Posted on 06/15/2007 6:41:28 AM PDT by Mount Athos
A man who raped a Muslim woman because she showed an interest in Christianity has been jailed for at least five years by a Sydney court.
As Abdul Reda Al-Shawany was sentenced today, the Downing Centre District Court heard a harrowing statement from the victim, revealing that her shame and fear had been compounded by her cultural background.
The woman, who cannot be named, arrived in Australia as a refugee from Iraq.
But she said that even when she was jailed by dictator Saddam Hussein, she never feared for her life the way she did after the rape.
"It is better if I'm dead," she told the court.
Al-Shawany's trial was told that he visited the woman, an acquaintance, at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre with another man.
The woman had been reading the Bible and Al-Shawany noted her contact with Christians.
The men told her they were "infidel people" and if she went with them, her killing "would be halal" - meaning her killer would go to heaven.
In September 2002, Al-Shawany lured the woman to a unit at Warwick Farm, claiming to have news about her family in Iraq.
She was hit on the head and had her hijab tied around her face before Al-Shawany raped her twice in what Judge Brian Knox described as a degrading, humiliating and brutal attack.
Afterwards Al-Shawany told her: "Let your Christ benefit you now".
It took the jury less than half an hour to convict him of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
His victim - who has since converted to Christianity - wept at the back of the court as a friend read out her victim impact statement.
She said she was afraid she would be killed, either in retribution by Al-Shawany's family or in an "honour killing".
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Religion of pieces
Variant on the old "Beatings will continue until morale improves" now we have "Raping will continue until you realize that those other guys are good to avoid"
I fail to see the connection between considering converting, and retribution by rape. Can someone help me?
Actually, as disgusting as it is, she's damn lucky he didn't kill her. After all, converting away from the Religion of Pieces to Christianity is considered apostasy, and punishable by death.
I wonder if this happens more than what we know in the US but just doesn’t get reported.
Islam is inherently anti-Christian.
Leftist belief:
ALL cultures and belief systems are equally “valid”.
Any disparity in outcome between Western Culture and other cultures is due to oppression and discrimination.
Therefor, the other cultures need propped up and Western Culture disparaged.
This is why the left ALWAYS side with that which is evil, wrong, and failed.
BTW - I believe that it is the Religion of Peace, not "Pieces"
Her Christ DID benefit her. She goes to heaven when she dies, her assailant, unless he repents and trusts in Christ as well, will go to hell when he dies.
I don't know anything about moose-limbs, but it could be nothing more than a flimsy excuse.
I wouldn't put it past him.
Sex in Islam is all about power and denigration.
That’s why its founder had hundreds of wives and concubines, including a 9 year old.
Islam originated in opposition to Christianity.
Most Arabs were Christians before Mohammed.
“Peace, not “Pieces”
Sarcasm?
“pieces” of anyone who is an infidel?
considering = rape
converting = death
The 52-year-old must serve at least five years, making him eligible for parole in 2012.
Seven and a half years for a brutal rape and threat to kill? Parole in five years? The judge may say that this sort of behavior is not allowed in the community, but the sentence seems horribly lacking.
That is islamic for "You'd better go put some ice on that."
honour killing, my a$$! These maggot low-lifes have no honor. They will all burn for eternity in Jehovah’s REAL hell!!!
Rape as a punishment (in islam and in many tribal areas) is common. Shari'a sentences often call for the gang-rape of a female relative for family transgressions.
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