Hudood Ordinance - more spineless hypocrites at work

Here is the text of a letter from Dawn that absolutely defines what is at stake for the Mullahs if the ordinance is repealed or modified in any other form than the one envisioned by our personal band of hypocrites:

I quote:

"THE very definition of a ‘rape witness’ is flawed, since it implicates the witness for not stopping the rape from happening. When the number of ‘witnesses’ becomes four, then it becomes a gang bang — plain and simple. There is no logical reason why four people cannot prevent a rape from happening, unless they are a party to the crime.

Therefore, if there was a ‘witness’, why would he come forward and incriminate himself? Similarly, can a mullah explain how the absence of four witnesses automatically upgrades the crime to adultery? And the bizarre and magical transformation of the victim into the perpetrator?

According to mullahs’ interpretation, only the clumsy rapist will be convicted — and that too just because he was clumsy enough to have four non-participating witnesses. He should first be tried for being stupid before he’s tried for rape.

Other than politics, there’s a genuine fear of the opening of a Pandora’s box, and the subsequent torrent of rape cases filed, including, but not limited to, rampant incest, paedophilia and other forms of non-consensual sex in the critics’ constituencies if the amendment goes through."

AAMIR N. KHAN Dubai, UAE