Wonders, they say, shall never
end. A conservative Muslim
preacher in Saudi Arabia has
been sentenced to eight years in
prison and 800 lashes for raping
his five-year-old daughter.
The preacher, pictured above, is
known as Fayhan al-Ghamdi. He
usually preached on television
as a good man. But he lost he
sense of decency and violated
his daughter of just 5years. Not
only did this Muslim cleric raped
his young daughter, he also beat
her mercilessly, leading to her
death.
Fayhan was convicted of beating
his daughter Lama with canes,
burning her with electrical
cables, crushing her skull and
tearing off her nails. She was
also raped repeatedly and died
later in a Saudi hospital.
Saudi Arabia is know to follow a
strict interpretation of Islam
under which murder, drug
trafficking, rape and armed
robbery are capital crimes, with
execution mostly by firing
squad. But in the case of Muslim
preacher Fayhan, he was
sentenced to just 8years in
prison .
The case of Lama caused a
public outcry and brought to
light sensitive issues
surrounding the ambiguity of
punishment for Saudi fathers
found guilty of murdering their
own children.
Saudi officials say the popular
Muslim preacher was not given a
harsher sentence because the
girl's mother accepted 1 million
riyals, roughly $267,000, from
him (her ex-husband) as "blood
money," which is allowed in
litigation under Saudi law.
The Egyptian mother, who
acquired Saudi nationality
through her ex-husband, said
she is a poor woman with no
income. By accepting the money,
she waived the right to demand
retribution against Fayhan for
the death of their daughter.
Some are however alleging that
the woman was pressured to
accept the money.
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