Rape happens in every country in the world, but the situation in Saudi Arabia is somewhat different. Saudi Arabia is a country where a Bangladeshi woman who went there for work can be raped in the morning by one man, and at night the son of that same man comes and rapes her. It is unclear whether there is any other country where a father and son together rape the same woman in this manner.
Many might ask what Islam has to do with this. The fault lies with the people committing the crime; Islam itself has no blame. Those who say otherwise are mistaken. They do not realize that in Saudi Arabia, Bangladeshi women are raped under the pretext of Islam. Until now, there is no precedent in Sharia courts of Saudi Arabia where a citizen has been punished for raping a Bangladeshi woman.
Most of the women who become victims of rape in Saudi Arabia are those who fall prey to brokers. Because these women are poor and uneducated, they do not realize that they did not come abroad through a legitimate agency. Broker networks primarily sell these women to Saudi sheikhs. The women themselves are often unaware that they have been sold; they think they have come as contractual laborers, but to the sheik who has “bought” them, they are not laborers—they are slaves.
In Islam, sexual relations are permitted only with a wife or a female slave. Female slaves can only be obtained in two ways:
- Captured in war
- Purchased from the market
Saudi sheikhs primarily buy Bangladeshi women from broker networks. According to Sharia law, these women are considered slaves in the eyes of the sheikhs, and sexual relations with them are considered lawful. This is why there are no recorded cases in Saudi Arabia where a citizen has been punished for raping Bangladeshi women.
Reference
- Bangladesh: Domestic Workers Tell of Sexual Abuse in Saudi Arabia — Benar News https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/domestic-workers-10162019171510.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
- Bangladeshi domestic workers face abuse in Saudi Arabia — DW https://www.dw.com/en/bangladeshi-domestic-workers-face-physical-and-sexual-abuse-in-saudi-arabia/a-45401227?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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