Hudood

The word Hudood has become so sacred in the Pakistani lexicon that anything attached to it automatically gets Islamic sanction.

IPS Inter Press Service 2009

There are very discriminatory laws that are on the books called the Hudood ordinances, which makes it very difficult for any woman, for example, who's been raped to receive any justice.

CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2005 2005

"For obvious reasons the word Hudood has not been attached to this bill while it calls for certain amendments in the HOs.

IPS Inter Press Service 2009

The Hudood ordinance is a staunch reminder of the conditions of women rights in Pakistan.

Global Voices in English » Pakistan: A Step In The Right Direction 2009

Also while farce laws such as the Hudood ordinance, are still partly functional, what is the suggested fate of the domestic violence bill.

Global Voices in English » Pakistan: A Step In The Right Direction 2009

Again the Hudood ordinance is responsible for many rape victims ending up in prison.

Global Voices in English » Pakistan: A Step In The Right Direction 2009

In the most comprehensive post about the bill – which compares domestic violence legislature with the draconian Hudood Ordinaces and contextualizes the bill within a history of Pakistani women rights – Sana Saleem at Mystified Justice takes the issue with the clause that a false complaint of abuse is punishable with imprisonment as well as a fine.

Global Voices in English » Pakistan: A Step In The Right Direction 2009

To raise another example, consider legislation reforming Pakistani rape laws in 2006 which allows some women to use secular law to prosecute rape claims, thereby avoiding the traditional Hudood requirement of five male Muslim witnesses to establish a rape.

Feminist Philosophy of Law Smith, Patricia 2009

Women have played a leading role in that opposition, fighting for changes in the restrictive and oppressive Hudood ordinances based on Sharia law that were imposed in 1979.

Kavita N. Ramdas: Pakistan's Women 2008

More on the Islamic Law they're upholding, this time in Pakistan, from the BBC : Hudood laws are a tool in the hands of men - with these laws they can rape women and be totally unaccountable.

Archive 2006-01-01 Zoe Brain 2006