Is this actually true? Surely not. Must all the witnesses be Muslim? What if the rape happened with no witnesses and it is her word against his? What happens then? This can't be true , can it? Could I please hear from Muslims?
2007-03-04 04:41:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not a Muslimah but can't keep quiet on this issue.
Most of the Islamic world follows the Shariah or Sunnah legal manual known as the ‘Umdat al-Salikwhich and are made apart of the laws of almost all Muslim countries.
In most of the more repressed countries; such as Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Syria, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Bengali and Bahrain, the laws concerning rape are very specific.
In the countries I listed, in order to report rape you must have a witness to the rape. There is no such thing as statutory rape in 99% of the cases brought before the courts. This is because the age of consent for all these countries is 9 years of age following with the wisdom that Aisha was 9 when she had sex with Muhammad. Only men whom prey on younger than 9 years of age and reported to the authorities are actually prosecuted but not necessarily punished.
Because under the Shariah and Sunnah and laws which are made from them rape is an almost impossible charge to bring. In most cases, the women are charged with moral outrage if they do try to report the rape and generally this leads to the authorities bringing charges against the woman for being immoral or a prostitute. Once these charges are brought the victim of rape may be raped many times over again by local boys and men because the woman has already been charged with moral outrage and if the woman reports the rapes again generally this leads to more charges against the rape victim.
"Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali unveiled women are uncovered meat for men, Mufti in Copenhagen sparked a political outcry after publicly declaring that women who refuse to wear headscarves are "asking for rape."
Germany 81% of rape victims were raped by muslim men most of which were immigrants.
USA According to the FBI 49% of all rape cases accross the US were committed by men who claim were muslim or known to belong to muslim prison gangs.
Norway 80% of rape crimes are by muslim immigrants. victims ages between 6 and 16.
France 74% of rape victims were attacked by muslim men.
So when I listen to muslims who try and say that rape and other high moral crimes are only a western issue. I say they are the greatest Liars of the world.
2007-03-04 06:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Sternchen 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
For anyone to be convicted of any crime, from both genders, there had to be two witnesses available. It doesn't matter what their religion were as long as they could differentiate between good and bad.
But as it is said by the Prophet "the laws of Islam are bound to change by the passing of time."
Now there are DNA tests that can be done. Rape kits and stuff. So the law doesn't apply for today's life.
2007-03-04 12:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by Samantha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, islamic law does not say this.....this is only the law in pakistan. The islamic law says that if you accuse someone of committing adultery you must provide 4 witnesses. This is not the case for rape. The pakistani law is ridiculous. But please do not confuse culture/government with islam. You will find no place in the Quran or hadith that says this, it will actually say the opposite.
"When a woman went out in the time of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) for prayer, a man attacked her and overpowered (raped) her. She shouted and he went off, and when a man came by, she said: That (man) did such and such to me. And when a company of the Emigrants came by, she said: That man did such and such to me. They went and seized the man whom they thought had had intercourse with her and brought him to her.
She said: Yes, this is he. Then they brought him to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). When he (the Prophet) was about to pass sentence, the man who (actually) had assaulted her stood up and said: Apostle of Allah, I am the man who did it to her.
He (the Prophet) said to the woman: Go away, for Allah has forgiven you. And about the man who had intercourse with her, he said: Stone him to death.
He also said: He has repented to such an extent that if the people of Medina had repented similarly, it would have been accepted from them. (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 38, Number 4366)"
2007-03-04 12:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
must need 2 eyes witness of mans not lady
2007-03-04 14:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by abdul azeez s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
four eye witnesses. if one person accuses another the accuser will be lashed 80 times, this is only if the public knows about it, if not, the person that committed the crime should repent. as God has kept his/her sin a secret he/she should also do the same.
im Muslim
2007-03-04 12:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Idiots.
2007-03-04 14:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard something similar, but I think it was a specific country, that has that law.
2007-03-04 12:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by Vultureman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just read the Koran for yourself. All the savagery is right there in black and white. Yes its true. So is this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6412453.stm
2007-03-04 12:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
not true just wistful thinking on there behalf
2007-03-04 12:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not in the US....
2007-03-04 13:47:18 · answer #10 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋