Saudi cleric let off with only a fine for raping and killing 5-yr old daughter!

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Makes me really wonder what kind of a world we are living in.:mad:

RIYADH: In a shocking incident in Saudi Arabia, a preacher who confessed to raping and beating his 5-year-old daughter to death was let off without any jail term and was only fined 200,000 riyals for his heinous crime.

The fine is the 'blood money' that is to be paid to compensate the victim's relatives. Islamic law specifies that the 'blood money' can be paid in lieu of the death penalty.

Since the victim was a girl, the fine for the preacher, one Fayhan al-Ghamdi, was reduced to half the usual amount.

Ghamdi confessed to the crime and said he used a cane and cables to beat his daughter up. The justification the man gave for this was that he doubted that his 5-year-old daughter, Lama Ghamdi, was a virgin. He also forced her into undergoing a medical inspection.

Reports said that as far back as in December 2011, the little child was hospitalised with a crushed skull, broken ribs and limbs, heavy bruising and burn marks. The hospital, reports stated, also said that the child had been raped.

According to an agency report, the hospital said that the child's 'rectum had been torn open and the abuser had attempted to burn it closed'.

The child died in October 2012 because of her grave injuries and in November the father was arrested.

The judge ruled that the fine and the time that the man had spent in prison after his arrest were enough punishment.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#axzz2K95yFAtO

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a reminder that real horror is much more depraved than we can imagine. very sad.