Somali Rape Victim Stoned To Death Was 13

Rights Group Says Teen Who Reported Rape Was Accused Of Adultery, Then Killed In Packed Stadium

(AP)  A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses.

The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.

Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.

Calls to Somali government officials and the local administration in Kismayo rang unanswered Saturday.

"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.

Somalia is among the world's most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of some 8 million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.

A quarter of Somali children die before age 5; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported nearly every day.

Islamic militants with ties to al Qaeda have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.

In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.

[mumu11]

Sayfud-deen, we aren''t in the least bit confused. Anybody can figure out that a 13 years old, not even in the most depraved bordello, is ever going to volunteer to have *** with 3 grown men. The only way any sexual activity is going to take place in that case of figure, is going to be in a gang rape and nothing else. That child was tortured and murdered and those who raped her, those stoned her, as well as those who stood by and did nothing are not worthy to call themselves men: they are rubbish.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Islamic Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party. The only way of getting justice under this system is to have 2 favourable women witnesses opposed to each man. You can imagine that for rape this never happens unless the men come clean - again, as you know, something which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rsf_]

To sayfud-deen: Remember, the testimony of 1 woman in Islam is 1/2 that of a man - so the testimony of 3 men is worth 6 times that of a single woman. So, under Shariah law, a woman who is raped by one or more men in collusion has no hope of justice but is considered the guilty party unless the men come clean - something as you know which rarely, if ever, happens.
I have seen this happen with the Hudood laws in Pakistan as well.

[rrozsa-2009]

Even Jesus spoke out against organized religion, when it favors dogma and law, over "loving the Lord your God" and "loving thy neighbor as thyself". Any militant religious extremist, whether he/she professes to be Christian or Muslim, is no better than the Pharasees of Jesus'' day. Faith, which provides redemption, is through a personal relationship with God, not blind adherence to the rules laid down by some hate-spewing religious leaders.

[sayfud-deen]

why does everyone get so confused? stoning to death for adultry did''nt start with islam! it''s god''s law! and it started or is wriiten in the tawrah! now stoning to death is the punishment for adultry! my question would be. did she have a trial in an islamic court of law? was she the married party,because if she was not married and she did the act, it''s forication and the punishment is 80 to a 100 lashes. these punishments cannot be altered. and age does''nt matter, in as far as islamic law is concerned. in islam you are considered a man when you can ejaculate and a woman when she gets her menstration. now if this young lady confessed to the act under her own volition,the punishment is correct, if she was married. the are too many unanswered questioned for me, as a muslim ,to judge the validity of this article!