Here is a horrific parallel between sharia law in action and a teaching from the Bible:
In Paktia province [Afghanistan] last year, a shura of elders decided that a 25-year-old man who sexually abused a 7-year-old relative should pay compensation to the child's family. They also decreed the girl should marry her rapist when she's older. Source: Case study from Silence Is Violence: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan, published by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, July 2009.
Question: What kind of lunatic would make a rape victim marry her attacker? Answer: God. See: Deuteronomy 22:28-29 (NIV) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2022:28-29&version=NIV
In Paktia province [Afghanistan] last year, a shura of elders decided that a 25-year-old man who sexually abused a 7-year-old relative should pay compensation to the child's family. They also decreed the girl should marry her rapist when she's older. Source: Case study from Silence Is Violence: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan, published by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, July 2009.
Question: What kind of lunatic would make a rape victim marry her attacker? Answer: God. See: Deuteronomy 22:28-29 (NIV) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2022:28-29&version=NIV
Islamic law also has many similarities to American Constitutional law. For example, Sharia fundamentalists believe in the concept of originalism: interpreting basic tenets of the law as they were designed to apply by those who first formulated them. The same applies to some Justices of the United States Supreme Court, such as Scalia, who believe that the American Bill of Rights ought to be interpreted as meant by the founding fathers.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the world in general would be better suited by drawing commonalities between various faiths and cultures instead of driving wedges between them.
It depends on the translation.
ReplyDelete"If a man comes upon a maiden that is not betrothed, takes her and has relations with her, and their deed is discovered,
the man who had relations with her shall pay the girl's father fifty silver shekels and take her as his wife, because he has deflowered her. Moreover, he may not divorce her as long as he lives."
http://usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/deuteronomy22.htm
This translation does not mention rape, only sex outside of marriage. You also have to look at the historical and cultural context.
You also have to realise "rape" doesn't necessarily mean sexual violence, but could also mean kidnap, elopement, or even seduction (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptio). This is out of context, in that it means he must take responsibility for a woman he's dallied with. It's making sure the social structure of marriage is properly prepared for in Hebrew culture—not shortcutting the parental approval and social acceptability of a marriage. As Paul (above, not the New Testament auther ;) ) said, you muse consider the historical and (as I'd say) social context.
ReplyDeleteBetter not to oppose: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1210799/My-mother-hired-hitman-kill-The-shocking-story-Muslim-woman-parents-disapproved-Western-lifestyle.html, there are many alike stories.
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