Courtesy of Mr John Mathew Hall & Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-preacher-who-raped-and-tortured-his-five-year-old-daughter-to-death-is-released-after-paying-8480440.html
pennine:This (following) case happened over four years ago; it is not latest news, but is recent & therefore shows a little about strange way justice in Saudi Arabia works at the moment.
A man was able to get away with brutally murdering (and raping) his little five year old daughter Lama through paying £31,000 “blood money” to Lama’s mother. Apparently -the report claims- under “Islamic Law” this is “only half the amount that would have been paid had little Lama been a boy.” A Campaign group Women to Drive claim that “fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children & equally men cannot be executed for murdering their wives.” Seems a child & a woman’s life is classed as worthless. Note too,the attention paid to females (even little children)in sexual way, seems the father Fayhan al Ghamdi inflicted severe…
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