Saudi gang rape VICTIM is jailed

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hill @ Nov 16 2007, 08:03 AM) [snapback]540478[/snapback]</div>

I think it may be a custom particular to the region ,not necessarily a Muslim custom.Especially if its sanctioned by the Pakistan government.

In Pakistan...
"In the matter of so-called "honor killings", an average of 1,000 women die every year but, according to the HRCP report, in many instances, these cases are never reported. Musharraf did manage to have a law passed in late 2004 making it possible to give jail terms for honor crimes and vani, and the law came into effect in early 2005. However, this law did not remove a provision called "compoundability", where a man who killed a woman, could settle out of court by paying compensation to the victim's relatives. Often the murderers are relatives of the victim, however, and according to HCRP, this provision allowed killers to escape "scot-free". "
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/001885.html

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hill @ Nov 16 2007, 12:43 PM) [snapback]540633[/snapback]</div>

Yea, I missed that one.

Tom

 

I couldn't read it- it's just too awful for words.

think we should sponsor the poor victim for asylum......