Rape Prevention Saudi Arabia: Sentence Rape Victim to 90 Lashes
At least that appears to be the practical impact of what's going on Saudi Arabia where a rape victim was sentenced to 90 lashes. Why are the authorities doing this to the victim of a crime? Because before she was raped, she was in a car with a man who wasn't her husband. Perhaps we should be happy that the rapists are being punished at all?
The four, all married, were sentenced respectively to five years and 1,000 lashes, four years and 800 lashes, four years and 350 lashes, and one year and 80 lashes.
A fifth, married, man who was stated to have filmed the rape on his mobile phone still faces investigation. Two others alleged to have taken part in the rape evaded capture.
Saudi courts take marital status into account in sexual crimes. A male friend of the rape victim was also sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with her in the car.
Source: Jerusalem Post
This "male friend" wasn't an illicit lover, he was just a family friend. Both were kidnapped from the car and taken to a remote farm. The woman is married and it doesn't seem as though her husband is the least bit upset with her having been in the car with this friend. On the contrary, he's upset that she has been sentenced to 90 lashes — note that this is a more than one of her rapists (though he's also going to prison)! Her husband and family will be appealing the ruling and I hope they are successful.
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I am always surprised by the stories I hear about Saudi Arabia especially the stories I hear from people who were unfortunate to have worked there.
Child, women and even Men kidnapping and raping is very common in Saudi Arabia, you can ask anyone who lived there
In many areas you have to drive fast if you had your wife or family with you in your car and never stop there as you may be kidnapped, and I am not talking about distant
areas but areas in the capital of KSA especially the ones inhabited with natives not foreign Arabs, most kidnaps happen in broad day light and sometimes with people around, just check any teenager from Saudi Arabia mobile phone and you will see it filled with real kidnaps movies which they transfer by Bluetooth and I am afraid most of them enjoy watching it and not ashamed of it
And while we are at it why don’t we cut off the hands of theft victims?
I don’t think I have ever heard anything more uncivilised, chauvenistic, cruel or utterly stupid.