Only if she is engaged. If she’s not engaged, raping her appears to be a handy way to save the monthly fees on match.com.
Just to add, in case anyone’s in any doubt, that the reasoning behind this and similar rulings in other Islamic countries is so far removed from my personal code of morals and ethics that I cannot even for a nanosecond comprehend why anyone who wasn’t plumb batshit insane would even contemplate considering it, let alone enforcing such a thing - though I think in retribution the judge should be forced to marry the rapist purely for ironic satisfaction. But that’s just me.
Can I see a Bible cite for this, please? I’m genuinely interested.
And jjimm’s correction to foolsguinea’s correction is correct–forcible rape of a non-betrothed virgin is in fact punishable pretty much in the manner the Moroccan judge prescribed. Which is why we don’t use Ancient (or Medieval) Near Eastern religions as the basis for our laws.
Old Deuteronomy’s buried nine wives
And more–I am tempted to say, ninety-nine…
My sight’s unreliable, but I can guess
That the cause of the trouble is Old Deuteronomy!
CMC fnord!
Rabbinic interpretation. If only we had some knowledgeable Jews around to clarify!
Me too. Or rather, I knew it was only remotely decent, but regarding the issue of women’s rights, I had no clue they had such laws on the books. I would have bet a lot of money that such a thing couldn’t happen in Morocco if you had asked me yesterday.
Rabbinic interpretation is another way of saying, “Sane people who looked at primitive superstition and ignored the parts that they wanted to.” And isn’t that what all religious people do?
FWIW, in my Politics of the Middle East senior level college course (taken for my Political Science degree), we talked equally about the actual, geographical Middle East and north Africa. So, while it’s not “THE Middle East,” it’s certainly fair enough to lump them together— and academic institutions sometimes do.
Well, the Rutgers University Center for Middle Eastern Studies has people who’s specialty is the Maghreb, so I wouldn’t get upset about what he said.
Just curious – is there a Deuteronomy verse that says that when people in town hear a scream for help, everyone who hears it has to drop whatever they’re doing and come to the rescue?
'Cos if not, that’s kind of a big oversight, yeah?
If the rapist had been deutered in the first place, she’d still be alive.
(whispers in rachelellogram’s ear): pssst pssst psssh NEUTERED pssst pssst psssh
Like how I refine my clothes before taking a bath? (Well, I don’t burn my clothes to be fair).
“Og said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of Og, for Og is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before Og, but Og was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but OG was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but OG was not in the fire. And after the fire came a SMASH.”
(The Book of Woosh: 1-pi)
teehee, Neuteronomy.
Notice the Ten Commandments doesn’t mention any punishments.
Most people chose tea and cake back then.
And those people are idiots which is why they are all dead. I choose my punishment to be 100 million dollars and bj’s from a smoking hot chick anytime I want for the rest of my life.
I like the way you think.