Assalamu alaikum
Since I am in discussion about rape and its penalty in another thread, I want to post this disturbing news here to get back to it, when I will get more time to analyze the whole incident.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1244635/man-gets-10-years-for-raping-niece
Like everybody, you will ask, how could he get away with just 10 years of imprisonment? I will discuss in detail in this thread, that the so called "islamic law of Shahadah" in Pakistan is the real culprit. Since the poor teenage girl could not provide 4 wittnesses, no hadd could be applied. Since the crime is proved by a DNA-test, which our mullahs do not recognize for hadd punishments, the culprit could get away with a ta'zeer.
The girl has been lucky for not getting any punishment, since the pregnancy is accepted as an evidence for hadd. Zafran Bibi, another mother was not so lucky and she was stipulated with rajm after birth of a child:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/12/theobserver
Please bear with me and I will get back for a detailed analysis.
Since I am in discussion about rape and its penalty in another thread, I want to post this disturbing news here to get back to it, when I will get more time to analyze the whole incident.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1244635/man-gets-10-years-for-raping-niece
Like everybody, you will ask, how could he get away with just 10 years of imprisonment? I will discuss in detail in this thread, that the so called "islamic law of Shahadah" in Pakistan is the real culprit. Since the poor teenage girl could not provide 4 wittnesses, no hadd could be applied. Since the crime is proved by a DNA-test, which our mullahs do not recognize for hadd punishments, the culprit could get away with a ta'zeer.
The girl has been lucky for not getting any punishment, since the pregnancy is accepted as an evidence for hadd. Zafran Bibi, another mother was not so lucky and she was stipulated with rajm after birth of a child:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/12/theobserver
Please bear with me and I will get back for a detailed analysis.