And the trial was held in Arabic, which the women do not speak. Sharia Alert. "Sudanese women to be stoned for adultery: Amnesty," from Reuters:
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two Sudanese women have been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery after a trial in which they had no lawyer and which used Arabic, not their first language, the rights group Amnesty International said.
Sadia Idriss Fadul was sentenced on February 13 and Amouna Abdallah Daldoum on March 6 and their sentences could be carried out at any time, the London-based group said in a statement released late on Monday.
North Sudan implements Islamic sharia law.
"The women had no lawyer during their trial and were not able to defend themselves, as their first languages are those of their ethnic groups," Amnesty said.
Both women are from non-Arab tribes but the proceedings were in Arabic and no interpreter was provided, Amnesty said. Their trial took place in central Al Gezira state.
"One of the women, Sadia Idriss Fadul, has one of her children with her in prison," Amnesty said.
Faysal el-Bagir, a Sudanese human rights activist, said sentences of death by stoning were rare, "but we have heard that in this area there have been other such judgments."
The male accused in Fadul's case was let off because there was not enough evidence against him. Witnesses are usually required to gain a conviction and forensic tests are not normally used in such cases.
The testimony of four male witnesses is the standard for establishing guilt in sexual offenses under Sharia law, per Qur'an 4:15, 24:4, 24:6, and 24:13.
Under Sudan's penal code, anyone who is married and has sex outside wedlock shall be punished by execution by stoning. If they are unmarried, they are lashed, Amnesty said.
El-Bagir said that in another case in Sudan's western Darfur region about two years ago, a woman sentenced to death by stoning had her punishment reduced to lashing after a public campaign by rights activists.
I am 100% glad that Amnesty Intl speak up. Sometimes I disagree with their positions.
But they are fairly fearless and definitely not dhimmis
These women have nothing to fear, fellow blogger hoja will come to their rescue. He/she is a champion of Islamic women's rights.
Please refer to the veiled elections in Quebec if confused.
ROBERT: "The testimony of four male witnesses is the standard for establishing guilt in sexual offenses under Sharia law, per Qur'an 4:15, 24:4, 24:6, and 24:13."
QUESTION: Robert has written in the past that it takes four male witnesses to establish INNOCENCE in adultery cases.
Could someone please clear up the discrepency?
Cornelius--
I posted this one.
The circumstances of the "revelation" of 24:13 concerned allegations of adultery against Aisha. The requirement of four male witnesses in that case got Aisha off the hook with respect to any rumors of impropriety; being one of Muhammad's wives seems to have afforded her the presumption of innocence, and four were needed to prove guilt, making it impossible to accuse Aisha in this case.
Robert surely has more information on this.
The problem arises when a victim of rape becomes pregnant, while the perp denies having done anything and there aren't four witnesses. Then she goes to jail. That happens all too often.
RS
NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM ???
They have enough evidence to know she had sex outside of marriage, so what, she had sex with herself or something?? How are you gonna have enough evidence against HER, but not HIM ??
oh yeah, right. I forgot for a moment that we're dealing with the backasswards logic of the islamic political system that masquerades as a religion.
I am *SO* sick of reading about this shit.
Where are the moonbats who liken Bush to Hitler now? Where are they to demonstrate for these poor women who are gonna be buried up to their shoulders in dirt while the men in the village throw stones (of a certain size, as dictated by islam's effed up sharia law - not too big, not too small) at them for hours until they die? Why don't we hear their voices rising to speak out and condemn the appalling lack of human rights for these women?
Where the hell is everybody ???
"Where the hell is everybody ???"
Ummm, watching American Idol.
Mohammad brought "women's liberation" into the world, at least according to the double-jointed, forked-tongued apologistas for intolerant Islam.
In other words, the ladies now get a patriarchal kangaroo court before they are killed.
Until the pedophile "prophet" arrived (on a horse with a woman's face), they were simply killed.
Progress, in Stone Age terms, for notochordal minds.
Or will the excuse-of-Islam be that it is all "cultural"?
Or troublingly "tribal"?
Or simply "sectarian"?
Any lie'll do to save faith.
As long as Mohammadism reigns -in all its violent and vicious gory.
(Not "glory". No typo.)
Meanwhile, the Congress is going to waste time, money, and energy to find out more meaningless irrelevancies about (perfectly legal) federal judge firings while Nero-fiddlingly ignoring the tsunami of blood rising at the edges of our Civilization, -a Koranic gift from the militant of true believers in a global Islamic terror state.
A pity Mohammad's first name wasn't Scooter...
Any comment Naseem?.
Sudanese women to be stoned for adultery after trial with no defense
Kind of reduces the chances of getting acquited.
I picked up this little gemm grom the Guardian
regarding Darfur/Sudan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2033186,00.html
Some of the comments are truly repulsive, however they illustrate the irrational anti Israeli/Jewish bias of the writers
especially this
mbg1915
March 14, 2007 6:12 AM
"This valuable space should have been devoted to the Palestinian cause"
The word "Nigger" is repulsive, however "ABED" is acceptable !
Women's liberation in an Islamic state is death. That seems to be the only option for freedom available to them. This is a horribly sad state of affairs. Once again.."Where is everybody?"
"Women's liberation in an Islamic state is death. That seems to be the only option for freedom available to them. This is a horribly sad state of affairs. Once again.."Where is everybody?"
Posted by: Infidel One at March 23, 2007 07:15 AM
THATS RIGHT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS COPY THE LINK AND E MAIL IT TO EVERY WOMAN WE KNOW AND ASK THEM TO E MAIL IT TO EVERYONE THEY KNOW.
What will feminists think ?
Nazeem.. can I get a witness? Oh I forgot you'r only 1/4 of a man.
ROFLMAO!!!!!
Stupid Nazeem.. she 'reverted' by birth.
AND she's an apstate on top of THAT!
apostate
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Hmm, prince charles should take note about this. His beloved Pakistan has the stoning law against adultery too.