Saudi Girl Sentenced to More Lashes Than Her Rapists ....(more on tolerence /Religion of PEACE!!)

AP via AOL ^ | 2006-11-22 | DONNA ABU-NASR

[IrishMike]

AL-AWWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia (Nov. 21) - When the teenager went to the police a few months ago to report she was gang-raped by seven men, she never imagined the judge would punish her - and that she would be sentenced to more lashes than one of her alleged rapists received.

The story of the Girl of Qatif, as the alleged rape victim has been called by the media here, has triggered a rare debate about Saudi Arabia's legal system, in which judges have wide discretion in punishing a criminal, rules of evidence are shaky and sometimes no defense lawyers are present.

The result, critics say, are sentences left to the whim of judges. These include one in which a group of men got heavier sentences for harassing women than the men in the Girl of Qatif rape case or three men who were convicted of raping a boy. In another, a woman was ordered to divorce her husband against her will based on a demand by her relatives.

In the case of the Girl of Qatif, she was sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone in a car with a man to whom she was not married - a crime in this strictly segregated country - at the time that she was allegedly attacked and raped by a group of other men.

In the sleepy, Shiite village of al-Awwamiya on the outskirts of the eastern city of Qatif, the 19-year-old is struggling to forget the spring night that changed her life. Her hands tremble, her dark brown eyes are lifeless. Her sleep is interrupted by a replay of the events, which she describes in a barely audible whisper.

[Marysecretary]

My sister spent time in Saudi Arabia and she said they're animals. I'm disgusted by this article. Who do these men think they are to punish the victim. Glad I'm an American.

[Marysecretary]

Nothing like having a little compassion, huh?

[WhiteGuy]

Tell me again why we are supposed to be tolerant of Islam.

I have no idea

[Marysecretary]

Not true. There are fine Muslim doctors, for instance. Mine was a gem.

[Marysecretary]

Who are you talking about?

[Marysecretary]

Bush is a good man. I get tired of these little bashes some of you do here. He's a loving person and a Christian.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Do these stories ever get posted over at DUmmiesUndergroud or liberal mecca blogs? And what do they say? amyone?

[incredulous joe]

"Blame the victim!"

According to their clerics it should be; "Blame the meat."

[Aquinasfan]

Tell me again why we are supposed to be tolerant of Islam.

Because it takes cajones to stand up to it?

[Issaquahking]

Rape? Alleged? Only lashes...Check out what caused Van Gogh's death...


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[Gritty]

I hadn't seen that Van Gogh video before. It was powerful and ghastly. It's no wonder the Muslims wanted him dead - and made him that way.

[Leisler]

Tough.

Abdulla (That's the fat guy in the blanket) is the head of a murderous, thieving, American killing, boy raping, women slaving, black slaving, Filipino slaving, cult.

I understand that the US security requires 'dealings' with the worst of human beings, like the Sauds. But you don't do it in public. You don't be so happy. You don't prostitute the prestige and honor of America.

And another thing. Bush isn't that great. He is kind of a dolt. Granted the choice was him or Kerry. He, as his father did, has squandered the gains of Reagan and other conservatives. As is his choice. I just don't have to say otherwise.

Furthermore, I suppose Bush is surrounded with sycophants like the super dolt Andrew Card for example So being blunt and honest to him, or anyone else, is doing a favor and the right thing.

About a month ago, 5 talk show hosts were brought into the White House to meet the President. They said the President was shocked at how strong the opposition to immigrants where in the conservative audience. In other words, he's isolated and out of touch with conservatives. Duh, like we didn't know that.

Anyways, sorry. I call'm as I see'm. The world is full of coat-holders, yes-men, boot-licks dolts and dullards. I try to avoid that on what few principals that I have.

[TChris]

Wow! They let her off easy. Rape victims are usually stoned to death by the RoP for their "crime".

[wildbill]

These 'virtuous' religious men also raped the boy? Hmmm.

Let's just say that no culture or religion on Earth is so benighted and move to separate them from the world.

Buy their oil at the shoreline and keep these people at arm's length.

[Leisler]

You probably like the time when the Saudi girls school caught fire and the vice police pushed the burning girls back into the burning school because they were without their male family chaperons. Something like 30 teenage girls burnt to death, screaming, police pushing back, another 100 burned.

That'll show those hussies.

[Leisler]

Applying the logic of the Palestinians, it isn't even the Saudi Crime Family Oil. They stole it from the Shia when the US/Britain made camelman Faisal the lucky thug ruler. Most of the oil in Arabia is on Shia land. We could support the Shia and take over the oil fields in hours. The Saud Organization knows that, that's why they are always spreading around cash to those more than willing to take it.

[CottShop]

[blame the victims]

Yep- she was 'dressed provocatively', someone musta got a glimps of her bare ankle & just couldn't control themselves any longer- http://sacredscoop.com

[Criminal Number 18F]

the new governor of MA is supporting the nation of islam.

In what way? Deval Patrick is a scumbag but I have never heard anyone say he is a mohammed worshipper.

i have friends of mine in MA that had not heard that he is a muslim, nor did they hear about the 'alla akbar' chant at his post election press conference.

I am in MA (although I hope to be out before he is inaugurated) and have heard no such thing. On the other hand, I needed no excuse to oppose this guy, as he was Clinton's quota enforcer.

MA will be a good place to live if you're a government worker, a criminal, or queer. Anbody else will get taxed, ripped off, and buggered.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[PeterFinn]

(Raises hand) - Sharia would be WONDERFUL...if it is imposed in Berkeley, Greenwich Village, Hollywood...

[Gondring]

Tell me again why we are supposed to be tolerant of Islam.

It's quite remarkable that she gets punished more than the rapist. The Bible is so much more evenhanded and kills them both...

²² If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

²³ If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, ²⁴ you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you. --Deuteronomy 22:22-24a (NIV) (boldface added for emphasis)