To Do
- Rewrite article, including adding a section dedicated to scriptural justifications.(helpful links [1], [2])
- Add to article (an example of the Shafi'i fiqh rulings being followed: Saudi preacher gets off light for raping, killing daughter - Agence France-Presse, February 2, 2013 & Saudi preacher who 'raped and tortured' his five -year-old daughter to death is released after paying 'blood money' - John Hall, The Independent, February 4, 2013
From the reports: "The ruling is based on Islamic laws that a father cannot be executed for murdering his children..."
And: "The [blood] money is considered compensation under Islamic law, although it is only half the amount that would have been paid had Lama been a boy. Despite Saudi Arabia’s famously strict legal system, Women to Drive say fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children in the country. Equally, husbands cannot be executed for murdering their wives."