Saudi gang rape victim gets 200 lashes.

8:53 am on November 15, 2007 by Infidelesto

A gang rape victim in Saudi Arabia will receive 200 lashes for not controlling the desires of filthy men. Shame on her for not covering up, make it 250.

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.

Last year, the court sentenced six Saudi men to between one and five years in jail for the rape as well as ordering lashes for the victim, a member of the minority Shiite community.

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  1. Comment by Shahzad Bhatti on 16 November 2007:

    This is a black day in Islam’s history, with the world moving ahead and recognizing Women’s rights… Saudia is moving towards Stone age laws.

  2. Comment by M.D. Kavanwal on 30 July 2008:

    This is a very sad, but true report on the severity of Sharia Law.  I pray this young lady will survie her punishment–if she should die, it won’t be the lashes that kill her–for they won’t be given all at once, but over a course of several weeks.  If the beatings are severe enough to break the skin, she could suffer infection, which will ultimately lead to complications.

    Prison conditions are most unsanitary, and  the Prison conditions for women are described in my new novel based on my real life experiences while living and working in Saudi Arabia.  More information about Saudi customs and law is on my website, http://www.insidesaudi.com

    –M*

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