Moroccan girl commits suicide after being forced to marry her rapist - Polidicks

[quote] A 16-year-old Moroccan girl has reportedly killed herself after a judge ordered her to marry the man that raped her. The teen, known only as Amina, ate rat poison after the Tangier judge ruled that her 26-year-old rapist could marry her instead of going to jail, [URL="http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/14/200577.html"]according to[/URL] the Moroccan publication [I]al-Massae[/I]. The ruling came after Amina’s family asked the court to punish the man. The paper said that Amina committed suicide at the home of her husband’s family. Under Moroccan law, a rapist may be exempted from punishment if he agrees to marry his victim. Local tradition holds that forcible marriage protects the honor of the woman who is raped. Women’s Solidarity Association director Hafida Elbaz has called for the [URL="http://www.deltaworld.org/international/A-minor-Moroccan-commits-suicide-after-being-forced-to-marry-her-rapist/"]penal code to be updated[/URL] so that rapists cannot avoid sanctions.[/quote] [url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/14/moroccan-girl-commits-suicide-after-being-forced-to-marry-her-rapist/[/url]

sec, amina commit suicide This is terrible, its like a Kony case.

This is horrible, so immoral to be forced to do something like this.

Every time I read one of these articles I wonder how a country's legal system could be so ass-backwards.

I'm going to be in Tangier in about 2 weeks. I've been reading up on Morocco in various guides etc and slowly I was getting the impression that it's former 'backwards' ethics were clearing up and it was becoming quite a nice place. And then this happens, such a let down and absolutely despicable...

What kind of sick fuck forces this on a girl, I'd do the same if I were in her position.

bullshit local traditions should be thrown into the trashcan

[QUOTE=Sharker;35142115]Every time I read one of these articles I wonder how a country's legal system could be so ass-backwards.[/QUOTE] almost as bad a american broken justce system

[quote]Under Moroccan law, a rapist may be exempted from punishment if he agrees to marry his victim.[/quote] ok correct me if im wrong about this but i fail to see any shred of logic there i mean seriously even middle ages people weren't that fucking stupid cmon man

In the middle ages the steward raped everyone.

Sounds like a really dumb ass law.

Ah Islam, never fails to opresse the world.

[QUOTE=SilverKnight;35142342]Ah Islam, never fails to opresse the world.[/QUOTE] this far predates islam. believe it or not the people in that region would be even worse off without the notions that women actually are worth something as people.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;35142373]america is terrible and all, but it isn't even half as bad as africa[/QUOTE] america is a third world nation that is oppressive to its countrymen and opressive to its bad laws.

This is pretty sickening.

[QUOTE=King Tiger;35142617]america is a third world nation that is oppressive to its countrymen and opressive to its bad laws.[/QUOTE] Wat?

How the fuck does that make sense in the slightest? Who came up with this? How is this punishment for the rapist? It's like a reward. Basically he's rewarded with a wife, that he can fuck all he wants for raping her before she was his wife? I don't see a shred of logic in this. Plus from the girl's point of view, nothing worse can happen?

[QUOTE=King Tiger;35142617]america is a third world nation that is oppressive to its countrymen and opressive to its bad laws.[/QUOTE] america is not allied to itself?

[QUOTE=SilverKnight;35142342]Ah Islam, never fails to opresse the world.[/QUOTE] This has absolutely nothing to do with the teachings of Islam. In fact, there is a story where a woman came before Mohammed and accused a man of raping her. He told he that Allah forgave her, and the man was to be stoned to death. Whatever the hell these people practice is not Islam, not anymore than the Soviet Union was truly communist.

[QUOTE=tyanet;35143263]This has absolutely nothing to do with the teachings of Islam. In fact, there is a story where a woman came before Mohammed and accused a man of raping her. He told he that Allah forgave her, and the man was to be stoned to death. Whatever the hell these people practice is not Islam, not anymore than the Soviet Union was truly communist.[/QUOTE] Boils down to some men wanting to stay in power by exercising complete control over women and creating some pretty horrific laws in the process.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;35143308]Boils down to some men wanting to stay in power by exercising complete control over women and creating some pretty horrific laws in the process.[/QUOTE] This. It's not Islam's fault, it's the 'worshipers' who pervert it.

Religion's silly.

My guess is the logic here is that the man is required to provide for her and such after marriage, but that doesn't make it any better. Seriously, what the hell.

here's a good movie about this kind of old world that everyone should see: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw[/media]

[QUOTE=King Tiger;35142153]almost as bad a american broken justce system[/QUOTE] Nowhere in America is a raped woman forced to marry her rapist. If I'm wrong, then those places should not be considered part of America, because they're clearly not even part of civilization. [editline]14th March 2012[/editline] And as much as my Star Trek-taught morals tell me to respect all cultures as much as I can, shit like this is not even remotely respectable. The second one's culture inflicts permanent and severe harm on someone, that culture loses the right to be maintained.

Wow, rat poison is a BAD way to go. Rat poison takes a while to take effect, and when it does you basically bleed to death. From everywhere. It is not a happy way to go. I don't even know if it is painful, mostly it is just the time between taking it and actually dying that would be fucked up.

Would you have done anything else?

[QUOTE=Sharker;35142115]Every time I read one of these articles I wonder how a country's legal system could be so ass-backwards.[/QUOTE] Extremists.

[QUOTE=Chinook249;35143948]Would you have done anything else?[/QUOTE] I'm not criticizing her in any capacity, just pointing out that taking rat poison isn't like OD'ing on pain killers.

[QUOTE=GunFox;35143833]Wow, rat poison is a BAD way to go. Rat poison takes a while to take effect, and when it does you basically bleed to death. From everywhere. It is not a happy way to go. I don't even know if it is painful, mostly it is just the time between taking it and actually dying that would be fucked up.[/QUOTE] You're just about right. Rat Poison is actually a drug called Warfarin. What Warfarin basically does is stop the clotting factors in your blood. So when you get scratched or something you'll just bleed and keep bleeding until your blood finally forms a clot. This is why it's given to Rats, because they have a habit of getting into fights and hurting themselves. So its not really the Warfarin that kills the rats but it's moreso them just fucking their shit up so bad they bleed to death. I'm not really sure of other effects it has on humans, but that's it's main selling point. It's an anti-coagulant.