Ghanaian comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB, has mooted that it is high time Ghana adopted Sharia law for sexual offenses like rape.<\/p>\n
According to the \u2018King of Comedy,\u2019 Sharia Law would serve as a deterrent to people who forcefully have carnal knowledge of others.<\/p>\n
He made this comment on the back of the high rate of defilement cases in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cSharia law might be crude and extreme but thinking about it, it serves the culprit the same diner he served the victim. If your manhood is cut off for defiling a minor to the point of needing surgery, you will get to understand what you also put the victim\u2019s life into,\u201d he told\u00a0Citi Showbiz<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n He further explained that he loves Sharia Law for sexual offense because it is \u2018a no excuse\u2019 kind of law which involves punishments that would prevent perpetrators of crimes such as defilement and rape.<\/p>\n What is Sharia Law?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sharia is the law of Islam. It is cast from Prophet Mohammed\u2019s words, called\u00a0hadith,<\/em>\u00a0his actions, called\u00a0sunnah,<\/em>\u00a0and the Qur\u2019an, which he dictated.<\/p>\n Sharia law itself cannot be altered, but the interpretation of Sharia law, called\u00a0fiqh<\/em>, by muftis (Islamic jurists) is given some latitude.<\/p>\n As a legal system, Sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public behaviour, Sharia law regulates public behaviour, private behaviour, and even private beliefs.<\/p>\n Compared to other legal codes, Sharia law also prioritises punishment over rehabilitation, and the penalties under Sharia law favour corporal and capital punishments over incarceration.<\/p>\n Of all legal systems in the world today, Sharia law is deemed the most intrusive and restrictive, especially against women.<\/p>\n Some Sharia punishments<\/strong><\/p>\n Punishments of Sharia Law range from lashes, cutting of a culprit\u2019s hand, to death.<\/p>\n In some jurisdictions, those who commit adultery will be stoned to death if the adulterer was married and lashed 100 times and exiled if he or she was unmarried.<\/p>\n Those engaged in sodomy (homosexuality) will be sentenced to death, along with those who \u2018spy for the unbelievers\u2019.<\/p>\n Those who steal \u2018as part of banditry\u2019 will have their right hand and left leg cut off, and the punishment for terrorising people is exile.<\/p>\n Rape is completely forbidden in Islamic law, and is a crime punishable by death.<\/p>\n In Islam,\u00a0capital punishment\u00a0is reserved for the most extreme crimes which harm individual victims or destabilise society. Rape falls into both of these categories.<\/p>\n Islam takes very seriously the honour and protection of women. The\u00a0Qur\u2019an\u00a0repeatedly reminds men to treat women with kindness and fairness. Rape is a horrible crime which causes a women humiliation and physical harm.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghanaian comedian Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB, has mooted that it is high time Ghana adopted Sharia law for sexual offenses like rape. According to the \u2018King of Comedy,\u2019 Sharia Law would serve as a deterrent to people who forcefully have carnal knowledge of others. He made this comment on the back of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[753,3,1892,1893],"yoast_head":"\n