Our Friends the Islamists

In 2004, an Iranian man named Majid developed feelings for a woman named Ameneh
Bahrami. She did not reciprocate his interest, and he took the rejection poorly:
He splashed acid on her face, causing her to go blind.

The Associated Press reports that an Iranian court has passed
sentence in the case, ruling that Majid "should also be blinded with acid based
on the Islamic law system of 'qisas,' or eye-for-an-eye retribution." But
there's a catch:

Bahrami, who moved to Spain after the attack to get medical
treatment, said Wednesday that under Iranian law, she is entitled to blind him
in only one eye, unless she pays €20,000 ($25,110), because in Iran women are
not considered equal to men.


"They have told us that my two eyes are equal to one of his because
in my country each man is worth two women. They are not the same," she told
Cadena SER.

(Thanks to Best of the Web)