Saudi King: Not Completely Retarded

From Foxnews.com:

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a female rape victim who had been sentenced to 200 lashes for being alone with a man at the time of the attack who was not related to her, a Saudi newspaper reported Monday.

In an effort to be fair to the religion of peace (Islam), I try to report good news along with the bad (most recently, the father in Canada who killed his daughter for not wearing appropriate Islamic clothing). Thus, today, I bring you a good story about Islam.

The Saudi King saw fit to pardon a woman. She was guilty of being alone with a man who is not related to her. I don't remember if the rapists was convicted of anything (and too lazy to do the search right now), but I'm sure that the woman's insolence was the primary cause for the rape, and not the obvious mental problems of the rapists.

So the Saudi King seems to have a semi-working brain - or at least he realizes how barbaric and a**-backwards it is to charge and then convict the victim of a rape for being alone with a man. However, the legal system seems to need some tweaking. One, why is a law like this still on the books? And two, why did the jury (or whatever system they use) feel compelled to use it? Do they still try to chop off thieves hands? I remember seeing that in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

But before I start on a rant (this is a good news story after all), I will leave it at - Good job, Saudi King. Let's hope I can do more good Islam stories.

P.S. - William briefly mentioned this a few days ago in TSTWBTA. Give credit where credit is due.