15 year old rape victim to get 100 lashes

[evon]

That's what i was talking about because if sharia had the same principles back then as it does now, then that isin't justice. And if it was supplemented by secular law of various kind as you say that that isin't sharia now is it.

I guess it depends on what you mean by now, are you referring to the thread case? if so i would not call it a classical style Shari'a, but a modern version perhaps yes. When i say supplemented by secular law i am referring to separate courts with totally different procedures ect, and most Islamic countries have mostly these secular courts dealing with criminal cases, while Shari'a cases usually handle Family matters and inheritance ect..

[Xyresic]

This is an affront to all decent people who would like to see the perpetrators of sexual crimes face the strongest possible punishment.

Dr Afrasheem Ali, who was apparently a liberal minded Muslim scholar and member of parliament was brutally murdered less than half a year ago.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19826539

It seems as though some people want the retrogression of the Maldives into a self serving patriarchal society resembling parts of rural Afghanistan and Pakistan and it seems that they are getting away with it.

Based on some photos on the internet the islands that make up the Maldives look very beautiful, it would be a shame for this place to be ruined. The Maldives need a good dose of secularism and fast.