"But the victim's male relatives have refused to allow her body to be exhumed because of objections from a Muslim cleric. Islamic law frowns on exhumations as desecration of the dead."
Welcome to the 21st Century. Western justice requires a little more "evidence" than pointing a stick and making accusations.
"Chief among our concerns is carrying out justice. But when you get town officials or an imam saying that exhuming the body doesn't jive"
JIBE, JIBE - with a "B" dammit!
No one seemed to mind when we exhumed the bodies in Saddam's mass graves. The only (valid) reason that comes to mind for this refusal is that the evidence from the bodies will not agree with the accusations.