Sharia Law

Some people aren't like us:

A court in the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is punishing a female victim of gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The 19-year-old woman -- whose six armed attackers have been sentenced to jail terms -- was initially ordered to undergo 90 lashes for "being in the car of an unrelated male at the time of the rape," the Arab News reported.

But in a new verdict issued after Saudi Arabia's Higher Judicial Council ordered a retrial, the court in the eastern town of Al-Qatif more than doubled the number of lashes to 200.

Even more odd than the punishment for being a female rape victim was the punishment given her attackers. They got no lashes, and one-to-five year jail terms. Later protests changed this to two-to-nine years, but still no lashes. I imagine the judges are hoping their errant boys will serve the minimum number of days in jail.

But they'll have this woman horribly punished for having the audacity to leave the house. Some people aren't even remotely like us.