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9 May 2009 MADINAH: The key suspects in the
kidnapping of an Afghan girl in Madinah four years ago
may face capital punishment as the act has been
treated as a major socially corrupting crime deserving
execution in accordance with Shariah.
“The case filed against Muhammad Junaidi and his
sister Jamalat, prime suspects in the kidnapping and
imprisonment of Raziah, has been transferred to the
headquarters of the Commission for Investigation and
Prosecution in Riyadh in view of the seriousness of
the case,” said a reliable source in Madinah legal
circles.
“Given the strong evidences gathered by the
prosecution and the nature of the crime the final
verdict is likely to be execution,” said the source,
who preferred to remain anonymous.
Junaidi, an Egyptian, his wife Fatimah and his sister
Jamalat were arrested in January in connection with
the kidnapping of Raziah who was kept prisoner in
their home for four years.
“Abduction and rape are crimes not condoned by the
religion because they amount to terrorizing people and
disrupting law and order,” said Faihan Al-Mutairi, who
teaches law at the Islamic University of Madinah,
commenting on the crime.
According to the girl, Jamalat lured her to Junaidi’s
house where she was kept prisoner. Raziah said Junaidi
wanted to marry her and smuggle her to Egypt. “They
changed my name to Duaa and told me that Junaidi would
marry me,” Raziah told Arab News after police reunited
her with her parents in January.
According to Raziah’s mother, who sold clothes outside
the Prophet’s Mosque, Jamalat purportedly took the
girl to her hotel room promising to send with her the
money for clothes she had bought as she had no cash on
her, but Raziah never came back.
Jamalat has been charged with kidnapping and detaining
the girl, while Fatimah has been charged with
concealing her husband and sister-in-law’s crimes.
Junaidi is currently being held at Abyar Ali General
Prison in Madinah. The couple’s four children are
currently at the Taiba Children’s Village; a fifth
child is with Fatimah in jail. |
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