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Why We Hate Them

Saudi court punishes gang-rape victim with 200 lashes. AFP:

A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The 19-year-old woman — whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms — was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for “being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape,” the Arab News reported.But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia’s Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.A court source told the English-language Arab News that the judges had decided to punish the woman further for “her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media.”Saudi Arabia enforces a strict Islamic doctrine known as Wahhabism and forbids unrelated men and women from associating with each other, bans women from driving and forces them to cover head-to-toe in public.

That, and the financing, manning and promotion of terrorism.

Topics: saudi arabia

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 12:30 am on Friday, November 16, 2007

3 Responses to “Why We Hate Them”

1. bloc Says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 10:14 am

   Still another way to celebrate diversity!

2. Vanguard of the Commentariat Says:
   November 16th, 2007 at 3:11 pm

   Where’s NOW when you need ‘em?

   Off wanking about differences in women’s executive compensation or something important no doubt…

3. hrt Says:
   November 17th, 2007 at 3:59 pm

   Muslims are the best evidence there is no God. What God in his right mind would give so much oil to them?

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