Justice Denied Part II

UPDATE: According to the NBC news article in previous post, the Saudi Government will review the conviction and prison/lash sentence of the rape victim.

How does one go from rape victim to convicted criminal? Saudi Arabia is an Islamic state with a strict interpretation of the Koran. According to this interpretation, it is immoral for women to be out in public with another man not their husband or male relative. Since the laws of the Koran (Sharia law) are also the laws of the state, the rape victim was a lawbreaker. When the sentence of ninety lashes and prison were handed down it was appealed. On appeal (judges can do this in SA) the punishment went from ninety to two hundred lashes and prison

Justice Denied

A sickening event from our Mid East "ally"

A Saudi Arabian woman gang raped by seven men was sentenced to six months prison and two hundred lashes for "being alone with a man not related to her" The sentence was issued on appeal. I guess the judge didn't think the ninety some lashes handed down at trial was harsh enough.

The seven men were only convicted of kidnapping but not rape which could land the men the death penalty.

Here is an article and video from NBC's web site. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22006417/

And another article from the Associated Press: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itRFLIdKb8OnJpiQRpQl1tHq0oGAD8T8U0UO0

Seeing all courts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are Islamic Courts, I guess this is yet another demonstration of the"peaceful" tenants of this religion.