A 19-year-old Pakistani woman has been sentenced to death for reporting her cousin raped her at gunpoint.
She was asleep in her home in the South-western City of Rajanpur in the Punjab province when the assault occurred.
The young woman reported the crime to the local village court only to hear she was at fault for arousing the sexual desires of the rapist.
PBS calls Pakistani law a “delicate balance between religious and secular law.” However, life for women in Pakistan is anything but delicate.
The Council of Islamic Ideology, a committee of Islamic scholars, works with the Pakistani government to ensure laws align with Islamic teachings.
This young Pakistani woman’s impending murder is in many ways a warning.
More information about this young woman’s trial and how courts prosecute sexual assault cases under sharia law on the next page
And that’s religion? Barbarism is more like it.
Muslim animals. I’m glad PBS showed this because it’s a wake-up call for idiots who think muslims and nice.
Total sane outcome. Not really.
Why does the media keep skating around the fact that these people are 14th century barbarians. We’ve evolved but not them. They won’t assimilate. Stop letting them in this country.
Feminists Unite!!! No? No protesting?
Oh…give me a break! Media is bought n paid for!
You can try to put any spin you want on such barbaric behavior, but it is still animalistic and inhuman. If we as a country uphold human rights, this MUST be labeled for what it is. Evil!
That’s Islam 4 u….
Stone age mentality ! Beyond disgusting.
I call it barbarian hogwash!