Islam hates girls, especially Christian girls > Coptic Christian girl kidnapped, raped, converted to Islam; Iran hates girls and guys who like them

 

Sisi rescued Egypt from the Muslim Brotherhood, for this?

Dr. Maalouf ‏

@realMaalouf

Marina Khalaf, an Egyptian Coptic Christian girl, has been kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam. She has been missing for a week, and her parents are now calling on the government to save her. Every year, hundreds of Coptic girls are kidnapped, but only a handful of cases come to light. Pray for Marina!

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Iranian musician flogged 74 times over protest song in support of women's rights

By Darryl Coote

A Iranian musician was flogged on Wednesday as part of his sentence for making a song in support of women's rights in Iran. File Photo by EPA-EFE

March 6 (UPI) -- Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes as part of his sentence for a song supporting women's rights and opposing the Middle Eastern country's draconian hijab laws, his lawyer said.

Yarrahi, a singer-songwriter known for his protest music, was arrested in late August 2023 and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison, with one year enforceable, along with a fine and 74 lashes.

In December, Yarrahi was released after completing his one-year sentence. On Wednesday, he received the remaining 74 lashes, his lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in a Farsi-language statement.

"Today ... the last part of the sentence ... was fully and completely implemented," Minuei said. "Mr. [Yarrahi's] case was closed."

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According to Iran activist-run Human Rights News Agency, Yarrahi was arrested on charges of spreading propaganda against the regime, encouraging corruption and depravity and producing and distributing immoral content, among others, following the release of his song, "Roo Sarito," which translates to "Your Headscarf" in English.

The Tehran regime deemed the song "unlawful" and "contrary to the values and norms of Islamic society, HRANA reported following Yarrahi's arrest, citing Mizan, the news agency of Iran's judiciary.

His arrest came ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died in police custody after being detained for violating Iran's hijab laws and beatedn.

Amini's death sparked mass women-led protests, which Yarrahi supported.

"You brought glass to break our stone," Yarrahi said in a statement published to his X account on Wednesday thanking Minuei and others who had supported him.

"Whoever is not willing to pay the price for freedom is not worthy of it. Wishing for liberation..."

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi described Yarrahi's flogging as retaliation for his support of Iranian women.

"May we, as women, protest the regime's brutality against a dissenting artist, strengthening the chain of solidarity and putting an end to the misogynistic religious tyranny," she said on X.

"Mehdi Yarrahi stood against the suppression of women's voices -- let us be his voice."

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Qatar Convicts Dutch Woman Who Says She was Raped

She went dancing and woke up the next day in an unfamiliar apartment after allegedly being drugged
Image Credit: AFP

The 22-year-old woman was also fined 3,000 Qatari riyals and will be deported once she pays the fine, court officials said.

Gulf News, Qatar
AFP

Doha: A Doha court on Monday convicted a Dutch woman of adultery and handed her a one-year suspended sentence after she reported being raped while on holiday in Qatar.

The 22-year-old woman, known only as Laura and who was not in court, was also fined 3,000 Qatari riyals and will be deported once she pays the fine, court officials said.

3000 Riyals is $800 USD

She had denied the charge against her.

The male defendant, said by a court official to be Syrian and named Omar Abdullah Al Hassan, was sentenced to 100 lashes for the illicit sex and 40 lashes for consuming alcohol.

Hassan, who was also not in court, will undergo a medical examination to see if he is fit enough to withstand the punishment.

He will not serve any time in jail but will also be deported once he has been punished.

The Dutch ambassador to Qatar, Yvette Burghgraef-van Eechoud, who was present in a packed courtroom, told reporters the embassy would help Laura leave Qatar.

“We will do everything to get her out of the country as soon as possible to where she wants to go,” said Eechoud. The envoy added that she expected Laura to leave Qatar within the next few days.

The ambassador added that she had spoken to Laura Sunday and said that “under the circumstances she was doing fine”.

Back in the Netherlands, Laura’s mother said she had not yet spoken to her daughter but was “so happy” at the news of her release.

“I do not know yet when she gets home, but this is not most important,” she told the Dutch television NOS website. “The most important is that she gets home … I am so happy,” she said.

Bert Koenders, the Dutch foreign minister tweeted that he was “relieved” that Laura could soon go home.

Laura was arrested on March 14 and has since been held in custody. Her lawyer previously said the incident happened after she had visited a Doha hotel.

“She went dancing but when she returned to the table after the first sip of her drink, she realised that she had been drugged,” Brian Lokollo has said.

“She really didn’t feel very well,” he added.

The woman remembers nothing more until the following morning when she woke up in a totally unfamiliar apartment “and realised to her great horror, that she had been raped”, he said.

The defendant had insisted that their night together had been consensual and that the woman had even asked for money.

Adultery, or illicit sex, is treated as a serious crime in Qatar.

But the case provoked an international outcry with many appalled by the treatment of an alleged rape victim and an online campaign using the #freelaura hashtag to try and draw attention to the Dutch woman’s imprisonment.

I think it might have worked, too. This is as good an outcome as is possible under Sharia. And for the man to be convicted without witnesses, well that was unexpected.

Qatar is a big tourist destination and jail time would have damaged that business. Also, it could be that Qatar is actually moving into the 2nd millennia.