Saudi Rape Victim's Lawyer Has Law License Revoked.

[falcon]

Remember the Saudi Rape victim who was sentenced to 200 lashes by the sharia court. Her lawyer's law license was revoked for daring to appeal.

The Commission refered to is the Mutaqa, the religious police. How they can enforce Islamic "law" is beyond me. Many of them are illiterate-couldn't read their names in neon lights.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=103734&d=19& amp;m=11&y=2007

"........Al-Lahem said denying him his right to practice law at this sensitive time is a denial of his client from the right of having a defense. "œAsking me to appear in front of a disciplinary committee at the Ministry of Justice on Dec. 5 is a punishment for taking human rights cases against some institutions that over time have gained some sort of immunity from questioning,"� said Al-Lahem, referring to a recent case lodged by him, on behalf of a Saudi woman, against the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice............

[Sureisaniceskimask]

This guy's going to be dead in under a month... [:-]

[North Texan]

I think so, too. The Saudis are every bit as radical and dangerous, maybe moreso, than the idiots we are after now.