KUALA TERENGGANU: The caning sentence for a woman here for offering sex services goes against normal sentencing guidelines because the woman is a first-time offender who pleaded guilty and should not have been given the maximum penalty, says Sisters in Islam.
Criticising the judgment, its executive director, Rozana Isa said whipping did little to educate but only reinforced Islamophobic stereotypes that the religion discriminated against women.
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