First they let the Taliban lay claim to part of their country and now an insane rape law that is so incredibly disgusting you seriously won’t believe it.
From Ali Eteraz comes this:
The women’s protection bill of Pakistan — which will dramatically alter the rape laws of Pakistan — has a chance of being passed this coming Monday. The bill is an attempt to reform the draconian rape laws of Pakistan from 1979, passed by then dictator Zia ul Haq under the auspices of the religious establishment. The laws require that for a woman to make an allegation of rape she must produce four male witnesses. If she is unable to put forth the witnesses she herself is liable for adultery (and can be imprisoned or put to death for adultery). Absurd. In one case, a blind girl, Safia Bibi, who had been raped was convicted on charges of adultery because she could not identify her attacker.
Please, forgive my language, but this is so insane we simply can’t ignore it. Four male witnesses? Is Perez Musharraf giving the country over to the extremists?
UPDATE:
Please forgive, but I reacted to a few points in the post and didn’t read the whole thing. For that I sincerely apologize. As many of you have pointed out, Musharraf is trying to alleviate some of this, not sanction it. Egg on face entirely. I feel really, really stupid. It won’t happen again.