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11/21/09
1.) Under Shariah, adultery is a capital crime, which affects women more than men because under Shariah men can have four wives and its real easy for men to get "approval" from a local imam to fuck more than one woman by simply "marrying" them. And they have "no obligation" marriage contracts where women then agree to give up their rights to inheritance and custody, in return usually for material things, like an apartment or car or even a monthly stipend. This is basically designed to give religious approval for men (and only men) to have mistresses. In other words, men can legally cheat monogamy but women cannot, and if they do they can be stoned to death (in Shariah's purest form).
2.) Diyyah, or "blood money," helps rich people get away with crimes because the wealthier you are the more likely you can meet the diyyah demands of the victims or victim's next-of-kin. Remember that sheikh that tortured that guy in Dubai? He could afford to pay the huge diyyah that the victim demanded. If it had been reversed: the poor Afghan merchant torturing a rich Emirati sheikh, the merchant would not have been able to meet the diyyah demand. Diyyah helps rich people get away with crimes by allowing them to use their wealth to pay off blood money demands. Poor people must rely on charity to do the same. Poor people are more likely to be executed for capital crimes under this system.
3.) Legal representation is optional. If you can afford it, you can retain a legal representative. If you cannot, tough titty; you go before the judge anyway (while the other guy might have lawyers). Again, poor people must rely on pro bono charity. So poor people are more likely to not have legal representation in a Shariah court.
4.) Other than the prescribed capital crimes, judges can assign punishments at their discretion. So judge A gives one guy who mugged an old lady 20 years and 4,000 lashes. Judge B might assign five years and 500 lashes for the same crime.
So, yeah, Shariah sucks for at least these four reasons.
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I need to stop jumping back and forth between Drudge and Gawker. #thenewyorker
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I'm the Fact Checker's son
I'm only checking pigs
'til the New Guinea lawsuits come. #thenewyorker
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09/19/09
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09/19/09
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