Here's a story of mixed messages.
Ameneh Bahrami was terribly scarred and blinded in 2004 when a spurned suiter poured sulphuric acid over her.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121302147.html
In the weird and barbaric world of Sharia law, the condemned man was originally sentenced to be blinded in one eye, because one man is worth two women, thus two female eyes equal one male.
Bahrami appealled and the sentence was changed so that the attacker will now be blinded in both eyes, under anaesthetic via 5 drops of sulphuric acid in each eye.
Bahrami feels that she has not asked for more than her due, given the suffering, pain, disfigurement and blindness she has endured.
Today, International Womens Day, it is good to know that female eyes have the same worth as mens' in Iran.
1 comment:
It's also good to know that appealing your sentence carries no risk whatsoever.
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