On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:43:18AM +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:10:55 -0400
> Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> | Saudi is a strict Islamic nation. You can be put to death for a minor
> | infraction of Islamic law. (Man and woman unmarried sleeping in a tent
> | together.) So, what's to fight about?
>
> This is a gross over simplification. The Moslem-based courts in Saudi
> Arabia are, in fact, very fair. There are very well defined punishments
> for each crime. In fact, your example of a sexual relation is interesting.
> One part of Ismalic law that differs from the West the most is that
> the offended family gets to choose the punishment - within a well
> defined set of alternatives. If a family is disgraced by a scandal
> as in the above example, they can do nothing, ask for money, ask
> for death. It is all based on the Koran, which is as good a source
> of information on moral conduct as there is.
>
The story I was told, when I was in Iran years ago, was that three Western
tourists, two men and one woman, were found in a tent together on the beach
and sentenced to death.
Is that possible?
Joel
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