2006-12-17 22:27:39 · 8 answers · asked by saikot11 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
a woman needs 4 male witnesses to accuse a man of rape...this law is being fazed out in most Islamic countries though
2006-12-17 22:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no 'true' Islamic Law
They refer to it as "Sharia Law" but in fact each district has the ability to have that "interpreted". In Pakistan, the President (for life) Musharrif has banned that and made rape cases now go to the civil courts
2006-12-18 06:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by wolf560 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ä°f a man rapes a woman he gets killed.Suppose both of them are willing adultery because they are married with
others they get stoned to death but need 4 witness must have seen them.Suppose not married persons doing this
they dont get killed but they get trashing beat and after
they can get marry.
2006-12-18 08:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by nezih batgun 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Woman are under islam law inferior to man, they should not even be allow to complain about rape. It there fault and should be punished if four man rape her, bad woman.
Does this make any sense to any normal human being?
2006-12-18 06:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If men raped another man they would be stoned to death. If men raped a woman she would be stoned unless she could produce 4 witnesses or was willing to marry one of the offenders. Don't think that applies everywhere but I think it does where Sharia law is enforced.
2006-12-18 06:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ted T 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
In Islam, we are not allowed to tarnish the honor of anyone. One is required to produce four witnesses when making an allegation of adultery against another person; otherwise, one will be guilty of slandering.
A raped woman is a victim that must be treated with honor and kindness. She is not required to produce four witnesses to prove the crime done against her, nor is she punished for the crime done against her.
In his response to your question, Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, states:
If a person makes an allegation of adultery against another person (male or female) he or she must produce four witnesses to support such an allegation; otherwise, he or she is guilty of slandering, which is a grave offense in Islam, for we are not to tarnish the honor of anyone.
A woman who has been raped cannot be asked to produce witnesses; her claim shall be accepted unless there are tangible grounds to prove otherwise. To insist that she provide witnesses is akin to inflicting further pain on her. If anyone refutes her claim of innocence, the onus is on him to provide evidence, and she may simply deny the claim by making a solemn oath, thus clearing herself in public. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The onus to provide evidence falls on the one who makes a claim, and the one who denies (the same) can absolve himself or herself by making a solemn oath to the contrary.”
As for a spouse who witnesses his or her partner committing adultery and the other party denies it and they are unable to provide witnesses, they are, if they so desire, to part company by repudiating each other by engaging in what is known as a solemn oath and prayer of curse (li`an). It is described thus in the Qur’an: “And those who accuse their wives, and have no witnesses but themselves, then the testimony of each of them shall be a testimony sworn by God repeated four times, that he is indeed truthful. And the fifth (oath) is that God’s curse be upon him if he is lying. And it shall avert punishment from her that she testify a testimony repeated and sworn by God four times, that he is lying. And a fifth (oath) that the wrath of God be upon her, if he has spoken the truth”
2006-12-18 06:38:16 · answer #6 · answered by Aby 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Rape has got no concern with religion.It is concerned with the greatest religion, humanity.
om namah shivaya.
2006-12-18 06:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by rajesh bhowmick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Basically the womans testimony is worthless
2006-12-18 06:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by uncle J 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋