Rape VICTIM Sentenced to 90 Lashes

In Saudi Arabia this week a 19yr old girl was sentenced to 90 lashes for the “crime” of being alone with a man.  The man was a rapist who threatened, conned, and assaulted her.  The woman is undeniably and inarguably the victim.

This man and six accomplices raped the then-18yr old girl at knife-point fourteen times over the course of three hours.   They photographed the assault and threatened to release the photos if the girl went to the authorities.

Five of the rapists were charged and they have been given sentences ranging from ten months to five years.  The prosecution of the rapists was difficult, because Islamic law requires witneses to support a rape charge and women do not count as witnesses.

These rapists believed that they would be immune to prosecution because the young woman could not safely turn to the legal authorities for help.  The woman could not even turn to her family for help — she was beaten by her younger brother for bringing shame onto the family.

The purpose of law is to protect the life and liberty of a nations citizens.  Clearly, Islamic law does not consider women to be citizens.

The moral relativism of the modern American left tells us that we are no better than the Islamists and that they are no worse than us — we are all just different. I cannot accept this fundamentally flawed conclusion.  This is not the way that I behave and this is not the way that America as a culture behaves.  I do not believe that this is an acceptable way for any human being or society to behave.  This is not different, this is wrong.