According to the Qur’an, sexual assault and rape must be public to be established in court: four male Muslim witnesses are required to have witnessed the act.
“And those who accuse honorable women but do not bring four witnesses, lash them eighty times and never accept their testimony, they indeed are evildoers.” (Qur’an 24:4)
“Why didn’t they produce four witnesses? Since they do not produce witnesses, they indeed are liars in the sight of Allah.” (Qur’an 24:13)
Paola Schietekat, mentioned below, didn’t have four witnesses, and as a woman her testimony was of less value than her accuser’s (cf. Qur’an 2:282). Consequently, her accusation became an exercise in self-incrimination. She was accused of having an affair when she reported being sexually assaulted because of the requirements of Islamic law in sexual assault cases. This is not limited to Qatar; numerous rape victims are in prison in Pakistan.
“Qatari police ‘have had to be told not to treat sex attack victims as criminals,’” by Emma Brazell, Metro, November 24, 2022 (thanks to Henry):
Fifa has asked police in Qatar to not treat women as criminals if they report rape or sexual assault during the World Cup, according to a new report.
Pregnant women should also ‘not face any accusations’ and should be given medical care if required, guidance issued by the football body’s security and safety team is said to state.
Meanwhile, officers have been instructed to not approach, detain or prosecute people ‘displaying the rainbow or other sexual identity flags’ and those ‘displaying signs of affection’.
But the Qatari group responsible for the planning and operation of the tournament has said the document was ‘not developed or approved’ by them or any governmental body in the host nation.
The memo appears to be an attempt to override Qatar’s laws which severely limit women’s freedoms – and can even punish those who are sexually assaulted.
Extramarital sex in Qatar is a crime and victims of rape or sexual assault may be charged with having sex outside of marriage, although this is at the Public Prosecutor’s discretion.
Paola Schietekat, 28, who worked for the World Cup organising committee, was accused of having an affair when she reported being sexually assaulted last year, the Daily Mail reports.
She was charged with ‘extramartial [sic] sex’, despite telling officials a colleague had broken into her flat and attacked her.
The man was acquitted, but Ms Schietekat fled the country when she faced up to seven years and 100 lashes. The case against the Mexican native was dropped in April.
It it is illegal to be pregnant and unmarried in Qatar and women are advised to not go to doctors if they are single and possibly expecting.
Women must also obtain permission from their male guardians to marry, study abroad on government scholarships, work in many government jobs, travel abroad until certain ages, and receive some forms of reproductive health care.
The memo from Fifa’s Security and Safety Operations Committee (SSOC) sets out how police should respond to various scenarios during the World Cup.
It tells officers: ‘Women will not face any accusations if they report rape or sexual/harassment violence.’…
CogitoErgoSum says
Allah and Muhammad say these Muslims in Qatar are a bunch of hypocrites. The people going to Qatar to play soccer/football are a bunch of clowns. The whole place has now become the official capital of Bizzarro World – but I’m sure Washington, D.C. will reclaim the title in another few weeks.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, where in quran or sunnah is it written that soccer is halal?
VictorMc says
Hilarious-brilliant one….
These ‘footballers’ and their criminal employers are a disgrace to the civilised world.
I shall not be watching it …EVER. I have an excellent paint-drying channel on my TV.
bill carr says
Surely you are aware that in Islam men do as they please and women do as they are told
tim gallagher says
I imagine that FIFA officials must be holding their breaths and hoping and praying that nothing disastrous happens during the World Cup in Qatar. What a bad joke it is to have the tournament in such a primitive place. The officials would just be hoping to get the damned thing finished with no major trampling on human rights by the Muslim regime in the hideous place.
Keith O says
I reckon the chances of the world cup having nothing happen is pretty much zero.
Lets face it Tim, booze, soccer hooligans and Islam, all confined in a shitastan hell hole for a couple of weeks.
What could possibly go wrong?
Wellington says
Reason enough for no woman with any sense to willingly be a Muslim.
Islam is the religion ready-made for males at their worst. Not even a close call here and not just here on Earth but also in that pure fantasy land which is Muslim heaven.
Islam is so sick. Many, many times over.
Alkflaeda says
When I worked at a big male prison in London (UK), we regularly saw Caucasian prisoners embracing Islam. I wonder why….(!)
VictorMc says
Are you referring here to THE FIFA the frauds and criminals and bribery experts currently running the ‘football’ world cup in Qatar? That FIFA is it?
Just trying to get it clear.
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“The memo from Fifa’s Security and Safety Operations Committee (SSOC) sets out how police should respond to various scenarios during the World Cup.”
What this tells me that, AFTER the World Cup, there will be a return to full enforcement of sharia law.
david1508 says
Very true. FIFA told them to stop being Muslim for about two weeks.