, because she spoke to the media about the case, a court source told Middle Eastern daily newspaper Arab News.

Savages..

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  1. Patrick Truax said, on November 21, 2007 at 6:15 am

    No offense, but Islam really sucks..

  2. Alan said, on November 21, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    Islam has no respect for women. Women are treated like dogs and made to cover-up, all because the men can’t control themselves. If the men were treated the same as women, things would have changed a long time ago.

  3. Anonymous said, on November 22, 2007 at 1:06 am

    Savages does not begin to describe these untermenschen from the moslem world. There is no way these people should be allowed to share our planet. Yet Presidents hold these maggots by their hands and invite them to BBQ in Crawford, Texas. I will not be happy until every princeling and big shots in the Magic Kingdom are hanging upside down from lampposts on the Cornich in Jeddah, with the crows pecking out their eyes.

  4. Catty Ax Lady said, on November 23, 2007 at 1:26 am

    Something I hope to never take for granted…the fact that I, as a woman in the United States, can take the word “victim” literally, and never be punished for something others did to me.

  5. Jack Meove said, on November 24, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    When I think of the terms Bass ackwards, upside down, reverse and inbred. The Middle East and their religious practices come to mind.

    How could you take a girl after she has been gang raped and then legally sanction 200 lashes to the girl.

    This shows what the men are made of over in Saudi. In my opinion they are not made of much at all.

    They treat women like pigs and lesser’s but then don’t have a problem raping at will. Yea you guys know how to schmoose a lady! Ha Ha!

    Have a nice day


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