Jun 2013
The eightieth lash had found its mark
when the prisoner crumpled to the dust.
Her hide, a mass of welts and cuts,
the lash, cruel as her ******’s touch.
What was her crime, why did she die?
This young girl had reported ****.
Religious courts reject such tales
when no males will corroborate.
Adultery, her **** was called.
One hundred lashes, her public fate.
For blessed is the prophet’s name,
The law is holy and God is great
when the prisoner crumpled to the dust.
Her hide, a mass of welts and cuts,
the lash, cruel as her ******’s touch.
What was her crime, why did she die?
This young girl had reported ****.
Religious courts reject such tales
when no males will corroborate.
Adultery, her **** was called.
One hundred lashes, her public fate.
For blessed is the prophet’s name,
The law is holy and God is great
Hena Begum, 14 years old, of Shariatpur, Bangladesh, died from her public whipping in February 2011. Her family was ordered to pay a fine equivalent to $700. REports are she was ***** by a much older cousin but the courts ruled her experience adultery and sentenced her to the lash.
