Sixteen-Year Old Girl to Be Flogged for Adultery

[Paula]

More insight into the law that radical Muslims want to impose on the world. Note also that this girl is from a dhimmi Christian family. Islamic law stipulates that dhimmis are not to be punished for drunkenness, since Christianity and Judaism allows drinking, but they are to be punished for adultery and theft.

"Amnesty International is calling for the sentence of 100 lashes, passed on a 16-year-old school girl in the Sudanese capital Khartoum for the 'crime' of adultery, to be commuted immediately.

"Following the postponement of the punishment from 20 December to 23 January due to the girl's poor health, Amnesty International is also asking people all over the world to write to the Sudanese authorities asking them to stop the punishment going ahead.

"Intisar Bakri Abdulgader gave birth to a child in September after becoming pregnant outside marriage. She was convicted of adultery and sentenced by a local court in the Khartoum suburb of Kalakla in July when she was seven months pregnant. The sentence was upheld by the appeal court in August. The alleged father of the child has reportedly not been charged but will have a blood test to establish paternity.

"Intisar is caring for her four-month-old son, Dori. She is said to be very frightened at the prospect of the punishment and is reportedly eating and sleeping very little.

"Under article 146 of Sudan's Penal Code, adultery is punishable by execution by stoning if the offender is married, or by one hundred lashes if the offender is not married. Adultery is defined as sexual intercourse with a man without being lawfully bound to him. Although the penal codes are based on an interpretation of Islamic law everyone in the north of Sudan is subject to them. Intisar's family are Christians from the south of Sudan who fled to the north to escape fighting near their home."

Take Action

Amnesty International is people all over the world to send appeals as soon as possible to the Sudanese ministers for home affairs, foreign affairs and justice asking for this sentence to be commuted and for the government to abolish cruel punishments.

Individuals can write urging the authorities to commute immediately the sentence of flogging passed on Intisar Bakri Abdulgader, and asking the government to abolish or suspend the punishment of flogging in Sudanese law to bring it into line with the international standards it has ratified.

Appeals can be sent to:

Major General Abdul-Rahim Muhammed Hussein, Minister of Internal Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan

Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan

His Excellency Dr Hasan Abdin Mohammad Osman, Embassy of Sudan, 3 Cleveland Row, St James's, London SW1A 1DD

 

[Pure Paradox]

Eurgh. Poor girl. I have to pray for her.
Just think about that...that could have been any one of us.

 

[Paula]

Exactly. Although I don't normally agree with many of the causes supported by Amnesty International in the past, this time, they're right on the money.

 

[Sybille]

That's so aweful! I can't believe it has to happen in this world...
What kind of world do we live in?! That's truly aweful

What are those ppl? monsters? Everyone makes mistakes. Besides, they aren't gods! Who are they to decide how to punish someone... a little 16 yo girl who are they to "violate" someone else privacy anyway? That makes me sick and sad....


What do we have to write exactly? I wonder if it's too late for me to take action now.... already Jan 12....

Everyone should pray very very hard for her
Such things must cease....

A sad Sybille

 

[Paula]

Thank you for your interest. This is an example of Islamic justice and fairness - it's called Shar'ia Law.

I was able to find this link for the Republic of Sudan which contains some e-mail addresses: http://www.sudanembassy.org/default.asp?page=contactus

It's still not too late to write something in your own words to each of the three Sudanese officials, whose addresses are given at the end of my post above. You could even do a copy/paste of this and send it to each of the e-mail links given in the link above, as follows:

"I respectfully request that the sentence of flogging passed on Intisar Bakri Abdulgader be immediately commuted. I urge you not to carry out such a vicious sentence on this young girl. I also respectfully urge you to abolish all cruel punishments (including flogging and amputations) in Sudan, and to bring the Sudanese Penal Code into line with the international standards that your government has already ratified.

Very truly yours,


(Your Name)

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For those of you who live in the UK, it's still not to late to contact the Sudanese Embassy:

His Excellency Dr Hasan Abdin Mohammad Osman, Embassy of Sudan, 3 Cleveland Row, St James's, London SW1A 1DD.

In the U.S.:

Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008


For more info on human rights in the Sudan, see
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15074

 

[Paula]

Great news from the Sudan! The flogging sentence of Intisar, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, has been temporarily suspended! She was due to receive 100 lashes today for her crime of adultery!

The suspension of Intisar's cruel sentence is only temporary, so please continue voicing your protests. Many thanks to those of you who have already offered your prayers and support!
For complete story, see http://www.amnesty.org.uk/action/flogging/220104.shtml

 

[stray bullet]

I hope someone tells them, 'let those without sin give the first lash'

 

[divinetrinity]

that is just adding insult to injury.. not only is this sixteen year old girl pregnant..... its going to pop out of her because of the hundred lashes shes going to have to endure... at least she will also have diving retribution in the end when god sends her to the firey everlasting depths of hell

 

[Salvatore Gonzales]

The last I checked Sudan was in a state of war with
the mulims trying to exterminate the Christians in the
south.

In any case, here's another twist on Islamic law:

For a rape charge to be considered, there must be
3 or more MUSLIM <men> who witness and will make a
statement to that effect. If not, and the woman
(or girl) is shown to have had intercourse (rape or
otherwise) at some point, then it's adultery/fornication.

If she's married and the husband claims she's
been with someone else, then it's also adultery
and carries the same consequences.

Depending on a muslim country's view of Sharia
(islamic law), flogging can be a light sentence.
It's usually DEATH. The video of the afghan woman
being shot in the head by the Taliban is a prime
example. Hmmm....maybe there should be a thread
on that and the necessity of war when it defends
human rights? Oh well, given the protesters against
the US and Britain, I guess there's lots of people
who feel the Taliban version of Sharia is Ok?

Oh, sorry, I digress!

I heard of another case in which a palestinian
woman killed her own daughter who was raped
by her older brothers. There are also plenty of
"honor killings" by muslims living in Britain. One
happened here in the US was caught on tape
by the FBI and used to prosecute the guy who
killed his daughter (hmmm....and the Patriot Act
is bad, too?)

I could go on and on, including other practices,
but this is an open forum and I don't want to
offend someone by accident.....as if bringing
something to people's attention is worse than
the acts themselves.

 

[Cara J]

I have emailed everyone at the embassy using the form letter Paula provided. Thank you Paula for providing that!!

Hopefully everybody's efforts to help this girl will pay off!
In the mean time I will pray that God will help her and protect her!

 

[Risen Tree]

The irony is that she would probably stand naked or half naked at the whipping post. Wasn't it supposed to be against the law in those countries for that much of a woman's body to be visible?

 

[datan]

ok...
she knew the law.
she broke the law.
she was caught & she got sentenced according to the law.
And obviously she's guilty since she got pregnant.

so can someone explain to me what the big deal is?

How is this different from getting executed for murder or being sodomised in a federal prison?

How would you like it if the Europeans started lecturing Americans on how barbaric and medieval executions are?

Sure, we live in an "enlightened" society where flogging is horrible & barbaric. But flogging slaves was once routine in America. Who's to say that in 200 years people won't look back at executions as barbaric?

 

[Risen Tree]

Because modern-day executions are quick and virtually painless.

 

[datan]

oh
that must be so comforting to those being executed.

 

[William Nunn]

ok...
she knew the law.
she broke the law.
she was caught & she got sentenced according to the law.
And obviously she's guilty since she got pregnant.

so can someone explain to me what the big deal is?

How is this different from getting executed for murder or being sodomised in a federal prison?

How would you like it if the Europeans started lecturing Americans on how barbaric and medieval executions are?

Sure, we live in an "enlightened" society where flogging is horrible & barbaric. But flogging slaves was once routine in America. Who's to say that in 200 years people won't look back at executions as barbaric?

Exactly. She knew the law. She knew the punishment. She broke the law anyway. So she gets the punishment.

 

[Risen Tree]

Exactly. She knew the law. She knew the punishment. She broke the law anyway. So she gets the punishment.

Granted it may not be a bad idea to punish someone who commits adultery, but isn't a sentence of 100 lashes a bit over-the-top?

 

[Paula]

The last I checked Sudan was in a state of war with the mulims trying to exterminate the Christians in the south.

Thanks for your input and very interesting obsevations on this subject. The Sudanese Republic has been in a civil war for 20 years as the Muslim government in the north wages war on Christians in the south. More than 2 million people have died, many of them helpless civilians.

Some say the war is a religious war; some say it's an economic war. It has elements of both -- it's a religious war to the extent that the north is a fundamentalist Islamic government that is at war with anyone who isn't.

In any case, here's another twist on Islamic law:

For a rape charge to be considered, there must be
3 or more MUSLIM <men> who witness and will make a
statement to that effect. If not, and the woman
(or girl) is shown to have had intercourse (rape or
otherwise) at some point, then it's adultery/fornication.

Sharia Law cannot be justified as a means of serving justice. When adultery is committed or any other immoral sin, it is the woman, and the woman only that is punished. Two people participated in the adulterous act, yet the only one being sentenced is the woman.

I could go on and on, including other practices,
but this is an open forum and I don't want to
offend someone by accident.....as if bringing
something to people's attention is worse than
the acts themselves.

A state under Sharia Law is no different from a state being run by an autocratic dictatorship. Autocratic regimes are neither a humane or sustainable way for countries to be run. They are a breeding ground for civil unrest, political extremism and even terrorism. Sharia Law is not the answer to Sudan's problems. Terror in the guise of religion cannot rule a country.

 

[clonenomore]

ok...
she knew the law.
she broke the law.
she was caught & she got sentenced according to the law.
And obviously she's guilty since she got pregnant.

so can someone explain to me what the big deal is?

How is this different from getting executed for murder or being sodomised in a federal prison?

How would you like it if the Europeans started lecturing Americans on how barbaric and medieval executions are?

Sure, we live in an "enlightened" society where flogging is horrible & barbaric. But flogging slaves was once routine in America. Who's to say that in 200 years people won't look back at executions as barbaric?

Even taking religion out of this, this is totally different than being executed for murder. In this case, the young girl did not stomp on another person's inherent human rights. In the case of the murderer, he or she deprived another person of the right to life. Even if this Sudanese girl deserves punishment, the punishment should fit the crime.

By the way, Europeans DO lecture America about executions. Lastly, flogging and owning slaves was wrong 200 years ago, and it would be wrong today.

My prayers are with the young girl, her child, and her family.

Be blessed!
Mark