Parliament Codifying Sharia Law More Strictly
The Committee of Islamic Sharia revealed that they refused to make any amendments presented by the government to the decree No. 12 of 1994 on crimes and punishments, adding that the government calls for new amendments to the decree advocating legal equality between men and women in blood money.
The committee’s refusal is justified by the consensus of Muslims over the subject since the era of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
It also added a new text stating one-year imprisonment for an adult man seen in private with a female who is not his close relative. Further, the text stipulated that the woman shall be punished by the same term in case she goes out with that man at her will.
The committee did not change the texts relating to slandering the head of state where the punishment shall be a two-year term. The same applies when defaming a king or president of a foreign country.
In addition to the capital punishment, the committee asked for an imprisonment term (between 5-15 years) for a person who causes harm to war preparations meant for defending the country. Further, the committee did not change the text that punishes a rapist whether male or female with a term of seven years.
Likewise, the committee did not change the text that punishes a person who commits the crime of adultery with a three-year term.
The term stretches to 15 years once the victim is under 18. The same term is applied when the criminal action leads the victim to commit suicide.
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Yemen: Vice and virtues body to organize its first meeting in Sana’a
YemenOnline-July 14,2008- Preparatory Committee of vice and virtue in Sana’a announced that the their first meeting is going to organize tomorrow morning at Apollo Hall in Sanaa. Sheikh Abdel Maguid Al-Zidani member of supreme body of the Yemeni Islah Party said that attending of people to the meeting is a support of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.Through pressure from Abdul-Majeed al-Zindani and his close supporters, the government entertained the idea of a Vice and Virtues police force that would crack down on un-Islamic behavior.The Vice and Virtues police were briefly in operation, but they were quickly taken out of practice by the government. Cities as Aden ,Al-houdieda are known to have a more powerful fundamentalist influence. The fact that the Islamic police have now appeared in Sana’a shows the rise in conservative power, even though the Islamic police force is not yet legitimate.
