This is sharia law: Saudi judge considers severing spine of attacker who paralyzed man

This is sharia law. It is an explicit system where such punishment can be requested by the family of a crime victim. The family can request under islamic sharia law for a punishment equal to that which the victim suffered. In this case a a man was paralyzed and lost a foot as a result from getting into a fight. Too bad he did not win. The man who did this has already spent seven months in prison and was then released. His sentence was originally fourteen months.This actually goes back to August, 2010. I could not find anything more recent to see if a verdict had been handed down. Note that there is one 'hospital' that is willing to help out with the 'punishment'.

An eye for an eye is a concept that is taken seriously in many muslim countries. "In a variation of the ancient eye-for-an-eye punishment, a judge in Saudi Arabia has asked hospitals whether doctors would sever the spinal cord of an attacker convicted of paralyzing a man with a cleaver."

This from a country where women are arrested in they are caught driving.

This is islam and this is sharia law. Do not forget for one minute that the ACLU, Cair and many liberal rags and sites are backing sharia law and see it as harmless and just doing the right things for muslims, islam being politically correct and oh so multicultural.

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Saudi judge considers severing spine of attacker who paralyzed man

From ONDEADLINE/USA Today/Michael Winter

In a variation of the ancient eye-for-an-eye punishment, a judge in Saudi Arabia has asked hospitals whether doctors would sever the spinal cord of an attacker convicted of paralyzing a man with a cleaver.

The Arabic-language newspaper Okaz reported that one hospital in the northwestern province of Tabuk said it could perform the operation, while a prominent hospital in Riyadh refused, on apparent ethical grounds, saying "inflicting such harm is not possible."

Abdul-Aziz al-Mutairi, 22, was left paralyzed and subsequently lost a foot after a fight more than two years ago, his older brother, Khaled al-Mutairi, told the Associated Press. He said the assailant, whom he and the paper did not identify, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, released after seven months in an amnesty and now teaches at a university.

Under Islamic (sharia) law in Saudi Arabia, victims can ask that criminals receive punishments similar to the harm they inflicted. It is not uncommon for thieves to have their hands cut off.

"We are asking for our legal right under Islamic law," Khaled al-Mutairi said. "There is no better word than God's word — an eye for an eye."

Judge Saoud bin Suleiman al-Youssef sent letters to several hospitals in and outside the region, Emirates 24/7 says. A verdict is pending.

Original post is here.

Hat tip: Creeping Sharia