March 16, 2009
Another dispatch from the religion of peace: A Saudi judge sentenced a pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery even though she isn't married, the Daily Mail reported.
The judge ordered that the woman be jailed for a year and receive 100 lashes, but the lashes could wait until after she delivered the baby, he ruled.
Where's all the women's rights groups to speak up for this woman whose testimony in Islamic court counts as one-fourth that of a man?
The woman, 23, became pregnant from the rape. She was reportedly assaulted after accepting a ride from a man. It is illegal in Saudi Arabia for a woman to be with a man unless he is a relative.
The man took her to a house where she was attacked by him and four of his friends throughout the night. The judge ruled that she she had committed adultery despite not being married.
She later discovered she was pregnant and tried to get an abortion.
The Saudi Gazette reported that she eventually 'confessed' to having 'forced intercourse' with her attackers.
Women have very few rights in Saudi Arabia. They are not allowed to drive and are banned from going out in public in the company of men other than male relatives.
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