readers not the book. Without context if someone takes a meaning, they could get wrong meaning. Especially in arabic pronunciation also counts.

For your and others information, 4 witness required is for adultery Not for rape. Rapes is treated as hiraba.
Furthermore, The Islamic response to rape is not just confined to criminal prosecution. Islamic jurisprudence also provides an avenue for civil redress for a rape survivor in its ‘law of jirah’ (wounds) whereby the state has to provide compensation to the victim.

May be the QL based scholars have not aware of Law of Jirah and About Hiraba crimes.