Tuesday - March 20, 2007

Sudan, Sharia, Stoning  

Or Death By Islam 

Death by Islam.  Why do Islamic cultures treat their women so poorly?  They force them to cover up, they can't travel unless accompanied by a male relative, education is often denied, then there are the honor killings and of course, there is stoning for the offense of adultery.

Two Sudanese women have been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery after a trial in which they had no lawyer and which used Arabic, not their first language, the rights group Amnesty International said.

Sadia Idriss Fadul was sentenced on February 13 and Amouna Abdallah Daldoum on March 6 and their sentences could be carried out at any time, the London-based group said in a statement released late on Monday.

North Sudan implements Islamic sharia law.

"The women had no lawyer during their trial and were not able to defend themselves, as their first languages are those of their ethnic groups," Amnesty said.

Both women are from non-Arab tribes but the proceedings were in Arabic and no interpreter was provided, Amnesty said. Their trial took place in central Al Gezira state.

"One of the women, Sadia Idriss Fadul, has one of her children with her in prison," Amnesty said.

 

This hatred for women cannot be tolerated.  Satan suggests that the United States should withhold economic, diplomatic, and military aid for all nations that do not allow basic speech, religious, economic, family, and personal freedoms for women.  There is no reason the United States or its Western allies should grant full diplomatic status to nations that practice a religion that is governed by the barbarity of the 7th century.  The Sudan would be a good place to start.