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**giftbestcom** · 09-04-2012, 03:57 AM

Salam Alaykum,

The only thing that from my viewpoint has to be clarified is this:

We know that the relatives of the slain person have a right to demand Qisas, or to waive the punishment altogether. It is obvious that if the prevailing social conditions are such that killing a lady due to her commiting something like "sending message through her mobile phone" is seen as acceptable even by her father, brother, etc., then they will even be happy that she was killed, and would never demand Qisas for the murderer (let us imagine in here that the woman's killer was her husband). In such a case, would the judge or the higher authority have the right to waive the normal right of the murdered person's kin of applying their right to waive punishment? If not, then what are the possible routes of action?

09-04-2012, 03:57 AM	#38
giftbestcom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Salam Alaykum, The only thing that from my viewpoint has to be clarified is this: We know that the relatives of the slain person have a right to demand Qisas, or to waive the punishment altogether. It is obvious that if the prevailing social conditions are such that killing a lady due to her commiting something like "sending message through her mobile phone" is seen as acceptable even by her father, brother, etc., then they will even be happy that she was killed, and would never demand Qisas for the murderer (let us imagine in here that the woman's killer was her husband). In such a case, would the judge or the higher authority have the right to waive the normal right of the murdered person's kin of applying their right to waive punishment? If not, then what are the possible routes of action?
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