Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:You see my question was "Just out of curiosity SisterJennifer, <b>do you know what the punishment for Zina is in Islam ?" </b>
Your response should have been either <b>yes or no</b>.
<b>I didn't ask for an explanation of the punishment nor did I ask anybody else to explain it. I was just wondering if you knew.</b>
First of all, this was not the only question John, you said:
Quote:Just out of curiosity SisterJennifer, do you know what the punishment for Zina is in Islam ? Let's just suppose for a minute that this girl was a muslim in a muslim country governed by sharia, and this muslim girl had been caught having zina, and the girl was found guilty by a sharia court in accordance with sharia law, what do you suppose the punishment would be ?
It was you who wants us to suppose for a minute that this girl was a Muslim, and accordingly the answer was provided, we can't answer you by yes or no unless we offer some clarification on the topic, <b>at least for the benefits of other viewers</b>. So after reading the article few times, I did not find anywhere that this girl was caught having Zina!! <b>and so, she should not be punished according to Islam</b>.
<b>So don’t consider the explanation that you did not ask for was meant for you John, it was meant for those who really want to learn</b>.
And by the way, these are public Islamic forums, anyone has the right to post his views and respond to any thread, and since your question was regarding Islam, then any Muslim here has the right to provide the answer.
Salam
Wael.