09-21-2003, 09:00 PM
If you look into the specifics of the case, Sharia law was introduced after her "crime". I don't believe she commited any crime but I suppose that's neither here nor there to you. In any case, Amina has no place to go. She does not want this punishment, she has appealed it and with help from various worldwide organisations her lawyers are putting together a defense. So it is clear that in this instance that she does not want to die.
Also, it is interesting to note that the father received no punishment due to a lack of evidence. I would have thought that the existence of a child would be evidence enough.
So I know where you stand on this, you are in agreement with the sentence and this is very troubling.
Would you say that the Taleban had it right as to how Muslims should live then ? In other words, Saudie do not go far enough in the applications of sharia law or the Taliban (I don't know the correct spelling) were a tad over zealous ?