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Under Sharia law -- which regulates the day-to-day life of Muslims, including politics, business, sexuality and hygiene -- consuming alcohol is a major offense. Though non-Muslim in Malaysia would be prosecuted under civil law, Kartika had to face Islamic courts.
"I accept the punishment," she said, according to a Daily Telegraph report. "I am not afraid because I was ready to be punished from day one. [The authorities] hope to use my case as a way to educate Muslims. So go ahead. I want to move on with my life."
While she did break a law, the punishment is far different from those most alcohol offenders receive: fines. In this case, prosecutor Saiful Idham Sahimi decided to make an example of the part-time model. Kartika will be -- according to Saiful -- the first woman to be caned under Islamic law, and could spend up to a week in a women's prison where the caning will take place.
So why the extreme punishment? According to Saiful this is an attempt to "educate" rather than punish, and the rattan cane used on Kartika will be lighter than the one used on men.
Tell us what you think about the caning in the poll and the comments below.
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[Via Daily Telegraph, MSNBC]
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8-20-2009 @11:15PM Peter said... These people need to get out of the Dark Ages and into reality. All need to stop believing in The Great Fairy Tale/Lie. An entertaining read? Yes. Proveable facts. NO! Not one. Religion separates, persecutes, kills in its name, teaches lies, denies scientific FACTS, gets rich off the backs of the poor, pays no taxes here in the USA. You want to believe in something? Try believing in being decent to one another. That's the religion I want to belong to.
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8-20-2009 @1:56AM ehm said... Glen, I disagree...Jesus did not say not to drink alcohol. If you read the Scripture correctly, it chastises getting DRUNK. Big difference.
Regarding drinking and Muslim tradition--there probably aren't half as many drunk driving-related accidents and deaths. Might seem harsh, but people usually survive a caning...unlike victims of drunk driving.
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8-20-2009 @1:58AM pedersen92591 said... mmmm...my wife likes a good spanking, maybe i'll use a cane next time..
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8-20-2009 @2:07AM Patrice Bedrosian-Nagel said... These religious fanatics are the same "people" who bomb and murder in the name of fvvcking Allah.. This woman needs to either leave, or she desearves what she gets for allowing it to happen to her. And BTW, seperation of church and state?? Whoever said that needs to see what happened under the Bush administration, and be gretful that Baby Bush is gone because if it were up to him, Mccain,Palin and all of the other sicko Jesus fanatics we women would be getting caned for drinking, smoking, working outside the home,and for having sex outside of marriage Wake up America, we aren't far behind these extrimists.....
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8-20-2009 @2:15PM DAMIEN said... I WONDER IF LESBIANS FIND THESE MUSLIM WOMEN ATTRACTIVE?. ANY THOUGHTS OUT THERE?.
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8-20-2009 @2:04AM kcw0809 said... More Shocking than the Story was a 1000+ Readers,
and at least a few weren't joking, AGREED with the punishment!
I wouldn't have any skin left If I was Caned for Beer. Which leads me to my next statement.
Muhammad only banned Alcohol because he recognized
his people were already too hard to Control.
You are wondering, oh yeah....how do you know?
I have a very good source, Moses, with which whom Muhammed claimed to have consulted with during his negotiations with God. O.K. it was one of Moses's entourage, I don't really have direct access. You knew that, I'm guessing. (It's his Chiro...shhhh)
Anyway, kudos for the Girl standing up to take her
misguided punishment. I appreciate any girl whose willing to be beaten if thats what it takes to make a point. (I'm kidding, c'mon). Have a Beer in her honor! I'm going to have several, thats how much I care!
No, she is showing us Courage, hopefully thats all she will have to show in prison.
Can you imagine Drunken Islamofacists?
They might do something crazy.
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8-20-2009 @2:11AM Marshall said... I am interested to know who does the caning in
a Malasian womens' prison?How many times does an
offender get struck by a cane? is the cane made of
bamboo?
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8-20-2009 @2:15AM Patrice Bedrosian-Nagel said... Right on Peter, I couldn;t have said it better myself
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8-20-2009 @2:23AM dave said... I'm aqainst caning female models. A good bare butt spanking would be more in line.
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8-20-2009 @2:29AM dave said... What never ceases to amaze me is that American women convert to this religon.
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8-21-2009 @7:58AM cimmy said... Think I will stay in the US.Don't want to live in a country when men can do what they want and treat woman like second class. Those who would cane a woman for drinking a beer and think it is ok needs to get knuckles out of the dirt and join us in the 21st centery.Any man hits me better run.... I don't care who he think he is,NOBODY treatsme like second class.TY for letting me give my 2 cents.
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8-20-2009 @2:39AM LORRAINE said... STUPID MUSLIM LAWS! These animals RAPE WOMEN & CHILDREN, ABUSE & BEAT THEM, STONE INNOCENT, HANG THEM TOO! ALL IN THE NAME OF A BAFOON NAMED ALAH! ARE YOU SSERIOUS??? THEY DO HAVE DOUBLE STAHNDARDS. THET DRINK & GET DRUNK OFTEN, IF NOT DAILY. WHO ARE THEY FOOLING? SHE SHOULD LEAVE HER DUMB ASS BACKWARD COUNTRY!
A BEER?? ARE YOU SERIOUS??? WHAT DO THEY DO TO TERRORIST??? I KNOW THEY Set them FREE!!!!
can we cane these idiots too???
welcome to the 1300 dark ages!!!
GOD BLESS US, GOLD BLESS AMERICA!
and I know our GOD the ONLY REAL & TRUE God will never allow this!!!
CONVERT, STARY AWAY FROM THAT CRAZED SO CALED RELIGION!
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8-20-2009 @12:06PM Cat said... I do not agree with the young lady being caned but it is the law over there and she knows the law and broke it anyways with the knowledge that if she were caught she would face physical punishment. I believe that she should abide by the law if she wanted to remain there or leave to go to a place with more freedom. If it were me I would have left, came to America and drank a long island (i don't like beer. lol). So she is going to be caned, that sucks, I guess she will not be modeling any longer. I at least hope it won't be too bad.
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8-20-2009 @3:27AM jane said... it's not religion...it's a cult...where's the purple kool-aid...that will be next, i hope.
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8-20-2009 @4:05AM Michelle RN said... This is ABSOLUTELY BARBARIC! Muslims want the world to respect them and accept their religious beliefs and allow them to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in our schools and neighborhoods...then THIS happens as an "educational experience"? I am so beyond disgusted I am unable to speak, almost unable to swallow, which is fine because my mouth is bone dry. I am not by nature a hater. I am liberal in my politics, but this is NOT acceptable. I do NOT accept this kind of treatment of ANYONE, man or woman, in an enlightened world. This is more polarizing than anything I've seen happen since forced genital mutillation of women (though our own society is now practicing that in its own way by making women feel shamed into cosmetic labioplasty when they don't look like barely pubescent GIRLS in porn magazines and dvds)and BLAMING WOMEN for rapes, sometimes stonging them, to death, in muslim nations. I am sickened.
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8-20-2009 @3:50AM Michelle said... I think MUSLIM GIRL is brain washed like the rest of them. She drank a beer and your saying her modeling led to her drinking a beer? Are you retarded modeling usually leads to things like cocaine or anorexia not PUTTING ON MORE CALORIES get a life seriously, I am 23 and I drink and I have not killed or had any "bar fights" with anyone, but honestly I would be willing to take your ass on SOBER any day, in a debate that is... LMAO
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8-20-2009 @3:58AM Michelle said... Thats another thing I don't quite understand, this kind of thing makes news? WHY?? We don't live there? She wants to stay there, so what the hell? She wants to drink beer and face the punishment, fine for her! I want to go back to beer pong and a keg stand with the guys, and when I am done I will walk away with a whoo-hoo not a punishment. And if its illegal why did he sell it to her? If your under 21 here your not supposed to get sold beer, even though it happens they get fines if caught, why isn't that establishment getting punished as well?
Silly me for speaking my mind, OH IM IN THE USA I CAN hehe
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8-20-2009 @6:44AM just joe said... best way to send these people a message, just don't buy anything that says made in malaisya or any food product containing palm oil(not to mention serious health effects)which comes from hereand is in most baked goods as crackers etc---hurt a pocket book, people take notice
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8-20-2009 @4:07AM Michelle RN said... that should have read "stoning them" not stonging them. sorry
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8-20-2009 @4:19AM Michelle RN said... Please note this is Michelle RN, not Michelle. BIG DIFFERENCE!!! Anyway, Rob in allllll his "wisdom" said "In short..she deserves what she gets. She could board a plane for the US or the UK any time, and she made a choice to stay in that country and live under it's laws." You think so hm? It's NOT that easy for women in muslim nations, nor is claiming asylum. Muslim women can't do things as easily as women here. We cannot apply OUR rights to THEIR existence...it simply does not translate. Of course she says she accepts her punishment. What else is she going to do? Fight back and end up stoned or beheaded or spend her life in prison being passed around by the guards? Please, use your brain. You might want to look up the word empathy, and then try practicing it. I know that's asking a lot of any man in today's world where women are just things, but give it a shot. She is someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's friend. She's not just a THING put on earth for mens' use.
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