I have said it before and I say it again, legality of any action is determined by law prevailing in the land where the action has taken place. I remember standing in the Grand Central Station in New York in a queue for a train bound for Connecticut. A man who was standing before me was suddenly approached by a woman and the two after swinging their arms around each other, pressed their lips against each others'. The remained glued to each other, in the same pose, for quite almost half an hour. Do you think it was legal or illegaal, regardless of whether the couple was married or unmarried.
Imagine the same scene taking place at Al-fardan Bus Station near Doha Jadeed. Would it be legal or not. Would the duo possibly face any consequences?
I request all of you calling the shots to term the boy's treatment illegal to look at the matter in the proper perspective. Are you even aware that in the tribal areas, where this happened, there is even no police system? There is levy force whose writ is secondary to the local jirga. It is the local jarga, comprising the dignified elders of the area, whose word is supreme and can not be challenged by any court of law.
Are you aware of this guy who was arrested for role in the fake polio campaign that led to the killing of OBL. He was sentenced to prison for, I think, 25 years by local jirga, not by the regular courts, as the judicial system's jurisdiction does not extend to the tribal areas.
In these lawless lands, matters pertaining to honor, are usually dealt with by the people. The levies's job is usually nothing more than handling of the dead bodies, and attending sulha (reconciliation).
I remember a couple of years back a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and two daughters after, apparently, he raised objection to their illicit activities. He was drugged and strangled to death in sleep. A little son who witness the murder could not keep shut about it as he developed post traumatic stress and would cry and telling everyone that he sees his father being killed. After the local chemist confirmed that the wife did purchase a supply of sleeping pills that night, confirming the kid's account.
The matter was never taken to any court. The very same day one villager announced the pillage of the family's property and the execution of the wife and daughters. The women all succeeded in fleeing; however, their house was levelled to the ground within a couple of hours.
This is the justice system there. I am never saying it is right or wrong. I am only describing it.
In the perspective of this justice system, the boy should have not attempted to 'gain the attention' of the girls.
I have said it before and I say it again, legality of any action is determined by law prevailing in the land where the action has taken place. I remember standing in the Grand Central Station in New York in a queue for a train bound for Connecticut. A man who was standing before me was suddenly approached by a woman and the two after swinging their arms around each other, pressed their lips against each others'. The remained glued to each other, in the same pose, for quite almost half an hour. Do you think it was legal or illegaal, regardless of whether the couple was married or unmarried.
Imagine the same scene taking place at Al-fardan Bus Station near Doha Jadeed. Would it be legal or not. Would the duo possibly face any consequences?
I request all of you calling the shots to term the boy's treatment illegal to look at the matter in the proper perspective. Are you even aware that in the tribal areas, where this happened, there is even no police system? There is levy force whose writ is secondary to the local jirga. It is the local jarga, comprising the dignified elders of the area, whose word is supreme and can not be challenged by any court of law.
Are you aware of this guy who was arrested for role in the fake polio campaign that led to the killing of OBL. He was sentenced to prison for, I think, 25 years by local jirga, not by the regular courts, as the judicial system's jurisdiction does not extend to the tribal areas.
In these lawless lands, matters pertaining to honor, are usually dealt with by the people. The levies's job is usually nothing more than handling of the dead bodies, and attending sulha (reconciliation).
I remember a couple of years back a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and two daughters after, apparently, he raised objection to their illicit activities. He was drugged and strangled to death in sleep. A little son who witness the murder could not keep shut about it as he developed post traumatic stress and would cry and telling everyone that he sees his father being killed. After the local chemist confirmed that the wife did purchase a supply of sleeping pills that night, confirming the kid's account.
The matter was never taken to any court. The very same day one villager announced the pillage of the family's property and the execution of the wife and daughters. The women all succeeded in fleeing; however, their house was levelled to the ground within a couple of hours.
This is the justice system there. I am never saying it is right or wrong. I am only describing it.
In the perspective of this justice system, the boy should have not attempted to 'gain the attention' of the girls.
Hope that explains it a bit.