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2003-05-07 Southeast Asia

Religion of Peace fails to stop Incest, Pedophilia

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Posted by Anon1 2003-05-07 01:26 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And how many other instances like this occur but don't get any legal traction because a woman's testimony is not as valuable as a man's? If the woman makes an accusation, and the man denies it, no investigation is considered necessary. This little girl fortunately had other witnesses willing to step up.

Posted by Kathy 2003-05-07 06:07:38|| 2003-05-07 06:07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Gee, I guess he'll have to burn the poor girl alive now so she doesn't shame the family.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-07 06:08:05|| 2003-05-07 06:08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Why is a woman's testimony considered to be worth less than nothing in Islam?

Posted by KP 2003-05-07 12:05:16|| 2003-05-07 12:05:16|| Front Page Top

#4 It doesn't count less than nothing. It's technically 1/2 that of a man. (That is, as long as we're talking about a MUSLIM woman. If we're talking about a Christian or Jew or what have you, that's a different story.) See this site for an interesting discussion of the justification for this from a Muslim standpoint: http://www.masmn.org/Books/Yusuf_Al_Qaradawi/The_Status_Of_Women_In_Islam/004.htm#Legal%20testimony.

See this Time.com article for more specific real world examples: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,185647,00.html.

Posted by Kathy 2003-05-07 15:03:25|| 2003-05-07 15:03:25|| Front Page Top

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