Comments on: Saudi court sentences rape VICTIM to 90 lashes

By: Linda K.

Linda K. — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:10:17 +0000

Beware any religion that incourages hatred,injustice,non-compassionite
dogma. American christians don’t hate anyone of a different religion. We pray for you and that the true story of Jesus Christ(Not A Prophet),however the Son of God himself,will be shared, for in that story is one of wisdom,love,forgiveness,compassion and the freedom to live this way of life Only. I once was filled with Hate,for my daughters murderer,but I forgave him,just as I hope to be forgiven.I am praying that this Planet will attain True Wisdom and We Love Each Other in Peace. FORGIVE AND FORGET YESTERDAYS-THERE GONE-WE ONLY HAVE TODAY.
Sister In Christ,
Linda

By: zani

zani — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:27:07 +0000

a shame what happened—but 2 b frank me and my friends dont have any sympathy for these lazy a$$ saudi women who treat other women from asian countries like dogs—where was the outrage when isma mahmood, a young paki girl last year was raped by this saudi beast in the holy city of medina?? where were those conceited arrogant saudi feminists? how about those indonesian,sri lankan, and filipina maids who were raped, beaten with hot iron and denied pay??? Probably they were in dubai and london on their shopping sprees imbibing alcohol, eating like boars and farting at their four course restaurants and talking gibberish just to kill time in order to live their purposeless and aimless sorry lives. now when the snake came and they got a taste of their medicine, now they r shamelessly crying foul
well, live with it now and feel the pain u pampered b–ches.

By: John

John — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:51:56 +0000

I am a Christian, but I would like to be logical and FAIR here (please do not rush and try to be the same!). I think she was punished not for being raped but for not respecting and following the rules that she already knew. She was innocent as far as the rape crime but, I believe, being with someone she was not supposed to be with, caused this to happen. Studying Islam, Islamic rules seem not to be about cures but about preventing the whole thing from happening. They are like “Do not even think about it”. I think the court did look at the situation as “we would like to such crimes not to happen in our country at all so we need to stop the causes”. We all know that, living in a country, you HAVE to follow the rules whatever they are. I believe the whole thing would not have been happened if she did not put herself into that situation by being with that man. As we all know, verdicts in similar crimes depend on (and are different according to) the situation. I personally think that the rapists knew the victim and the man she was with. It seems they were following them for some time and wanted a piece of her thinking the whole thing was going to be covered (remember, she was married). They knew she was doing something wrong and/or had something to hide that might prevent her from speaking up.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:33:58 +0000

the saudi comunity is shoked by this story ….and i blame the stupid gudge !!! actually he gave her this sentence acording to his own opinion not acourding to islam law….I think day after day our gudges become more stupid …..what a justes is that?????!!!!!

By: Sameer Aly

Sameer Aly — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:45:37 +0000

How do you reconcile religion and conscience when you’re Muslim.

Muhammad himself referred to women as being deficient in both intellect and religion, and it goes without saying that Shari’a law has no understanding of the concept of proportionality. In brief, a substantial portion of what Islam has to offer is about as appealing as an unflushed toilet, although the contents of the toilet are arguably more intelligent in nature.

By: Human

Human — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:48:54 +0000

Savages.

By: Haitham

Haitham — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:55:40 +0000

El Principessa,

I’m happy to know that you have such a wonderful Father with a great open mind. I just hope and wish that we have more like him everywhere. Not only in Saudi, but all the Muslim and Arab world. The story here does not tell that “you ca find this in Saudi only”, but the fact that we have worse than this case in many other Arab and Muslim countries makes our part of the world looks really bad.

Anyway, God bless your father and all the open minded parents. You are a lucky girl

By: El Principessa

El Principessa — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:40:45 +0000

I am a Saudi woman.
I am proud to be a Saudi woman.
I know I come from a country where there is so much injustice, and i hate that.
There are those crazy few who ruin the world’s view of people in Saudi Arabia.
My father(God bless him) is one of the most intelligent men i have ever met.

No i do not cover. and my father doesnt push me to. what he told me when i was 13 was: ” I am asking you if you want to cover. if you want to , this is the time. if you do not it is your choice” if i were forced to fully cover myself i know i would be in the hell hole because i would be doing much worse things under that veil.

he lives by the idea that if we are forced to do certain things we will come to hate it and do much worse.
its all about tolerance. I have Muslim friends, Christian friends, hindu friends, and yes even a jewish friend( not extremist,not Israeli, there is a difference). but we do not judge eachother based on religion.
we judge people on the basis of their actions, and who they are.

of course I am prejudice in certain areas, but who isnt?

and again, its all down to interpretation of religious texts. just like i read : I am happy. one way you read it another way.
The basis of Islam is that we should spread peace.( Alsalamu alaykum w alaykum alsalam)

so people spread peace.

By: kimmy

kimmy — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:23:01 +0000

Haitham,
I would be proud and honoured to join you.

By: Haitham

Haitham — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:35:54 +0000

Kimmy, my friends,

It is a waste of time arguing with these so called Muslims with short Thobes showing ankles and a long beard dyed in ‘red’. They just remind me with those looks of Zionist rabbis who also calls for killing the other side. In fact they both are disgrace to humanity, and for me, they both are the most dangerous species on earth because they both poison heads of millions to kill each other. so close minded and both think they are the chosen ones. If they are, then I prefer to serve my time in hell than being aside of any of them