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The 5 year old girl's body showed evidence of a fractured skull, brain damage, repeated rapes, burns, beatings with whips and an iron, electrical shocks, a broken back, ribs and arm. Reportedly, he also had sadistically sought to burn Lama's rectum closed.
For 10 months, Lama lingered in the hospital before succumbing in October 2012 to her massive injuries. One cannot imagine the thoughts going through this defenseless child's mind as she tried to understand the pain and suffering she was forced to endure at the hands of her own father.
Under Sharia law the abuse inflicted upon 5 year old Lama was justified by the father as she no longer was a virgin. That would have been sad enough but evidence suggests the father was the rapist.
A Saudi judge ruled Ghamdi need only pay his ex-wife $50,000 in "blood money" for having abused and killed their daughter (had the child been male the fine would be double), stating the few months he had already spent in prison was sufficient punishment!
The ruling was based on Islamic or "Sharia" law prohibiting a father from being executed for killing his child (or wife) if compensation is paid.
Ghamdi also was allowed to retain custody (the parents are divorced) of his two surviving children.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis...#ixzz2e2g1uMLp
For 10 months, Lama lingered in the hospital before succumbing in October 2012 to her massive injuries. One cannot imagine the thoughts going through this defenseless child's mind as she tried to understand the pain and suffering she was forced to endure at the hands of her own father.
Under Sharia law the abuse inflicted upon 5 year old Lama was justified by the father as she no longer was a virgin. That would have been sad enough but evidence suggests the father was the rapist.
A Saudi judge ruled Ghamdi need only pay his ex-wife $50,000 in "blood money" for having abused and killed their daughter (had the child been male the fine would be double), stating the few months he had already spent in prison was sufficient punishment!
The ruling was based on Islamic or "Sharia" law prohibiting a father from being executed for killing his child (or wife) if compensation is paid.
Ghamdi also was allowed to retain custody (the parents are divorced) of his two surviving children.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis...#ixzz2e2g1uMLp
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