Islam requires mother should” breast feed” the child for two years. In this case mother failed in her duty to feed her baby as requested by Hoy Quran.
The
execution of housemaid Rizana Nafeek who languished in Death Row, in
one of the most inhuman environment, in a Saudi prison for almost seven
years is nothing but sheer barbarism of the American, British and
Zionist installed tribal Saudis - the most oppressive regime in the
planet.
This
has nothing to do with Islam or Shariah. This is the mockery of Islam
by a regime which collaborated with America and its European allies to
invade and destroy Muslim countries from Afghanistan and Iraq and
Somalia to many more.
Saudi
Arabia is course the land of Islam. However the brutal and autocratic
regime is a treacherous one which has no rights to speak of Islam and
Shariah in view of its unislamic nature of the extremely corrupted and
degenerated Saudi family which owns this land as their family property.
Unfortunate Rizana hails from a poverty stricken family in Muthur. Though
a minor she went to Saudi Arabia at the age of around 17 to work as
maid and earn a pittance to tide over her family’s economic
difficulties. She reached Saudi Arabia on 1 April 2005 on a passport, in
which her date of birth, 24 February 1988, was reported to have changed
by her employment agent to 2 February, 1982.
On
arrival in Saudi Arabia she worked in the house of Naif Jiziyan Khalaf
Al Otaibi whose wife had a four month old baby boy. She was assigned to
cooking, washing and looking after the infant. She maintained good
rapport with all in the house and there was no problem to speak of.
The
tragedy struck around 12.30 PM on 22 May 2005 while she was
bottle-feeding noticed that milk was oozing through mouth and nose
of the infant. She tried to sooth by striking infant’s throat, neck
and face. She was panicked when she saw the infant’s eyelids closed and
shouted for help. This clearly reveals the question of choking while
feeding does not arise.
Clarifying
milk oozing out through nose and mouth doctors explained that there
could have been a "Stop” when the milk does not go into the stomach, but
oozes out. It can be also assumed that when the milk oozed out, the
child might have already passed away.
Around
1.30 PM the mother of the infant came home. On seeing the infant she
went into rage and assaulted Rizana with slippers and hands and took the
infant away. Blood started oozing from Rizana’s nose.
On
25 May police arrested Rizana accusing her of murdering the infant. In
the police station she was severely beaten with belt demanding a
statement that she strangled the infant and electrocuted. Obtaining such
a forced statement is complete violation of Shariah law. There was no
one to talk to leave alone a word of comfort. Frightened Rizana placed
her signature on the written paper given to her by the police.
According
to reports, police failed to conduct a postmortem to establish the
cause of the death of the infant. This is a serious lapse. It is not
known whether Saudi law firm Khateb Al-Shammary which represented Rizan
took up the issue of the "postmortem".
Later
Rizana vehemently denied all allegations against her and retracted her
confession when she stated in the court on 3rd February 2007 that her
original confession was obtained by the Police under duress. According
to reports the person, Keralite, who took down her alleged confession,
was not a competent interpreter .He was a sheep herder and was no longer
in the country.
On
16 June 2007 the High Court sentenced Rizana to death by beheading
simply based on the police report obtained under duress. This verdict,
in complete violation of Shariaw laws, was upheld by the so called
Supreme Court on October 2010.
In
sentencing her to death the High Court and the Supreme Court have
overlooked the most important fact – the absence of a postmortem
report – the scientific evidence of the cause of death. Under such
circumstance the question is whether Saudi Arabia which is not governed
by Shariah laws can try Rizana under Shariah laws with so much of
flaws in its legal system.
Today’s
Saudi Arabia was created by Jews and Britain in the aftermath of the
World War 1 and Riyadh based tribal chief Abdul Aziz Ibn Al Saud was
placed in power in return for his support to topple Turkey’s Ottoman
–one of the greatest Muslim empires in Islamic history. Since then it
has been governed by Al Saud tribe –under tribal system which has
nothing to do with Islam.
Over
the years the Jews and Britain turned the tribe into royal family which
is alien to Islam. In Islam there is no royal family as such. Thus the
system of government, administration of justice, economic structure, and
distribution of wealth, overall society and all other aspects of life
have been based on mediaeval tribalism and not based on Islam. Under
such system power, positions, wealth and almost everything remain the
hereditary right of ruling family which is above law. This in itself is
complete violation of Islam. People as a whole are treated as virtual
slaves.
Known
for their stinking corruption, shameful lifestyle displaying God given
wealth, suppression of freedom given by Islam to all including women,
their collaboration with Jewish controlled US led European Christian
West’s evil agendas against Islam and Muslims, financing Jewish wars
against Islam and Muslims, depositing the wealth given by Allah in the
West, failure to help the Muslims worldwide , creating conflicts
among Muslims and so many other factors made the ruling family a
source of embarrassment to Islam and worldwide Muslims despise them.
Arbitrary
arrests, detention and torture have been common and Shariah laws were
merely exploited to advance their tyranny fully backed by United
Stated, Europe and Israel.
Now
the question is whether such an oppressive regime can try Rizana under
Shariah law. In fact even in employing Rizana as a maid violates
Shariah laws as Islam permits women to take up jobs under certain
conditions which were openly flouted by the Saudi authorities and
Rizana’s sponsor himself.
In
his letter to Jeddah based English language daily “ arab news” Engineer
Ismail Marikkar from Sri Lanka raised following pertinent questions; I
was simply shocked and as a Muslim ashamed when I read the death
sentence on Rizana. It is a miscarriage of justice. I appeal to the
judicial authorities to refer this case to the Permanent Committee of
Higher Scholars for review and a final decision. He asked;
- Is
it not a requirement in Islam for the mother to "breast-feed" the child
and the period is two years? Did this mother fulfill her duty? It is a
right of the child as stated in Quran; “And
the mothers are to suckle their infants for two years, for those who
wish to complete the suckling”(Surah Baqarah 2:233). The mother has
failed in her duty to the baby.
- How
could she entrust the care of her little child to a young uneducated
"teenager" from a foreign country, and a very remote area, where they do
not even see feeding bottles? The mother always fed the child.
- Some have expressed the opinion that Rizana has not expressed remorse or asked for pardon.
Well
that it is in itself a clear indication that this was not intentional
murder. Just tell me why this girl a few days after arriving, kills a
child entrusted to her care, unless she was "insane", in which case she
is not guilty. Rizana was made to sign a confession under duress, which
is not acceptable under any law.shariah is very clear on this.
Well
the death sentence is the punishment, but there is also the option of
paying blood money.But Allah says it would be good to pardon. The death
of this child in this manner at this time is the "Qadr" of Allah. This
is a fundamental of our faith. This child can never be brought to life
by killing the maid. They are refusing blood money. Well they want
revenge. To forgive is an attribute of Allah. In fact there is a hadith
about the reward awaiting those who forgave for the sake of Allah.
My advice is to forgive and be patient. These are virtuous acts earning divine reward. This
principle is intrinsically related to the maxim observed by the Divine
Law in both civil and criminal cases: that innocence and freedom from
accountability is to be assumed unless proven otherwise. Allah’s
Messenger (may the peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him) made this
clear when he said:“Do not carry out the prescribed punishments when
there is doubt.”
Describing
Rizana’s conviction as an abomination and demanding she should be
released immediately and offered an apology. F. A. Munas, M.D. from
United States had this to say;
“As
most objective people would agree, Rizana was unlikely to have murdered
the infant. What motive would she have? Rizana had no time to develop
any antipathy for her employer’s family. The infant seems to have died
of natural causes such as SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) or an
unfortunate occurrence during feeding due to a possible congenital
swallowing malformation. These conditions are not uncommon in that age
group. No autopsy of the deceased infant was ever conducted by the Saudi
authorities. By any reckoning the benefit of a doubt should go to the
accused.
“The
outrageous murder conviction and the pending public execution by
beheading of Rizana Nafeek by Saudi Arabian authorities is an affront
to humans the world over. The brutality of this action is quite
mind-boggling. As a matter of commonsense, it is utterly hypocritical
for the Saudi government to sign an international agreement not to
execute individuals who were minors when the alleged capital offense was
committed, and then renege on the pledge by citing"Shariah rules."
“It would be outrageous if Rizana Nafeek were to be executed as it appears that she was herself a child at the time; and there are real concerns about the fairness of her trial,” Amnesty International’s Middle East director Malcolm Smart said. On 14 June 2011 one of the parents was kind enough to pardon Rizana. However both Parents need pardon if Rizana is to be acquitted.
On the other hand do the Saudi Shariah needs six years to sentence a girl to death on the basis of a statement obtained under duress. Imagine the mental frame of a young girl for the past seven years in an unknown country and that too in a jail, awaiting to be beheaded. The mere thought of awaiting this death in a lonely cell is certainly enough to cripple even the strongest of man. So think about the plight of Rizana who may be dying minute after minute past six years. Is this Islam? This is mockery of Islam and Shariah!
Isn’t it time that Muslims worldwide think of liberating Islamic holy land from the medieval Saudi family tyranny?
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