What are people's thoughts on this?

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   Assalamu Alaikum,

I was wondering what are people's thoughts on the case of Fayhan Al-Ghamdi.

In December 2011, Fayhan Al-Ghamdi, a preacher in Saudi Arabia who believed that Lama, his 5 year old daughter
 was not a virgin, chose to punish the child by raping her, beating her 
with a cane and cables (breaking her back, ribs, left arm and skull) and
 also burning her. The unfortunate child died last October after several
 months in the hospital.

Enter the Saudi justice system. After 
arresting this murderer, he was put in prison to await trial. He was 
"sentenced" on February 3rd this year. The punishment? He will have to 
pay a fine to the mother of their child whom he murdered with less mercy
 than an animal would show... and he has already 'served his time'... 
which at the most would have been a year and two months in prison. The 
price for the life of his 5 year old daughter? Fifty thousand dollars. 
Evidently, this is how much her life was worth.

As a Christian, I
 do not of course support the death penalty. The guy however should in 
my view spend the rest of his life behind bars... if he is ever to be 
released, he should have spent a lot longer than 14 months in prison.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/fayhan-al-ghamdi-_n_2610841.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-preacher-gets-light-sentence-for-killing-daughter-1.1141045

"The ruling is based on Saudi laws that a father cannot be executed for 
murdering his children, nor can husbands be executed for murdering their
 wives..."
 (Gulf News)

I have to admit I find it to be 
one of the heights of hypocrisy where a person can be executed for 
leaving Islam and becoming a Christian (or member of any other religion 
or no religion), but cannot be subjected to such a punishment if he 
tortures his little daughter to death or kills his wife.

Again, I
 do not believe in the death penalty and am glad he will not be 
beheaded. At the same time, I think him being able to walk free after 
serving a little more than a year in prison (assuming he was arrested as
 soon as he committed the assault) and having to pay $50,000 is a gross 
miscarriage of justice.

What do you think?

http://morallowground.com/2012/11/13/saudi-preacher-faihan-al-gameri-arrested-for-torture-death-of-5-year-old-daughter-lamaa/

http://www.europe1.fr/International/Il-viole-tue-et-rachete-sa-liberte-1407275/

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	Assalamu Alaikum, I was wondering what are people's thoughts on the case of Fayhan Al-Ghamdi. In December 2011, Fayhan Al-Ghamdi, a preacher in Saudi Arabia who believed that Lama, his 5 year old daughter was not a virgin, chose to punish the child by raping her, beating her with a cane and cables (breaking her back, ribs, left arm and skull) and also burning her. The unfortunate child died last October after several months in the hospital. Enter the Saudi justice system. After arresting this murderer, he was put in prison to await trial. He was "sentenced" on February 3rd this year. The punishment? He will have to pay a fine to the mother of their child whom he murdered with less mercy than an animal would show... and he has already 'served his time'... which at the most would have been a year and two months in prison. The price for the life of his 5 year old daughter? Fifty thousand dollars. Evidently, this is how much her life was worth. As a Christian, I do not of course support the death penalty. The guy however should in my view spend the rest of his life behind bars... if he is ever to be released, he should have spent a lot longer than 14 months in prison. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/03/fayhan-al-ghamdi-_n_2610841.html http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-preacher-gets-light-sentence-for-killing-daughter-1.1141045 "The ruling is based on Saudi laws that a father cannot be executed for murdering his children, nor can husbands be executed for murdering their wives..." (Gulf News) I have to admit I find it to be one of the heights of hypocrisy where a person can be executed for leaving Islam and becoming a Christian (or member of any other religion or no religion), but cannot be subjected to such a punishment if he tortures his little daughter to death or kills his wife. Again, I do not believe in the death penalty and am glad he will not be beheaded. At the same time, I think him being able to walk free after serving a little more than a year in prison (assuming he was arrested as soon as he committed the assault) and having to pay $50,000 is a gross miscarriage of justice. What do you think? http://morallowground.com/2012/11/13/saudi-preacher-faihan-al-gameri-arrested-for-torture-death-of-5-year-old-daughter-lamaa/ http://www.europe1.fr/International/Il-viole-tue-et-rachete-sa-liberte-1407275/