A Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter, has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay "blood money".
Fayhan al-Ghamdi was sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes in 2013.
The court also ordered al-Ghamdi to pay his ex-wife, the girl's mother, one million riyals ($270,000) in "blood money".
According to some reports, al-Ghamdi had suspected his daughter had lost her virginity and had tortured her accordingly. He had beaten her and molested her in response.
It was even suggested that he had raped her himself, although this was denied by Lama's mother.
Al-Ghamdi's daughter Lama suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns.
This lunatic should never be allowed to walk the streets of Riyadh or anywhere else. He is incredibly evil and/or insane. It wouldn't surprise me if al-Ghamdi raped his own daughter, then tortured and killed her because she lost her virginity - to him. Was it extreme guilt that he transferred to her?
The preacher - who is considered a celebrity in Saudi Arabia and often appears on Saudi television - admitted he used a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter's virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive.
Lama died ten months later.
Al-Ghamdi, however, has now been released as "blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama's death suffices as punishment" a judge ruled, according to Albawaba News.
Al-Ghamdi served only a few months in jail before a judge ruled the prosecution could only seek blood money. I'll bet there's a judge in Saudi Arabia on a spending spree right now.
The money is considered compensation under Islamic law, although it is only half the amount that would have been paid if Lama had been a boy.
Of course, we all know Islamic law is divine, that is, if you're a man. But even if killing one's own child can be compensated for by blood-money, that means he raped her, broke her back, skull, and left arm, and inflicted bruises and burns with which she had to suffer for 10 months, and he got no penalty for any of that. Islamic law is divinely evil.
Despite the fact Saudi Arabia hands out sentences of capital punishment, fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children in the country, Women to Drive said.
Many activists were disappointed that al-Ghamdi did not receive a life sentence.
The Times reported sources in the Saudi capital Riyadh as saying the royal family has been outraged over the release, with senior members intervening to ensure a stricter punishment is given.
One source told the newspaper, "The royal court is now looking at the case. He [al-Ghamdi] will stay in prison for a long time."
That would make a terrific first impression for the new king, at least in the west. It might put his life in danger though.
The release saw people taking to the social media to voice their dissent and outrage. On Twitter, the hashtag #AnaLama (which translates into "I Am Lama") has been set up.
Fayhan al-Ghamdi was sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes in 2013.
The court also ordered al-Ghamdi to pay his ex-wife, the girl's mother, one million riyals ($270,000) in "blood money".
According to some reports, al-Ghamdi had suspected his daughter had lost her virginity and had tortured her accordingly. He had beaten her and molested her in response.
It was even suggested that he had raped her himself, although this was denied by Lama's mother.
Al-Ghamdi's daughter Lama suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns.
This lunatic should never be allowed to walk the streets of Riyadh or anywhere else. He is incredibly evil and/or insane. It wouldn't surprise me if al-Ghamdi raped his own daughter, then tortured and killed her because she lost her virginity - to him. Was it extreme guilt that he transferred to her?
The preacher - who is considered a celebrity in Saudi Arabia and often appears on Saudi television - admitted he used a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter's virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive.
Lama died ten months later.
Al-Ghamdi, however, has now been released as "blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama's death suffices as punishment" a judge ruled, according to Albawaba News.
Al-Ghamdi served only a few months in jail before a judge ruled the prosecution could only seek blood money. I'll bet there's a judge in Saudi Arabia on a spending spree right now.
The money is considered compensation under Islamic law, although it is only half the amount that would have been paid if Lama had been a boy.
Of course, we all know Islamic law is divine, that is, if you're a man. But even if killing one's own child can be compensated for by blood-money, that means he raped her, broke her back, skull, and left arm, and inflicted bruises and burns with which she had to suffer for 10 months, and he got no penalty for any of that. Islamic law is divinely evil.
Despite the fact Saudi Arabia hands out sentences of capital punishment, fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children in the country, Women to Drive said.
Many activists were disappointed that al-Ghamdi did not receive a life sentence.
The Times reported sources in the Saudi capital Riyadh as saying the royal family has been outraged over the release, with senior members intervening to ensure a stricter punishment is given.
One source told the newspaper, "The royal court is now looking at the case. He [al-Ghamdi] will stay in prison for a long time."
That would make a terrific first impression for the new king, at least in the west. It might put his life in danger though.
The release saw people taking to the social media to voice their dissent and outrage. On Twitter, the hashtag #AnaLama (which translates into "I Am Lama") has been set up.
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