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A 16-year-old Moroccan girl has committed suicide after a judge ordered her to marry her rapist, according to Moroccan media reports. Last year Amina’s parents filed charges against their daughter’s rapist, a man 10 years older than her but it was only recently that a judge in the northern city of Tangier decided that instead of punishing him, the two must be married.
Traumatized by the painful experience of rape, Amina decided to end her life by consuming rat poison in the house of her husband’s family, according to the Moroccan daily al-Massae. According to the newspaper, this type of forced marriage is rooted in local rural traditions to safeguard the honor of girls who are raped.
28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
She had to marry this guy to protect "her" honor. What about her family's honor to beat the ever loving crap out of this guy, and then... well use your imagination.
This is wrong on so many levels.
Originally posted by underduck
in all fairness the bible has a very similar rule.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
23 “In case there happened to be a virgin girl engaged to a man, and a man actually found her in the city and lay down with her, 24 YOU must also bring them both out to the gate of that city and pelt them with stones, and they must die, the girl for the reason that she did not scream in the city, and the man for the reason that he humiliated the wife of his fellowman. So you must clear away what is evil from your midst.
Originally posted by gandalph
Originally posted by underduck
in all fairness the bible has a very similar rule.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
Actually no, it's not a similar rule at all.
It is evident in other parts of Deutoronomy (and elsewhere) that if the woman/girl was being raped and she resisted, her rapist was to be stoned. If she did not resist, that was akin to committing fornication, and they both could be stoned.
However, there was a provision out, as you quoted, that they could agree to be married to each other, preserve their lives. Again, this would apply to a more consensual sex between unmarried people, and certainly not rape.
Here is the content from the same chapter:
23 “In case there happened to be a virgin girl engaged to a man, and a man actually found her in the city and lay down with her, 24 YOU must also bring them both out to the gate of that city and pelt them with stones, and they must die, the girl for the reason that she did not scream in the city, and the man for the reason that he humiliated the wife of his fellowman. So you must clear away what is evil from your midst.
But what do you know, it's easier to remain either ignorant or willfully bashful.edit on 14/3/2012 by gandalph because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by underduck
I would argue that they are at least very similar. If the rape was not resisted? That means it isnt rape. This is just one of many lines in the bible (much like other texts of the time) that show women to be nothing more than brood mares for a civilization.
Originally posted by Plugin
Doesn't that judge got a daughter, guess not, otherwise how in the world could he give this sentence? Or he must hate his daughter if he has one.
Originally posted by greeneyedleo
Honestly, as a woman, your interpretation does not make it any better. But that is your interpretation and not fact. That is the thing with the Bible...everyone just interprets how they see fit.
Originally posted by Plugin
Doesn't that judge got a daughter, guess not, otherwise how in the world could he give this sentence? Or he must hate his daughter if he has one.
Originally posted by underduck
reply to post by DarthMuerte
in all fairness the bible has a very similar rule.
Deuteronomy 22:28-29
28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay her father fifty shekels[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.
Edit to add - both are equally disgusting.
edit on 14-3-2012 by underduck because: (no reason given)
edit on 14-3-2012 by underduck because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by greeneyedleo
Originally posted by Plugin
Doesn't that judge got a daughter, guess not, otherwise how in the world could he give this sentence? Or he must hate his daughter if he has one.
It is what they believe in their religion and it is their laws...
One cannot compare what they would do with a culture they are not part of....
Just like they cant comprehend our culture....
....'tis the way it is....