The scene is Bangladesh. A female teen is raped by a 20 year old male. The girl becomes pregnant as a result of the rape. Up to this point I'm following the story, its tragic and the crime is reprehensible.
So what happens next. Well, the perpetrator is forgiven, and the girl is whipped for having the audacity to get pregnant. Meanwhile the girl's father is fined.
Help me out here. Is this a plant by someone trying to paint Muslim society in a harsh light. Or is it really and truly impossible to accept said society as civil.
Telegraph.co.uk: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant
16-year-old girl who was raped in Bangladesh has been given 101 lashes for conceiving during the assault.
The girl's father was also fined and warned the family would be branded outcasts from their village if he did not pay.
According to human rights activists, the girl, who was quickly married after the attack, was divorced weeks later after medical tests revealed she was pregnant.
The girl was raped by a 20-year-old villager in Brahmanbaria district in April last year.
Bangladesh's Daily Star newspaper reported that she was so ashamed following the attack that she did not lodge a complaint.
Her rape emerged after her pregnancy test and Muslim elders in the village issued a fatwa insisting that the girl be kept in isolation until her family agreed to corporal punishment.
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