[DeaconBenjamin]

Silent no longer.

but they are being properly punished for their crimes. Really? What does Sharia require? What would their punishment be in Saudi Arabia?

[BJClinton]

What does Sharia require?

Nothing. The girls weren't Muslim so it isn't rape.

[Guillermo]

Where there 4 (male) witnesses?

[Paleo Conservative]

What would their punishment be in Saudi Arabia?

The girls would be be-headed for adultry.

[johniegrad]

I hope the Aussies are less likely to be worried about this politically correct attitude of protecting all the innocent Muslims. Naming the perpetrators in this crime may call attention to their background but if Muslims in Australia are good Aussie citizens, they have nothing to be worried about. I wonder what would happen here?

[dinok]

Saria applies only to Muslims and Muslim victims...the women were not Muslim...

There... don't we all feel better knowing that since we are christians we are subhuman to the world's most peaceful religion...

[tictoc]

The parents were not accepting the fact their sons, aged 16 to 20, had gang-raped the girls, Mr Trad said.

"The parents are under the impression the men did not rape the girls and had sex with them on a one-to-one basis, not in a group of men. They've been told the girls invited their sons to have sex."

And the wife of the Egyptian shooter at LAX says he could not possibly have committed such a crime. Likewise, the father of Mohammed Atta (his son was kidnapped and some Israeli impersonated him).

Denial, a river that seems to run deep through Arab culture.

[Pushi]

If I were the father of one of the girls, the boys should stay in prison for life, at least the rest of my life, or...........

[per loin]

If the Aussies don't find some backbone soon, they'll be as forgotten as the Rhodesians.

[watchin]

the identity of the rapists should remain secret because their names made it obvious they were Muslims and the whole Islamic community was being blackened because of their actions

It's always a shame when 99% ruin it for the whole group. When will the non-muslim world wake up??? These gang rapes are happening wherever muslims encounter "the infidels".