Sharia Law Saves CIA Agent’s Skin, and Hillary Didn’t Inhale Either

Posted on March 17, 2011
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Adil Najam

The funny part – probably the only funny part – of the entire Raymond Davis fiasco is US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton claiming that “the United States did not pay any compensation” or ‘blood money’ to secure the release of CIA operative Raymond Davis (who had earlier killed two Pakistanis in Lahore and caused the death of at least another two) under the Sharia Law provision of ‘diyat.’ Reminds one of her husband, Bill Clinton’s, famous line that he had smoked marijuana but did not “inhale.”

Not as funny for some, including Ms. Clinton (who, like her husband is also a well trained lawyer and does not inhale), is the fact that whether the US paid it directly or had some fixer of choice – maybe the Saudis (although they deny it) – to pony up the cash it was an arcane and less than endearing provision in Sharia Law that saved this CIA agent’s skin (see images above of court documents, based on Sharia law, detailing the deal and distribution of blood money along Sharia stipulates, paid to victims families – whether by the US or not, but certainly on its behalf).

One wonder’s how all the red state legislatures voting to outlaw Sharia Law in the United States will react to that little factoid.

Personally, I do not find this funny at all: As I suggested yesterday the precedent being set here – on diplomacy, on diyat and blood money, and just for the respect of law – is one that both the US and Pakistan will live to regret.

But so be it. Right now, it is being said that the the family of the third person killed (trampled by a US Consulate car) has also received a hefty payment and possibly US citizenship. Similar Sharia deals were stuck on the US’s behalf with the families of two who Raymond Davis had shot. The nature and structure of these blood money deals with the families are laid out in the court documents above (from Cafe Pyala, where I first saw these). In the case of  Faizan Haider’s family, the distribution of Diyat blood money comes to Rs. 100,000,002 (equivalent to US$1.166 Million); reportedly, the same deal was stuck with the family of the other person killed.

According to Cafe Pyala, the distribution is as follows:

Faizan Haider’s Mother: Rs. 33,333,333/-
Faizan Haider’s Wife: Rs.25,000,000/-
Faizan Haider’s Brother No.1: Rs. 7,575,758/-
Faizan Haider’s Brother No.2: Rs. 7,575,758/-
Faizan Haider’s Brother No.3: Rs. 7,575,758/-
Faizan Haider’s Sister No.1: Rs. 3,787,879/-
Faizan Haider’s Sister No.2: Rs. 3,787,879/-
Faizan Haider’s Sister No.3: Rs. 3,787,879/-
Faizan Haider’s Sister No. 4: Rs. 3,787,879/-
Faizan Haider’s Sister No. 5: Rs. 3,787,879/-

I am afraid that unsavory intended as well as unintended consequence of that bargain will soon engulf both in even more headaches.

Here is a parting question for those who may be US citizens and tax-payers: Will the man who sometimes goes by the name of Raymond Davis reimburse the US taxpayers for the reportedly over US$2.25 million paid under Sharia law to save his skin?

34 responses to “Sharia Law Saves CIA Agent’s Skin, and Hillary Didn’t Inhale Either”

  1. Sarah says:

    Well, it is about time to focus on ‘real’ problem and issues that Pakistan is plagued with.

    We all know that Pakistan and the US relations equals “price tags” of all sorts….this is just another addition to a long list of events!

  2. readinglord says:

    Not a bad deal for the paky robbers, killed by Davis, masterfully, ostensibly, in self-defense. They became shaheed (guaranteed heaven in the next world) and their families got the earthly ‘heaven’.

    But the question is who bore the loss? Yehni, speaking in Punjabi, thuk kinoon lagi’?

    Mahloom hota he kih thuk wi pakiaan noon lagi ey. Yehni ‘saada ei sir te sadi ei jutiaan’!

    What a joke has been played with ‘shariah law’ and the paki public!

  3. AlixKhan11 says:

    @Adnan

    “And for those liberals who are in love with Shariah, they can ask corrupt Taseer’s family to exercise Diyat law as well to grab some more money and forget Qadri. *smirk*”

    That smirk of yours is that forced me to type this response. When the liberal Senator Giffords of AZ was shot by Laughner, there was not a single person in the country who defended that whack job. When Qadri took out liberal Taseer, the half the country was showering praise and eloquence on him.

    From a Kala Angraiz: It is not that you should not talk about law; you are free to champion the rule of law all you want. What the Kala Angraiz are trying to say and the Gora Desis (because they think that they are entitled to the same rights and protections as goras) seem incapable to comprehend is that 1) a nation that does not accept the rule of law within its own borders will not get any respect of its laws from others as well. Killings that you condemn (Raymond) are a natural consequence of the killings that you support (Taseer) and 2) a slave simply does not question its master.

    There is a “Friends Of Pakistan” group; so permanent is our need of assistance (aka bheek, khairat) that a group of donors has setup a permanent forum to figure out how to bail us out again and again. I think it Albright who said “The strong do as they wish, the week suffer as they must”

  4. Adnan says:

    Breaking!!

    The famous Barelvi Group, Sunni Tehrik offers Rs.400 MILLION to greedy Taseer’s family in the name of “Diyat Law”. Will Zardari and Haqqani allow Taseer family to avail this lucrative offer?

    http://tinyurl.com/6et87eu

  5. Adnan says:

    According to Liberals’ darling Mullah, Jawed Ghamidi who is famous to give Fatwa in favor of liberals made a U-turn when he publicly said that Haqqani’s version of Diyat is not Diyat at all because Diyat applies only when a person is declared a criminal by court as well as money is offered by the murderer itself but here’s not the case.

    WIll Liberal gonna curse Ghamidi as a right wing Mullah now.

    also, needless to say, Hussain Haqqani played the role of Mir Jafar of modern times because he advised Kerry to use the Diyat rule

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