Rape
Rape is a grave sin and a
major legal crime on the part of the assailant, and if legally proven it
may be punishable by death. The assaulted woman, however, would not be
considered a sinner, since she was overwhelmed and could not be blamed for
it.
The Quranic rule
applies:
"If one is forced, without willful disobedience nor transgressing due
limits, then he is guiltless, For God is Oft-Forgiving Most-Merciful."
(2:173)
In gynecological practice the
medico-legal implications of alleged rape are obvious and clinical and
laboratory data should be sought with diligence. To avoid the tragedy of
rape being further confounded by a possible pregnancy, a contraceptive
hormone dose is usually given and if not too late it will prevent an
undesired pregnancy that could not be disposed of once materialized.
The incidence of the crime of
rape in a society cannot be isolated from the general moral climate. ..it
usually goes with license, drugs and alcohol, the impact of the media,
pruritic television and cinema and even seductive women's fashion.
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