Pakistan court orders ears and noses to be cut off

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A Pakistani court has ordered that two men have their ears and noses cut off, as punishment for doing the same to a woman who refused to marry one of them.

The two brothers were found guilty of kidnapping 20-year-old Fazeelat Bibi, one of their cousins, in September.

The judge in Lahore also sentenced them to life in prison.

Sentence was passed on Monday under a rarely invoked Islamic law dating from the 1980s. In the past similar sentences have been revoked on appeal.

'Eye for an eye'

Government prosecutor Ehtisham Qadir said the punishment had been awarded in accordance with the Islamic principle of "an eye for an eye".

Sher Mohammad and Amanat abducted Fazeelat Bibi as she returned home from work at a brick kiln in the Raiwind area of Lahore, the court heard.

"They put a noose around her neck, and then cut off her ears and nose," Mr Qadir told the BBC.

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malik — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 - 21:56

[quote=You]I don't see many kaafirs in the west attacking women with acid or cutting off the women's nose and ears when their advances are refused...

Stop being so blind.[/quote]

No, instead kafirs rape one every 6 minutes.

Joie de Vivre — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 - 02:04

[quote=malik][quote=You]I don't see many kaafirs in the west attacking women with acid or cutting off the women's nose and ears when their advances are refused...

Stop being so blind.[/quote]

No, instead kafirs rape one every 6 minutes.[/quote]
It's true, we do, and a true Muslim cannot rape by virtue of semantics.

s.b.f — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 - 00:19

Do you think the 'Eye for an Eye' punishment will become more common?

I know it says they put a noose around her neck... is she dead?

And are laws/punishments in Islamic countries, under different headings? it says 'under the Islamic Law'.

What kind of backgrounds were those two guys brought up in? I mean...she refused to marry them...and..

Joie de Vivre — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 - 17:27

[center]An Eye For An Eye
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Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right[/center]
In this instance, it perhaps is not about a retribution but a lesson and an example, and there is logic in eye-for-eye when considering how a punishment can be "fair". On the other hand in practise perhaps very little is achieved by such a policy, and perhaps it encourages violence and retribution; and perhaps punishment should not be fair, just highly effective at protecting society. Would as much good be achieved by locking these men up?

You — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 - 17:42

I think there needs to be example and ... example really at this point.

Once people understand that there is no getting away with it and that such things will not be tolerated, maybe compassion can be applied to the aggressors. But we are nowhere near that stage.