A 19-year-old woman is gang raped by six men and then sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape." When the woman's attorney attempted to appeal the case, he was banned from handling the case, his license to practice law revoked because he challenged the verdict and summoned by the ministry of justice to appear before a disciplinary committee.
What kind of twisted, warped "society" allows this perversion of justice? Al Qaeda in Iraq? The Taliban of Afghanistan?
I'm sure they do, but not in this instance. Instead, this incident is business as usual in Saudi Arabia, an "ally" in the war on terror and a supposedly moderating influence in the Middle East. I don't expect to hear reproachful words from any official representative of the Western nations who remain inebriated with the oil provided by this regime.
This incident, among others, reveals the utter failure of human governments to deal with the wickedness at the root of such institutional injustice. The problem in Saudi Arabia is a spiritual problem: national adherence to a false religion and the judicial enforcement of that religion's values through Sharia law—a marriage made in hell.
It should make anyone long for this day:
I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen,white and clean, were following Him on white horses.From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. - Revelation 19:11-15
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