Ah, the classic male chauvinist argument. Westerners actually use it too, just without the religious references.

Bollocks anyway of course, as all the "blame the victim" excuses.

'Sides, I seem to recall the sharia "remove the extremity used in the crime" approach was quite explicit in the case of rape. I wonder what the esteemed Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali would have to say about that and "mercy"...