Four youths flogged for gang rape in Somalia; Victim stoned to death

Hat Tip: David

The treatment of women, homosexuals and religious minorities is beyond appalling in the Middle East, parts of Africa and Southeast Asia. Islamic shariah is not compatible with democratic ideals. The enforcement of shariah allows Islamic extremists and tyrannical leaders to control and oppress the masses. From the Los Angeles Times:

Four youths were publicly whipped in the Somali capital Monday after an Islamic court found them guilty of gang rape, underscoring the government's inability to administer justice in the war-ravaged nation.

Judge Abdul Haq insisted that the punishment would deter other would-be rapists, but two of the youths smiled and laughed as they were punished. The lashing was administered over the clothes of the accused, and did not break their skin.

In October, a 13-year-old who said she had been raped was sentenced to death in the southern city of Kismayo after Islamic militants accused her of adultery. She was stoned to death in front of 1,000 spectators.

Most of the courts' judges have links to the country's Islamist insurgency, and base their judgment on interpretation of Sharia law. They are one of the few institutions left in a shattered country that has not had a functioning government since 1991.

The courts formed the basis for a movement that took over the capital and much of the south in 2006 before being chased from power by Ethiopian troops supporting the virtually powerless central government. The Islamists immediately launched an insurgency, elements of which are still battling the U.N.-backed government.

Few people have any faith in the often predatory police force, going instead to the courts, which pass out judgments about once a month and can dispatch armed men to enforce them if necessary.

This poor girl was humiliated and murdered in order to appease the so-called "honor" of her "husband" because she had the misfortune of being raped. Click here to read the full article.

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