Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, nose for a nose, ear for an ear...

Monetary compensation?? Those namby-pamby rabbis just didn't have the nerve to be literal. Here's how it's really done!

Pakistan court orders brothers' noses, ears cut off
LAHORE, Pakistan
Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:55am EST

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court has ordered that two brothers should have their noses and ears cut off after they were found guilty of doing the same to a woman who refused to marry one of them, a government prosecutor said on Tuesday.

The judge at an anti-terrorism court in the eastern city of Lahore handed down the sentences on Monday in line with the Islamic law of Qisas.

Full article here.
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4 comments:

  1. David BergDecember 23, 2009 at 5:10 PM

    it is not clear if Torah originally had these laws carried out literary.

    if "eye for eye" was carried out literary, than paying for medical expenses makes no sense, which exodus 21:19 requires.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM

    It's really part of an earlier ANE body of law.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 25, 2009 at 9:28 PM

    s much as I hate Islam, I have to agreewith the verdict!

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  4. zachDecember 27, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    I concur with anonymous. I have no sympathy for the perpetrators. They should also cut off something below the belt.

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