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DNA test in rape cases

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The Council of Islamic Ideology, headed by Maulana Muhammad Khan, has ruled that that DNA test is unacceptable as primary evidence in case of rape but can be used as secondary or circumstantial evidence to support direct or substantive evidence. He also added that ‘Islamic procedure’ should be adopted during investigation. This edict must have […]


Never sympathise with the rapist

By: Sarah Eleazar The responsibility for rape must be shouldered by perverts and their fellow apologists. Ours is not a pluralistic society. The urge to ‘other’ stems from an identity seeped in condemnation of whoever is different. As far as public discourse goes, no one can veer into the ‘sacred space’, protecting the sanctity of […]