The hypocrisy of liberals

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Re: The hypocrisy of liberals

@Pakistani_Prince

: Does Islam require a victim to provide four witnesses before it can be proven that she was raped?
[HR][/HR]*This is, unfortunately, a very common and very serious misconception amongst many Muslims — not only the average Muslim, but Muslims who would call themselves scholars of Islam. The very short answer to the question is: No. Islam does not require a woman to produce any eye-witnesses to prove that she was raped.

*AND THOSE WHO CALUMNIATE CHASTE WOMAN BUT BRING NOT FOUR WITNESSES — FLOG THEM EIGHTY STRIPES AND DO NOT ADMIT THEIR EVIDENCE EVER AFTER.
-(AN-NUR 24:5)

In these verses, it is made clear that four witnesses are required to prove adultery when wife is being accused. This onus is meant to protect women from the evils of men who would destroy a woman’s reputation and name out of spite. If their accusation is honest, they are required to produce four impeccable witnesses to back up their claims against women. If they cannot, the accusers are to be punished severely for falsely accusing a woman and attempting to ruin her, and they are never to be trusted to give evidence again. If four witnesses are produced, the woman may still take a solemn oath swearing her own innocence, and if she does so her word is taken above the words of the accusers and she is to be considered blameless. These extensive protections suggest that it would be foolish to believe that Islam would ever require a woman to go through the pain and suffering of providing four witnesses to her rape.

Islamic legal scholars have deduced that evidence from the Qur’an and Hadith suggest that the crime of rape falls under a different category than the crime of adultery. Adultery is a crime which involves the consent of both parties involved, and therefore both parties are equally responsible for the sin. Rape, on the other hand, is an act of non-consensual violence, and therefore carries with it different legal proceedings, and different punishments.
Hope it helps.

Maybe it wasn’t clear in my post, but no where did I mention (or atleast I think) that it is islamic to bring 4 witnesses in rape. I know what Islam actually says. What I pointed out was the problem with Pakistani legislatio which has been taken over by maulvis who are imporing “their” Islam. And their islam states that a rape victim has to produce 4 witnesses. This is nothing that I concocted, you can check its everywhere how maulvis have protested against the DNA testing.