Friday, December 01, 2006

Dr. Ghamdi's reservations about Women Bill

Dr. Ghamdi's has some reservations about Women Bill. I'm getting confused what exactly is the "historic achievement" of His Enlightened Moderation if even the so-called "Women Protection Bill" does not challenge "half- witness" status of a woman. As I see, all this Bill does is that rape cases are to be tried under Pakistan Penal Code, not Hudood ordinance. Even on this point, the Big Chaudary of Gujrat Sharif has got cold feet and started calling for its "re-amendment ".

I'd like to know how many Muslim countries have Hudood laws on their statute books and if any version of Hudood laws makes distinction between the offenses of rape and adultery.

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