Video Shows Islamic Bedouin Judges Forcing Accused Wife to Lick Red Hot Iron
Of all the barbaric, harmful, superstitious nonsense (but I repeat myself) that I saw in 2018, this video ranks near the top.
The footage shows what passes for legal proceedings among some Bedouins — desert-dwelling nomadic Arabs. A person’s guilt or innocence isn’t determined by an investigation, sworn statements, physical evidence, and/or other types of forensics. Because all of that is obviously unnecessary when you can just let Allah decide. How? Build a fire and find an iron paddle. Heat the device until it’s so hot it glows red, then simply have the accused lick it. Three times.
If the defendant’s tongue blackens or blisters, that means guilt. If it doesn’t, innocence (in which case the judges on the Bedouin Bisha’a court, who derive their legitimacy from the first chapter of the Qur’an, will order you to go and embrace the people who accused you, even if they did so falsely and deliberately).
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/01/video-shows-islamic-bedouin-judges-forcing-accused-wife-to-lick-red-hot-iron/