Pakistani woman, jailed for being raped in Saudi Arabia, deported

by Haitham Sabbah on April 26, 2006

[Source] Sixteen-year-old Isma Mahmood was deported to Pakistan last month after serving six months in shackles and handcuffs in a prison in Saudi Arabia. Her crime: being raped by a Saudi man.

"It's difficult for me to talk about what happened to me, from rape to prison and from prison to deportation," Isma said in the office of a rescue trust in Karachi where she sat with her sister Muna, 18, who was also deported.

Isma's parents, originally from the central Pakistani city of Multan, were trafficked to Saudi Arabia around 20 years ago.

"I was the victim, I was raped and molested but I was named as the accused, and the man who committed the crime was not touched," she said, hiding her face with both hands in shame…


The unnamed man warned her that she would be imprisoned if she went to police, and said that the Saudi sponsor who brought her parents to the country through a Pakistani agent would have them all expelled.

"Once a jail official offered me help and assured me I would be released if I agreed to sleep with him …"

What can I say? Good people do good, and evil people do evil.

This happens all the time and it is disgusting. More people need to talk about women's rights. We can't just sit and listen to invaders in Iraq preaching for freedom in the region without start caring for women's rights.

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1 musa April 26, 2006 at 10:55 pm

It is extremely important to talk about women’s rights – we need to empower women, not make them eternal victims. We also need to talk about the rights of migrant workers. If a Saudi woman had been raped her situation might have been different. The Saudis who abused her not only had power over her as men, but through a legal system that systematically silences non-Saudis. This is not to single out Saudis as the worst or only perpetrators. This is a problem regionally, where employers routinely abuse guest workers and get away with it.

2 Natalia April 26, 2006 at 11:10 pm

Unfortunately, foreign workers in Saudi, unless they’re white Americans and the like, often get the shaft. I wonder how many nameless women are out there, getting abused, and keeping mum, knowing what will happen to them if they don’t. There’s a weird culture of racism and classism in Saudi, it’s positively Medieval in some of its aspects. Of course, gender is a huge part of this problem as well. A lot of Saudi men are taught that foreign women, especially poor women, are pieces of meat put on this earth for their amusement. I’ve got a blogger buddy whose site I read occasionally, he recently recounted a story of how he tried to encourage a fourteen year old to respetc his poor, elderly Indonesian maid. There was no sexual invovelement, just blatant disrespect and dehumanization. It brought tears to my eyes, to read about it.

3 Queen Rania's fan April 26, 2006 at 11:31 pm

What a shame!!!!!

4 Firas April 27, 2006 at 12:11 am

I am not sure it’s about women rights only!

The whole Arab Gulf treats those who come from 3rd countries including Arabs, as slaves!

Labor laws are unjust, you can get fired for no reason and then deported, some have beeen living there for more than 30 years and they can’t get naturalized! And if you do speak up they’ll tell you: We have fed you, clothed you and gave you money but you are bashing us!
Anyways, it’s unworthy to live there anymore!I mean the wages are not that great and no social life, add to that the weather is awful! Many freidns go to the Gulf for a while and then come back to Jordan, they tell you what you gonna save there you will spend it buying air tickets, I would rather live in dignity!

5 Philip April 27, 2006 at 6:39 am

The “man” (I use the quotation marks purposefully) here is the one who needs to be in shackles…then beheaded. Rape is the most barbaric of acts other than child molestation(but since the girl was only 16, this case pretty much falls under that category loosely). The fact that the perpetrator was the “ggod guy” here and that the girl suffered more punishment for it (thought he prison time was probably a walk in the park compared to the rape itself) is…well, there are no words I can think of other than EVIL. This is way beyond women’s rights. Rape is a vicious, violent act. The victim lives with it until she dies. It affects everything she does. It affects her future husband, if she can bear to have one. Send the guy to my house, and he will get a chest full of buckshot.

6 kinzi April 27, 2006 at 10:31 am

Yea, Phillip (and others) I agree.

Doesn’t it have something to do with the fact that slavery was only made illegal in Saudi in the 70s?

I guess the ‘eye for an eye’ thing in Saudi doesn’t extend to the offending body part where rape is concerned? Maybe that would deter offenders.

7 FaeLLe April 27, 2006 at 10:41 am

Well lets just put it this way.

If the person who commited the rape was not ‘muaten’ ie. local Saudi he would have recieved a jail sentence.

In those parts of the world people can get away easily with crimes if you belong to the country ie. a ‘local’.

Pretty same in Dubai too but probably not for a serious crime like rape.

8 dozz April 27, 2006 at 2:02 pm

I dont understand!!!
how did they manage to make the whole thing her fault???!!!!!!!!

9 Khalidah April 27, 2006 at 3:07 pm

Ahhhhh
It is really sad that the victim becomes the accused and the innocent to be punished for the guilt of those who offended them in the first place

What if this happens to this guy’s daughter or sister or wife? wait a minute! silly me!
He will kill her of course to evenge his honor .. oh! what an honorable man he is .. what honorable men they all are …

10 Zeeshan Nazar April 29, 2006 at 1:56 am

i know people who have been living in KSA for more than 30 years on the same job but still they are not given the due respect they should get by the saudi locals. Saudi locals treat all indopak staff as their slave .
I pray to god that the OIL on which they are boasting will get dry Soon. and they will be left with nothing and then their american FRIENDS will kick them also.

East or west, women everywhere are being exploited.

11 Aatif April 29, 2006 at 1:13 pm

As Salaam Alaikum
my name is aatif and i work in kuwait and earn pretty good enough. I read this news about Isma and was shocked to no end that it happened that too in the city of Madinah. I prayed to Allah that He give me a chance to do something for this girl. I want to marry this girl and give her a lease of life. I have no bad intentions. Please i would really appreciate any information about the whereabouts of her and someone who can give my proposal to her. I m ready to get cross checked my relevant people if they want to do it. May Allah help her.

12 Zeeshan Nazar April 30, 2006 at 1:19 am

That would be a really great thing to do Mr. atif.
I hope you wont turn out to be another trauma for her.

but this will be the solution for only one victim. What about the other women who are living in KSA and other arab countries as sex slaves of their sponsors ?

Where are the NGos who protested and publicize the Mukhtaran mai incident in pakistan? what are they doing now ?

Wake up Muslim World.

13 Anwar May 2, 2006 at 12:47 pm

The story of the Pakistani woman who was raped, then arrested and deported, is totally symptomatic of the the prevailing atttitudes towards migrant workers in general and women in particular in that part of the world.

I lived and worked in the Arabian Gulf region for almost 5 years and was myself a victim of almost daily ritual exploitation by the so called “watanis”, nationals of these Gulf countries who consider themselves to be superior to everyone else and frankly above the law. I do not wish to generalise by accusing all people in the region of having this attitude, but by and large this was sadly the case.

There is presently a case going through the courts in Dubai of a British air stewardess who was raped by a gang of local men. The accused were released, but the girl has now been charged with “unlawful sex” and awaits trial. What a disgusting state of affairs!!!

I just wish to say this to our american and european friends who are preaching human rights to Iran and Iraq, have a close look at some of your so called “friends and allies” in the region and maybe give them a few lessons on human rights and democracy. Perhaps things will then change for the better.

14 Philip May 2, 2006 at 5:48 pm

Bravo, Anwar! I have been stating that the US should use its considerable influence to push our allies to respect liberty, justice and human rights. The US has a bad habit of holding back on our allies. And I’m no liberal! I just know that an alliance with the US is typically considered beneficial, so nations like KSA, UAE and Israel could be effectively reformed with such pressure.

15 Philip May 3, 2006 at 5:06 am

Aatif,
That is very admirable. It is unfortunate that she will have such difficulty finding a husband on her own. Why should the actions of a cruel man be allowed to harm her any further?

16 Javed June 10, 2006 at 11:40 pm

Its not unusual in Saudi Arabia…There are many other undiscovered crimes against humanity..some of them so shocking. In my stay for almost a decade there I complained to God many time..Why such things are happening on this sacred land and so called muslim ummah is silent about it.The simnple answer in my mind is “We are selfish and greedy in nature and compromise the very basic moral ethics over evil to achieve our goals” We just blame the western culture and not even knowing our own..I have been in Canada since I left S/Arabia and got to know this fact.Reality on the ground is not what we hear from others..Its the experience which makes the difference..Saudi are exposed to what they do to the humanity..Western media (excluding some) always critisizes their brutalities but we praise them just for funding so called charities and building mosques..Why? because we fold all their evils and unfold the blank cheques..Solution? boycott their so called economical help…Think about it.

17 Asim Shahzad June 18, 2006 at 11:41 pm

What the hell is this
shame on Saudi Arabians !!!

18 Ed June 19, 2006 at 11:55 am

Robin will probably start defending the rapist now. It’s very typical of Robin to take the wrong side over and over…
Poor woman though…

19 Robin June 19, 2006 at 5:41 pm

Sorry Ed, I am a rational person who does not wish to defend ANY wrong. The sons of bitches that did this to her need to be hung up by their toenails :) and ALL of these relgious zealot monsters locked up and have the key thrown away. Further more, the Al-Saud family and their Wahabi cohorts need to be shipped off to the moon and give the chance to those citizens of Saudi Arabia who are suffering themselves from their grip the chance to bring their country into the twenty-first century.

20 Ed June 20, 2006 at 7:18 am

Robin,
Now you’re talking…

21 Robin June 20, 2006 at 8:06 am

Ed,
Look, I’m an American of very simple means and desires. The whole idea of household servants to me is WIERD in the first place. This subject is one where I depart from my usual defense of the culture there. Here in the States the rich have household help also, but they do not generally live with the family they work for. They are also not contracted to stay with the family with no means of outside support. Thus, the servant is ENTIRELY dependent on their employment for EVERYTHING, even an occasional day off. From my COMPLETELY American viewpoint I am VERY uneasy with this arrangement there. All of the household help from nannies to cooks to cleaners to drivers are foreign. Our family had almost all Sri Lankan and Philipino servants. Gosh, I am so uneasy even using the term servant. Occasionally we had a husband wife team but usually they were not. They might have had families in their homes of origin that they went two years without seeing. With the women, many had children back in Sri Lanka or the Philipines whose grandmothers were raising the grandkids. They were always sad and me being the person that I am was sad right along with them. I thought it was a HORRIBLE arrangement. I did see many cases in which servants were over worked and unappreciated but I also saw many cases in my own family where the servants were almost, not quite, but more or less treated as members of the family. I refused help myself except for a “houseboy” (I HATE that term) and a driver I shared with others. He was young and single from Sri Lanka. He was actually my best buddy which was kind of wierd because we couldn’t let on that we played cards and cleaned house together. But to just make a point, I just don’t get why Gulf Arabs need so darn many servants other than they are used to it and all the entertaining in the home needs a team to pull off. It’s great to have someone to help you when you need it but for EVERYTHING is something not within my own understanding. And to take it several steps further and mistreat and rape them is AWFUL. I DO think it is a sense of entitlement but ask a rapist anywhere in the world and they think they are entitled to rape the woman or else they wouldn’t be doing it in the first place. But in this case, I think the system itself is a recipe for abuse by unscrupulous individuals.

22 Philip June 20, 2006 at 8:08 am

Hey! Let’s all have an Agree-A-Thon! :-D
My only dispute is that all rapists and kid touchers should get the chair. Of course, if prisons really did what Robin said … and I mean no TV, no magazines, no art classes, etc. … then I could go for it. Sexual predators should never be released to prey upon the public again. And they almost ALWAYS do.

23 Ed June 20, 2006 at 8:29 am

Robin. We seem to be agreeing more in this article than previous ones. People in the Gulf, especially the last two generations have had it easy. They don’t do their laungry, never pump their gas, washing dishes is a no-no, making the bed is never heard of and it goes on. I know some who work with me here -I work for an oil company- who have told me, with pride from their side, that they have never washed a dish. Asking them if they have ever washed their own car or changed the oil or replaced a flat tire would make them homeboys look at me as if I was insane. In short, they have had it easy since birth. They are not interested in changing this attitude. With this attitude came their superiority complex. They believe that they are better than everybody else and from this sick perspective they think they can do horrible things like they did to this poor Pakistani girl in the article. What is even worst is that they get away with most of it. There are a lot more stories for their dirty laundry but they are in Arabic and I don’t have time to translate them. They are listed in many somewhat liberal Arabic websites. Not all of them homeboys are like this but a good majority is.
From my own personal experience with US nationals in the company and from my travelling, they are generous, kind hearted, well behaved and rational. There are the few whom I know would enjoy the usual burning of a cross in backyard or putting a pointed white hood on if they get the chance but the majority is fantastic and we get along just fine. You know what I mean. So I know where you’re coming from when you talk about your experiences with the house boy or driver or etc…

24 Robin June 20, 2006 at 8:38 am

Philip,
The punishment for rape in Saudi Arabia IS death. http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2001-01/14/article3.shtml That is one reason why this case is so perverted. It’s twisted even according to their own law. I have always been against the death penalty, even before I became Catholic. But I could go in this case for hanging this gentleman up by a certain two round parts of his anatomy. What’s more, the judge who did this to this young girl should be dangling right along side of him. Not literally, because that would be as barbaric as chopping their heads off in the public square for Friday entertainment, but you get the gist of my intent. And as I have said in the prior post up there, the whole system of imported domestic help needs to totally be over-hauled.

25 Philip June 20, 2006 at 8:50 am

Oh yeah, that’s true. I was speaking more generally and then applying it to US law. Of course, there is a good chance that anyone who “touches” or rapes my child WILL get the death penalty, at least if I have the opportunity to catch them trying ti. But it’s just hard to imaging this girl first being raped, and then being punished for it. Take out all emotion and strip this down to simple logic. How can someone be punished for a crime committed against them? It’s like throwing me in prison for being beaten by street thugs. Grr. Only when you re-insert the emotion and the depth of the effects of rape (add into this her very vulnerable age), it’s unimaginable.

26 Robin June 20, 2006 at 9:21 am

Ed,
My own personal experience was with ALL Western educated Saudis. They had all, even the women come here to the States to live for several years while attending university. None of them brought servants with them, what a joke that would be, and all of them coped and coped quite well. It might have been an adjustment, but it was a learning experience just like any kid going off to college. But then again, my mother-in-law was the hardest working person I have EVER known who was up from dawn to midnight working even though she had some domestic help. But I absolutley know what you mean by spoiled behavior. BUT, not all of them are spoiled to the same extent AND not all of them abuse their help. My mother-in-law has had the same companion for 50 years!!! They are closer than sisters. But I have been to some homes, where the help was treated like slaves, no time off and only a few hours of sleep. As for these employers I’m surprised the servants weren’t asked to wipe their you know whats. It’s disgusting and as I reiterate, the system is set up for abuse. One has to realize that Saudis don’t do certain things themselves and there is a HUGE foreign labor force there. Even at executive levels there are many foreigners. The current Saudization program is seeking to reduce the foreign work force but it will be a long time to convince the citizens themselves to fill certain jobs. Besides that, not everyone has to work. If your family is wealthy, then many families there support family members who don’t work. These are called rich bums where I come from but who am I to say as an American. Saudi women are also only allowed to work in certain fields, medicine, teaching and women’s banking for instance. But there ARE Saudi women who own their own businesses and are quite well off on their own. No family dole or housewife position for these ladies, they are a FORCE to contend with and quite capable of taking any Saudi male on in smarts. My experience was not what you read about all the time and alot of my friends were westerners married to Saudis themselves. So when you mix the two, it definitely brings the whole thing down a notch or two. But in my case, my family was wonderful through and through then and still is. This poor girl who is the subject of this thread was a victim of the worst kind of human being, let alone Saudi. I pray for her safety and peace of mind to return to her.

27 Jis June 25, 2006 at 3:05 pm

Actually, what us the use of UN, Pakinstan Embassy in Saudi and all the people who speak of human rights? Why not BBC , and other medias could not take this to public and sham the shake of Saudi. Why no Woman organisations in Pakinstan who cannot protest against this. Mr. Bin Ladin what you say? First you stop this brutality done to the daughter of alla by another Culprit. Then you try to revenge against Others,

28 Priti July 27, 2006 at 1:50 pm

These crimes have become very general and we all feel sorry but when the time would come where we acan send real criminals inside the bars…? where are the responsible people of society? what are they doing? blame should not only go to criminals because letting crime happen is also a crime and those people should also be punished who let crime happen and then they just watch it…..

29 Hat Kaman August 1, 2006 at 4:33 am

Is this the Islam they kill us for because non moslems allows adultary?
If the Sharia laws [that made the raped poor girl go to prison for 6 months before deportation] are devine, why not apply them in the US and let 70% of the police stay home?

30 muskaan September 8, 2006 at 9:56 pm

i feel sorry for the poor girl who have been so much . Allah guide her in good way always. and for the ones who do not good in time bad will come to ya .

31 patrick October 7, 2006 at 6:51 pm

Let me tell you people. This is a shit! Saudi arabia isn’t like this. You people are just working together to spoil the name of saudi arabia. In other words, IT’S A BIG LIE.

32 Robin October 8, 2006 at 3:25 am

” It was not until 1962 that King Faisal formally abolished slavery in Saudi Arabia. In 1966, the UN-affiliated Anti-Slavery Society reported that there were several thousand slaves in the Kingdom that were being resettled, and whose owners were being financially compensated. Perhaps not coincidentally, it was also around this time that large numbers of foreign workers first began to arrive in the Kingdom, drawn from other Arab countries and from Asia by the promise of wealth generated by the burgeoning oil industry. Today the Saudi labor force is dominated by foreign nationals. Official sources state that there are approximately three million foreigners in Saudi Arabia’s total population of 16.7 million. About 60% of the Saudi workforce are foreign nationals, and over 90% of workers in the private sector are non-Saudis. The labor system that has emerged has a long way to go to meet internationally recognized labor standards” http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/parliament/3251/spring99/saudi.html
“Bad Dreams, Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia”
“It is undeniable that many foreigners employed in the kingdom, in jobs from the most menial to the highest skilled, have returned home with no complaints. But for the women and men who were subjected to abysmal and exploitative working conditions, sexual violence, and human rights abuses in the criminal justice system, Saudi Arabia represented a personal nightmare.” Human Rights Watch http://hrw.org/mideast/saudi/labor/ (for the entire article)
As I stated above, domestic help is in ALL of the homes of the Saudis who can afford it. At the very least there is a driver (who often does other jobs as well) for the women who cannot drive, USUALLY a nanny to help with the children because there are so many social obligations, QUITE often cooks because of all the food preparation necessary for entertaining in the homes, and other extras to do the other chores. This is NOT about the average middle class Saudis who cannot afford such things, it IS about the wealthy who can. And NO I do not believe all domestic help is “terribly” abused because I did not witness this or hear of it. But LONG hours tending to every need of their employers IS a fact. Years away from their families IS a fact. Needing permission from the families for time off IS a fact. Leaving the country without an exit permit from your employer IS a fact. Signing contracts for long periods of time without the chance of vacation IS a fact.
It is simply a “different” way of life for the wealthy, in KSA and ALL of the Gulf states. I don’t believe it is a way of life that “Westerners” and certainly not the Saudis themselves who do NOT serve in this manner would choose for themselves. Instead, there are workers from other poorer countries who go to KSA to become domestic workers because they believe their sacrifice is worth the monetary payoff. That IS a fact. In FACT, Saudi recruitors go to these countries JUST to import this domestic help because Saudis would NEVER serve in this manner. The system itself is a recipe for abuse. That is NOT to say every foreign domestic worker has a nightmare, but it all depends on what someone might call a “dream” considering you are at the constant beck and call of your employer, whether they are “good and kind” to you or not. Now Patrick, what is a lie? I am not as I stated before, referring to the middle class, but rather to the wealthier class.

33 Tina October 9, 2006 at 4:43 am

I want to write something about this Pakistani girl and want to find out how she got in the hands of Saudi or Arab man. My dad, brother, and me have lived in Saudi for few years. My brother was crazy he would never let me get out nor talk to any of our neighbors. Once he saw me talking to a Muslim lady on the stairs and he punished me for that. He did not like Arab men at all. Anyway, one day I got out by myself as a revenge, but I had a worst experience of my life. We in US barely cover our bodies that is quite true but what i saw was unbelieveable. A Saudi men in his long skirt was able to show his private parts to welcome me with him across the street. I had gone away from home in a bus for sight seeing and was dressed respectfully in black abaye and head and face covered. To be short, I want to know how this Muslim Pakistani girl happened to be with this Arab who got the chance to do such an evil act with her. Did her Muslim parents not teach her to be away and careful. I am sorry but maybe it was her fault too like I made a mistake to be out alone.

34 Tina October 9, 2006 at 3:55 pm

I know no one will accept this girl to marry. Even if she gets married he will keep her low though it might not be her fault. If someone can help Aatif who is willing to get married with her. She will be safe and happy for the rest of her life as this man is willing to accept her knowing the conditions. He has a big heart.

35 Robin October 9, 2006 at 8:19 pm

Tina,
I am a wee bit confused here. I linked to you and it says
Sulaiman M. Sabbah

Dubai – Al Garhoud- Airport Street
United Arab Emirates – UAE Not that you could not have posted something which is not yourself.

Your brother punished you for talking to a Muslim lady? Seems a tad zenophobic to me. I’m sorry that you had to live in KSA with all those “foreigners” around you that you didn’t trust. But it seems to me that you missed an opportuinity to meet your neighbor who was extending a friendly hand to you. Too bad you weren’t allowed to associate with your neighbors. And the long “white skirt”, it is called a “thobe” in KSA but I guess your time spent there was not spent availing yourselves of learning about their culture which certainly includes more than the unfortunate experience you had with the “Arab man”. Wherever you are now I hope you don’t have to put up with anyone like that in “your neighborhood” :(

36 Akeila October 14, 2006 at 3:52 pm

I was raped nearly 30 years ago by a guy from one of the Arabic states. He was a college guy and set his sights on “getting” an American girl (this was in an American city). I was a virgin at the time. He then went all over the area bragging about the act because since he was on a Visa, what could they do but deport him? Or so he claimed. Like this girl, I was blamed for this act by those in authority and told “I asked for it”. My dad, instead of being outraged, said I only got what I deserved for being out in the world. Mind, I’m Scotish.

To this day, I have never gotten over what this man did to me. And needless to say, I’m still uneasy around Muslim men. No offense to any of you good folks that are Muslim. But I’ve been scarred for life by this and no amount of therapy has helped. Because of the actions of one jerk, I’ve become afraid of all men from that part of the world. This guy said he was going to kidnap me and take me home so I wouldn’t have any way of escaping his country.

Now you tell me–did I over react to this? Should I have just said it’s over with, forget it like so many people have said? Should I not be afraid of Arabic men, as well as all men? You tell me–I’m not a guy.

What I mean to say is that this girl will be scarred for life, to say nothing of what her culture and family will think about this. My understanding of her culture is that she’s now “damaged goods”. She’ll never have a normal life again. And I understand how she feels.

It’s a sick world where there are places that women get blamed for being the victim. And that includes here in the States. May whatever Deity you worship have mercy on that girl.

37 Kelly October 18, 2006 at 8:34 pm

Can we get this rapist’s address and name? What if we go and take pictures of him and publish them here and anywhere else appropriate, to make him famous (shamed publicly)for his behaviour. Also publish photos and contact info of the Judges and officials involved and of course put the picture of the King right the as well. We could all send them an appropriate “gift” (a sack of garbage??) Just an idea…I wish the best for the poor girl but also feel death or stringing up etc is not an appropriate punishment. It is an interesting fact that the covering up of something really only makes it more desirable. On a european vacation my two small brothers went to borrow my fathers binoculars to look at a “building” in Germany but on investigating their whoops of “woo woo” it actually turned out that they were using them to look at a group of secretaries on their lunch break in the park sunning topless. Meanwhile the local people were completely unaffected.

Turn also to yourself and ask how you explain matters of sex to your children and cultivate their honest healthy sexuality for surely that is the rot of the world’s and this man’s problem in this area. My current theory anyway, please feel free to disagree.

38 Mehak Malhotra November 20, 2006 at 3:16 pm

Hi

How are you doing?

I thought to share some of my views on Women crimes with you to know what is that you feel about it.

Crime against women projects alarming heights. Do you agree – Death Penalty as punishment in rape cases would be an effective step towards protection of women through law? Or do we need to review the judicial proceedings or give more stringent punishments to stop crime against women? Will women ever feel safe & secure even when moving alone? What do you think should be done to achieve this? Say me something on http://www.jantaraj.com/prerna/defaultpet.asp?pid=378

http://indiademocracy.com/issue/user/issue.jsp?issueid=iss20050429061130

There is an alarming rise in atrocities of women today, in terms of rapes, assaults and dowry-related murders; female infanticide and sex-selective abortions are the additional forms that reflect the devaluing of females. The situation is so worse these days that there are at least two rapes every hour. The females’ today need more security, and providing this security is in the hands of our police. But there’s a question again, “Are women safe under police protection?”, because men in uniform, very often come in news for these very wrong reasons!

As we know, punishment is a way to teach people; our constitution, U/S 376 of the I.P.C, imposes a 7-year sentence extendable to life imprisonment for this. But suspensions from services, court trails and prison terms have not been conducive enough to stop men from harassing and harming women. So, some suggest that capital punishment is the only adequate penalty which will prove effective, at least a few of the criminals would get punished and many others discouraged then, in turn lessening these crimes. But others opine, “Violence cannot be removed by violence.”

Mehak Malhotra.

39 Robin November 20, 2006 at 6:16 pm

Hi Mehak,
I live in the US where rape is not punishable by death. I also lived in Saudi Arabia where rape WAS punishable by death. Without going into the issue of women in Saudi Arabia being punished for being raped which is an ABSOLUTE abomination, I will say this, at the time I was there 30 years ago the general consensus was that women were safer from rape due to the punishment rapists would face. I do not believe however for one minute that punishment as a deterence works on it’s own. It is the overall culture of masogeny towards women that must be dealt with in order to quell the incidence of rape in a society. It is about completely changing the attitude towards women and BY women which must happen. If women are thought of as objects of lust only, that is a breeding ground for rapes to occur. If women think of themselves as objects of lust themselves that is also a breeding ground in which rapes will occur. There is an obvious human tendency towards sexuality but it is the MEANS by which that tendency exhibits itself and how it is manifested in a society which teaches members of that society what is acceptable and what is not. I believe that by emphasizing sexuality over the other realms in which men and women interact it is a recipe for aggression towards women. Until women are treated with full respect as equals in all areas, one will hold power over the other. It is the culture which must foster the dignity of women in ALL ways combined with punishment for acting otherwise which I believe would be the solution rather than increasing the punishment alone.

40 the gladiator November 29, 2006 at 12:31 am

first,you are all talking about something called a bigg lie.in fact its the biggest lie i ever heard.i can say that a saudi womam has been raped in Pakistan.what is the proof,,,saudi arabia it the only country
in the hole world that has the real islam and this thing would be a pain in the ass for other poeple who hate islam and saudi arabia!!.if you want to say a lie you have to be clever npt stuped!!!!

41 Ameer October 1, 2007 at 7:03 pm

Some one will have to do soe thing for these saudi ass holes this is not something new there have been a lot of reports even from india .saudi are also the biggest entertainer of human smugling cant say much its disgusting………………………

42 Mohammad Zamin November 13, 2007 at 12:50 am

I found Phillip’s blogs the most agreeable, Rape victims should have a speedy trail and get the chair or as per Saudi law be-headed, I read about this in the paper a while back and I was seriously disturbed, It just comes to show that money never brings class, it’s education that changes a man for the better, and sadly such attitudes are prevalent in most Arab countries, Glory to the day when the sub-continent becomes Economically stronger and we will no longer require to come to these god-forsaken lands and earn a living in shame and subservience.

43 islam November 15, 2007 at 8:47 pm

okey this is the Islamic view about crime of rape

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=72338&ln=eng

44 Adi33333 December 2, 2007 at 12:00 pm

how can we know from here that who is right &who is wrong . MAy be she offered him for and after on she wanted to cash this issue but failed

45 Malik Abdullah Awan February 7, 2008 at 3:56 am

We will oneday take revenge from these fukin Saudis INSHALLAH

46 Blog reader February 9, 2008 at 9:03 am

Bastards!

47 jing February 11, 2008 at 7:22 am

One day..the people who committed this grave injustice will pay..I hope they too will be raped and be punished..and to the girl who got violated..hold your head up high,you have nothing to be ashamed of,the peole who violated you are the animals…

48 MUHAMMAD HAMDAN February 19, 2008 at 12:14 am

I WANT TO HELP THIS GIRL AND I WILL BRING JUSTICE I NEED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT MAN I AM FROM SAUDI ARABAI BUT I AM PAKISTANI AND I HAVE POWERS HERE IF YOU HAVE SEEN PRISON MY SISTER HE WILL SEE WORSE CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN PLEASE OR ELSE THE MAN WHO RAPED YOU HE WILL RAPE MORE PAKISTANI GIRLS AND OTHER GIRLS PLEASE CONTACT ME I AM AN AGENT FOR INTELLEGENSE PLEASE CONTACT ME 0564788238

49 CeNa March 24, 2008 at 7:49 pm

Well let me tell ya something guys .I’ve been living here (Saudi Arabia)since my birth and believe me i luv this country as an Islamic Nation. But all that glitter is not a gold. I’m 24 & when i was 16 ,i was near to become a victim of those f**king predators .You won’t believe me but if the saudi government allow homo marriage,Saudia without a doubt become the number one country for homo’s.I was manage to run away from those bastards .Just 2 yrs back i saw a single TAXI CAR followed by 18 cars.Exactly 18 cars. I was worried and i followed them to see what will happen .The 18 cars followed that TAXI 4 abt 2 hrs and i didn’t saw a single police car chasing them .What a shame.
Now just few weeks ago ,a teenage saudi girl were gang raped by 3 to 4 Bangladeshi’s and suddenly the govt was alerted and they were catching Bangladeshi’s from where ever they can then they started to deport them.
But the Pakistan’i Embassy should have been involved in the case of pakistani woman otherwise its hard 4 sum 1 to do so.

50 fatima from Algeria March 24, 2008 at 11:33 pm

I will not expect the whitehouse to comment on it , unless this woman was raped in Syria or iran . shame on the saudis for insulting Justice and Islam , this man should have been killed if they follow their own rules . shame on saudia and saudis who do not speak out against their country and rulers .

51 zani March 27, 2008 at 9:16 am

B4 da saudis point fingerz at USA and other western countries about how corrupt their judical systemz r, they should take a look at their own. F–k da saudi govt. they r just a bunch of theives, miscreants and criminalz acting as pious muslimz.

52 TJx August 8, 2008 at 12:26 am

Salaam, Muslim brothers & sisters, Please use any search engine and type:
Arab rapes Pakistani, Sri Lankan raped by Arabs, Indonesian abused by Arabs and any non Arab Muslim country with Arab rapes or abuses and then tell me, you feel anything for their suffering at the hands of Israeli or allied troops.
Pakistanis wake up!!! The UK/USA view Arabs as mindless fools to rob, Jews regard Arabs as an infestation that needs to be eradicated from their homeland, get over it Miskeen!!!! Wake up Pakistanis, Arabs treat our people like dogs!!!!!

53 muhammed August 21, 2008 at 9:55 pm

I am British muslim from KASHMIR . i and my Algerian friend knew few saudis. saudis are very evil.devil nature(pride) people they tried to slave us in even UK but they were shocked when they found people in uk are completely different. saudis are very stupid, ugly. people. only they treat bad weak poor people in there country. here in uk pakistanis, kashmiris algerian will kill and chopp there head off even if they make small mistake. saudis are very coward people i ever seen, but they are brave only in saudi Arabia because saudi racist system gives them help

54 TJx August 28, 2008 at 2:05 pm

I HATE ARABS!!!!
soon Inshallah oil will be worthless and us pakistanis will show them, who is miskeen

55 zafar September 5, 2008 at 2:44 pm

i am 18 year in saudi aribia i am sory to say asmah also invaloved i dont thing if case go to saudi cort she not get justic whay she not approch to pakistan emb

56 TJx September 8, 2008 at 6:09 pm

Pakistanis wake up!!! The UK/USA view Arabs as mindless fools to rob, Jews regard Arabs as an infestation that needs to be eradicated from their homeland, get over it Miskeen!!!! Wake up Pakistanis, Arabs treat our people like dogs!!!!!

57 PakWarrior September 10, 2008 at 12:44 am

We will oneday take revenge from these fukin Saudis INSHALLAH
Well said and nuff said, they will face endless punishment for their heinous deeds, this bunch of filthy arabs… i just get sick reading about them!

58 shaurn September 10, 2008 at 9:21 am

also fuck pakistan
this country is shit
they do not protect their citizens..i again urse the pakis not to send their daughters to saudis as ure govt sux.

59 zafar September 26, 2008 at 1:32 pm

same pupel dont no wat there are wariting donot use bed word as you know over late presedant ziaulhaq stop to send all femail to out cuntry i dont no wat for asma came to saudiaribia we must under stand saudi aribia is over scend cuntery we must respacet them if there any problem we shuld go to corurt anshallah we have a justic i want to tel shaurn befour you say same thing to pakistan thing about your cuntery your own pupels are saeling woman to arabs

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