The other day I read of a 19 year old woman in Saudi Arabia who had been sentenced by a court there to 90 lashes. Her crime - being alone with a man who is not a relative. Now, that in itself is an obvious injustice. What personal freedom is there in this case? However, the real injustice is the rest of the story. She had apparently been dating a man without her parents' knowledge, a no-no, and he decided to blackmail her. So, when she went to meet with him, he and six other men kidnapped and raped her! Some of her assailants have been punished, but not all. It is as if the courts there, which are governed by a strict adherence to Islamic law found in the Koran called Sharia (sorry to any who actually speak Arabic for my Western spelling), are trying to send the message that a woman who leaves the protection of her family for being in public with another man deserves to be treated like this!
This system is broke, and people all over the world should say so. However, we Westerners have mostly bought into the ambiguities of moral pluralism to the extent that we can't even call evil by its true name.
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The same thing exists in American college life. Bitterness has caused many to use ruffies, date rape drugs in the alcohol/bar scene. It's not connected to a religion, but just the world's fallen nature. Tons of rapes occur a year and nothing is done about them because the women are ashamed and don't want to speak out. I did my senior documentary on this subject in college. Tough stuff. This hits home because a very close family member of mine was raped while serving in our military...
Hey Carolyn, if you're reading this and still having trouble with the white text on black... I just click on the little envelope at the bottom of the post to "email post." It puts it on a white screen for you, easier to read, I think. Or the RSS feed thing would work, too.
Thanks, Karen, for the tip. After reading this, my eyes are seeing double!! haha
What an absolute shame and pitty that this girl continues to be punished for an American girl's stupid choice in boyfriends.
It is alarming that a family who loves you sees this as just. How does seeing a loved one beaten, raped and sentanced to jail even SOUND legal, let alone reasonable.
Thanks for bringing our attention to these things Jon, and glad you are feeling better!
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