Pakistan court orders ears and noses to be cut off

[Chris71]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/842582...



Actually sounds like a very good idea to me. If a little restrained in this particular instance. I do hope they ignored any pleasantries like anaesthetic (I rather suspect they will).

[hornetrider]

An ear for an ear. Excellent justice.

[EDLT]

So the two men were angry at not being allowed to inbreed?

[HOGEPH]

They're be buggered if they wear spectacles!

[zip929]

Seems fair to me.

[thehawk]

To spite their faces?

[glazbagun]

I remember thinking similar here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/77547...

Justice? Barbarism? Both?

It's apalling, but at the same time strangely difficult to argue against.

[mybrainhurts]

Have I got this right....?

If someone murders Russell Brand in pakistan...

Will the punishment be...

A cock for a cock...?

[NoNeed]

ear ear, couldn't agree more

[anonymous-user]

About time too...bravo to the judge

[Jasandjules]

Sadly it says these orders have never been carried out.

[okgo]

Religion...

It's 100% mental.

[Jasandjules]

okgo said:

It's 100% mental.

Well, it's all in their heads, that's for certain.

[Mondeohdear]

Strange how a lot of people who spout on against sharia law seem to like the old testament style punishments dished out by it. I've been reading up a bit on it recently and a lot of it does make sense - apart from its treatment of sdultery and rape. Did you know that under sharia adultery can be commited without consent, and the punishment that applies is the same as if it was with consent. so, for instance, if a married woman is raped by an unmarried man he will get flogged whereas she will be stoned to death. I can't see how that is possibly just.

[TotalControl]

Mondeohdear said:

Strange how a lot of people who spout on against sharia law seem to like the old testament style punishments dished out by it. I've been reading up a bit on it recently and a lot of it does make sense - apart from its treatment of sdultery and rape. Did you know that under sharia adultery can be commited without consent, and the punishment that applies is the same as if it was with consent. so, for instance, if a married woman is raped by an unmarried man he will get flogged whereas she will be stoned to death. I can't see how that is possibly just.

Thats a lot different to what I had read. I've read that an abandonment from the victim (suggesting time is a healer) by everyone and/or from the area of the incident is best for a certain ammount of time, whereas the rapist needs killing. Different what different sects of a religion believe. It depends on how the translation is made as one word could have several meanings. Not all of it has to be from an extreme perspective.

[Mondeohdear]

TotalControl said:

Mondeohdear said:

Strange how a lot of people who spout on against sharia law seem to like the old testament style punishments dished out by it. I've been reading up a bit on it recently and a lot of it does make sense - apart from its treatment of sdultery and rape. Did you know that under sharia adultery can be commited without consent, and the punishment that applies is the same as if it was with consent. so, for instance, if a married woman is raped by an unmarried man he will get flogged whereas she will be stoned to death. I can't see how that is possibly just.

Thats a lot different to what I had read. I've read that an abandonment from the victim (suggesting time is a healer) by everyone and/or from the area of the incident is best for a certain ammount of time, whereas the rapist needs killing. Different what different sects of a religion believe. It depends on how the translation is made as one word could have several meanings. Not all of it has to be from an extreme perspective.

From what I've been reading a lot of the problem with anti-rape laws is that it can only be proved to be non-consensual by confession or the testimony of four male witnesses, neither of which is very likely. This article gives a general idea of the dilemma faced by strict Sharia legal systems.