To flog or not to flog?
I don't know if anyone can or will answer my question that I have come up with after reading, watching and hearing about the flogging of the girl in Swat or wherever, and the comments of different people on various media.
Our misogynist taliban are saying that this was done six months ago. I guess in their minds, that is the statute of limitation. A lot of others are saying that its a degrading punishment and should not be done. To a lot of other idiots, this is a Jewish conspiracy to malign the good name of our holy warriors. Saying that this is a plot to undermine the good deeds of the drug growing, beard and danda/gun wielding friends. I love the latter the most.
My question is not about these things.
The death penalty has been abolished in most of the civilized world today. Only the mullahs of Saudi Arabia and the born again Christians of the United States seem to endorse and enforce it. As Pakistanis, we as usual don't have a clue. It is part of the penal code, but lately there have been some moves to do away with it. Have no clue why or whether anything will come of it. So I would think that capital punishment has been declared as inhuman. But to societies that practice it, I would think it is the norm.
Now moving on to our shariah implementers, is this acceptable to the population who lives in those parts? Are flogging a girl, stoning people, cutting of hands, etc. acceptable to them? If yes, what is the problem? We are already the lowest of the low, what difference will that make to our standing? This is our way.
Now there are idiots like me, who feel that this is wrong. The reason why this is wrong is because this is based on the interpretation of the Islamic code of justice that was formulated 1400 some years ago by a medieval society and that should change as society changes.
And now come the apologists, who will say that technically there is nothing wrong with it, but we don't like to do this any more. As long as there is a provision in the law, I don't buy this argument. And then there is another thing, it is the wrong interpretation. Which brings us to the question I want to ask
"Which interpretation should be followed?"
I am sure every group feels that they have the correct and divine right to interpret the law the way they want it. But what about the others who don't agree with them?
Our misogynist taliban are saying that this was done six months ago. I guess in their minds, that is the statute of limitation. A lot of others are saying that its a degrading punishment and should not be done. To a lot of other idiots, this is a Jewish conspiracy to malign the good name of our holy warriors. Saying that this is a plot to undermine the good deeds of the drug growing, beard and danda/gun wielding friends. I love the latter the most.
My question is not about these things.
The death penalty has been abolished in most of the civilized world today. Only the mullahs of Saudi Arabia and the born again Christians of the United States seem to endorse and enforce it. As Pakistanis, we as usual don't have a clue. It is part of the penal code, but lately there have been some moves to do away with it. Have no clue why or whether anything will come of it. So I would think that capital punishment has been declared as inhuman. But to societies that practice it, I would think it is the norm.
Now moving on to our shariah implementers, is this acceptable to the population who lives in those parts? Are flogging a girl, stoning people, cutting of hands, etc. acceptable to them? If yes, what is the problem? We are already the lowest of the low, what difference will that make to our standing? This is our way.
Now there are idiots like me, who feel that this is wrong. The reason why this is wrong is because this is based on the interpretation of the Islamic code of justice that was formulated 1400 some years ago by a medieval society and that should change as society changes.
And now come the apologists, who will say that technically there is nothing wrong with it, but we don't like to do this any more. As long as there is a provision in the law, I don't buy this argument. And then there is another thing, it is the wrong interpretation. Which brings us to the question I want to ask
"Which interpretation should be followed?"
I am sure every group feels that they have the correct and divine right to interpret the law the way they want it. But what about the others who don't agree with them?
posted by Xoff at 4/08/2009 07:28:00 AM
2 Comments:
no flogging, that is the only interpretation...the teletubbies and their ilk, are "holy" misusing islamic law, above all should be the concept of being humane and fair, none of which is visible in any of these cases
In that case my question is, what is the right way to use the flogging law?
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