[Piefloater]

Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they "did not know the culture of this country"

Apparently repeatedly raping 16 year old girls is quite acceptable in their "culture".

Lock 'em up and throw away the key.

[cripplecreek]

"Apparently repeatedly raping 16 year old girls is quite acceptable in their "culture"."

In their culture this would all be cleared up with the public stoning of the victim.


Islam is a religion of peace.

[Agnes Heep]

Here's a little quote from the Irish author Christy Brown that I've always carried with me:

What the Egyptians do,
We needn't be troublin',
But you can't have that sort of thing,
Going on in Dublin!

[angkor]

they believe an anti-Muslim conspiracy has prevented a fair hearing.

An "anti-Muslim conspiracy" is the sound of a .223 entering your cranium according to the rule of law.

[TYVets]

They will be sentenced on March 12.

Just take them out back and hang them with a rope made of pig skin.

[RWR8189]

Whew, talk about the religion of peace.

[GMMAC]

"Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they 'did not know the culture of this country'."

Surely no person plainly this lacking in both decency and common sense should be permitted to practice medicine in any civilized nation.

[Bonaparte]

The defendants and their father are liars. Under Sharia, the penalty for rape is death. In Saudi Arabia, rapists get beheaded. I would favor acceding to their plea and punishing them according to their own "culture."

[cardinal4]

Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they "did not know the culture of this country".

Hes right, you know. Rape and sexual assault on women are cornerstones of Islam. Call me a bigot, racist whatever, muslims treat women like objects. These muslims are really stunned that they are being punished so harshly; they have been admittedly brought up in an enviornment where that type of behavior is condoned, even encouraged. I hope they get life, in Australia's equivalent of San Quentin or Huntsville..

[neutrino]

Three Pakistani gang rapists who are facing life in jail yesterday begged a judge to be pardoned, citing cultural differences that led to the brutal attack, immaturity on their part and hardship within their families if they were imprisoned.

My, my. Such brave Is-slimeac warriors! First, they take 3:2 odds to rape a couple of innocent girls. I wonder how much attention they paid to those helpless young girls' pleas? Obviously, the answer is - none.

And now, these vermin beg to be pardoned?

I have an idea for some appropriate punishments. Sadly, those ideas would violate posting policy, so I leave them to the imagination of the reader.

[facedown]

Religion of Peace bump.

[reformed_dem]

But if a westerner broke one of their laws in their country, the westerner would have been told it was their duty to learn of the laws before entering the country and to accept their punishment.

[Arpege92]

I hope they get a little culture shock of their own when the Bubba's in prison are looking for a new girlfriend.

[Bonaparte]

The defendants are pakistani. Here is what the pakistani "culture" prescribes for the crime they have committed. By all means, make allowance for the "cultural difference." I hear the Burmese are quite skilled in the the use of blades for the beheading of bulls. Perhaps there are some in Australia who would volunteer to perform this community service.

6 get death penalty for rape ordered by tribal jury

By ASIM TANVEER

DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters): A Pakistani court on Sept. 1 sentenced six men to death for the gang rape of a woman on the orders of a traditional village jury.

Defense lawyer Mohammad Yaqub told Reuters that eight other men were acquitted in the trial before a special antiterrorism court in the Punjab provincial town of Dera Ghazi Khan, whose shocking findings highlighted the abuse of women in rural areas.

Mukhtiar Mai, the 30-year old victim, was not present when the court announced the decision amid heavy security. She told Reuters on Aug. 30 that members of her family had been threatened with death if the men were convicted.

Yaqub said four men were sentenced to death for committing the rape and two others for serving on the village jury that authorized the crime.

“The four rapists and two jurors have been given the death penalty and a fine of 40,000 rupees ($675) each. The remaining eight have been acquitted. “We will appeal,” he added.

Yaqub named the four sentenced to death for the rape as brothers Allah Ditta and Abdul Khaliq, Fayyaz Hussain and Ghulam Farid. The two jurors were Faiz Bakhsh and Ramzan Bichar. All the eight acquitted had also served on the jury.

“God has provided justice to me,” Mai told Reuters by telephone. “If courts start giving decisions like this, I am sure rapes will be reduced, if not stopped totally. I am satisfied with the decision.”

Mai’s father Ghulam Farid Jat said she was overcome by the news. “She cried loudly and fainted a few times,” he said.

Mai said she was raped by four men after approaching the traditional jury, or panchayat, in Meerawali to settle a dispute with the rival Mastoi clan. The victim said she went to the jury after her 12-year-old brother Abdul Shakoor was kidnapped and sodomized by members of Mastoi family as a punishment for having an illicit affair with one of their relatives.

The jury ruled that to save Mastoi honor, Shakoor should marry the woman with whom he was linked, while Mai, who is divorced, was to be given away in marriage to a Mastoi man.

The prosecution said that when she rejected the decision she was raped by the four Mastoi men and made to walk home nearly naked in front of hundreds of people.

The lawyers for six men sentenced to death for the gang-rape filed appeals against the verdict on Sept. 3, Reuters reported from Islamabad. Defense lawyer Malik Mohammad Saleem said he had challenged the convictions in the provincial high court in Multan, capital of Punjab province.

“I have filed two separate appeals, one on behalf of four convicted on the rape charge and the other on behalf of the two men who sat on the jury,” he said.

The prosecution has also said it will appeal — against the acquittal of the eight jurors.

Chief prosecution lawyer Ramzan Khalid Joya said he would file an appeal against the acquittal of eight jurors.

[microgood]

Apparently repeatedly raping 16 year old girls is quite acceptable in their "culture".

Maybe it is OK because the women may have been un-believing infidels. Execute them with extreme prejudice.

[demnomo]

Mohammad ("peace" be upon him) says: It's OK to rape infidels. It's in the Koran and Hadith. There is little, if any penalty for raping or having sex with Muslim women, too. A raped Muslim woman must have at least two male witnesses to her "dishonor." And even if a rape can be proved by a Muslim lasses' witnesses, she is still considered "damaged goods" and is usually offed so as not to shame the family/tribal reputation any further.

Of course, what really sticks in the craw of these "culturally-dependent" folks in Australia, is that the Aussie victim will not be stoned to death for "adultery" or murdered by her own family in what is described as an "honor killing."

And the lefties worry about and portray Christians as right-wing whackos.

[CFC__VRWC]

But Supreme Court Justice Brian Sully said "culture or no culture", a strong message needed to be sent to other young men that such horrific sex crimes against women will not be tolerated in modern society.

How long before the fatwah is issued against this judge?

[Guillermo]

The brothers are representing themselves because they believe an anti-Muslim conspiracy has prevented a fair hearing. Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they "did not know the culture of this country".

Yes, it's OK to rape in Mohammedan countries.

To all of you Mohammedan defenders, go jump in a lake.

[Rummyfan]

Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they "did not know the culture of this country".

So in what country is inviting a woman to your house and you and your buddies gang raping her a part of the culture?????

[Alouette]

Their father, a practising doctor, told the court they should be pardoned because they "did not know the culture of this country".

Those racist old colonial British put a stop to the practice of suttee (burning widows alive on their husband's funeral pyre). When told that this was an ancient tradition in India, the colonial governor replied, "We have an ancient tradition of hanging chaps who burn women."

[Sally II]

Andrew Haesler, for one of the defendants, known as MMK, 17, said his client was immature and had lived in Australia for two years without the "restrictive boundaries" in his home country.

Eh?????? Perhaps after they lock up those boys for life they can send the rest of the family back to Pakistan, since it seems the entire family has not learned how to deal with living in a "less restrictive" country.