"Amnesty International says it is important to "lift the lid on one of Afghanistan's most shameful judicial practices." That shameful practice is part of Sharia, under which four witnesses must support allegations of a sex crime. Thus, a woman making accusations of rape opens the door to charges of adultery if she has not obtained the necessary witnesses, in accordance with Qur'an 24:13.
Such a rule may not be officially on the books yet, but Sharia is enshrined as the highest law of the land in Afghanistan, and the constitution says nothing can go against it. It is already being enforced in practice, and any prospective reforms will come up against protests in the name of protecting the integrity of Islamic law.
"A decade after the Taliban were overthrown, Afghan women are still waiting for justice," because of fantasy-based policy-making that proceeded on the assumption that a moderate state would more or less fall into place once the Taliban were moved out of the way. Moreover, there certainly appears to have been the assumption that "real" Sharia would be a vast improvement over "Taliban" Sharia. That is also the fruit of politically correct, fantasy-based policy.
"EU censors own film on Afghan women prisoners," by Orla Guerin for BBC News, November 10: Read the rest on: Jihad Watch
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