PREMARITAL SEX

BY MR. BAKO
 REAL LIFE SITUATION

(CNN) -- A SAUDI COURT SENTENCED A FEMALE JOURNALIST CALLED

ROSANNA AL-YAMI TO 60 LASHES FOR HER WORK ON A CONTROVERSIAL
ARABIC-LANGUAGE TV SHOW THAT AIRED AN EPISODE IN WHICH A MAN
BRAGGED ABOUT HIS SEX LIFE, TWO SOURCES TOLD CNN.
 RLS

ABDUL JAWAD, A 32-YEAR-OLD AIRLINE EMPLOYEE AND DIVORCED

FATHER OF FOUR, SPOKE OPENLY ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ESCAPADES, HIS
LOVE OF SEX AND LOSING HIS VIRGINITY AT AGE 14 ON "A THICK RED
LINE."
THAT EPISODE CAUSED AN UPROAR IN DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE SAUDI
ARABIA, WHERE SHARIAH, OR ISLAMIC LAW, IS PRACTICED. PREMARITAL
SEX IS ILLEGAL, AND UNRELATED MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT PERMITTED
TO MINGLE.
KNOWLEDGE CLAIM AND COUNTERCLAIM

KNOWLEDGE CLAIM: PREMARITAL SEX IS ILLEGAL AND CONSIDERED

ZINA(IS AN ISLAMIC LAW CONCERNING UNLAWFUL SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MUSLIMS
WHO ARE NOT MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER THROUGH A NIKAH ISLAMIC MARRIAGE)
COUNTERCLAIM: DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM HAVING PREMARITAL SEX
HAS NEVER, NOT ONCE, NOT AT ANY POINT IN HUMAN HISTORY,
SUCCEEDED IN GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY STOP HAVING SEX.
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE

TO WHAT EXTENT IS HAVING PREMARITAL SEX ETHICALLY

UNJUSTIFIED(IMMORAL)?
RELIGION

TO WHAT EXTENT IS HAVING PREMARITAL SEX ETHICALLY UNJUSTIFIED?

The punishment for zina by a muhsan is a hundred lashes followed by

stoning to death in public. Persons who are not muhsan (unmarried
Muslim) are punished for zina with one hundred lashes in public, but their
life is spared.
There is no specific prohibition in the Bible against sex between an
unmarried man and unmarried woman. However, "sexual immorality" is
denounced in about 25 passages in the New Testament. The word
translated as "sexual immorality" or "fornication" in English versions of the
Bible is the Greek word porneia, which means "illicit sexual intercourse."
ETHICS

JUDGING ACTIONS:
CONSEQUENTIALISM Al jawad did not hurt
Al jawad did not become What al jawad did
anyone by
a criminal was not wrong
committing zina

DEONTOLOGICAL
Al jawad broke the Al jawad What Al jawad
law committed zina did was wrong
LANGUAGE

AL JAWAD PORTRAYED AS A HERO OR AS A VILLAIN?

IF YOU READ CAREFULLY THE NEWS ARTICLE YOU WILL NOTICE
THAT CNN DOESNT PORTRAY ALL JAWAD AS A VILLAIN BUT
RATHER DOESNT SEEM TO USE LANGUAGE TO PLOT TWIST HIS
ACTIONS AT ALL. THE ONLY WORDS USED THAT CONVEY
UNDESIRABLE LANGUAGE IS A THICK RED LINE IN THIS
CIRCUMSTANCE MEDIA DOESNT USE PROPAGANDA TO CONVEY
THEIR VIEWS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE BECAUSE THE SAUDI
ARABIA AUTHORITIES DO NOT CONTROL CNN.
CENSORSHIP

CENSORSHIP IS RELATED TO PROPAGANDA, BUT DIFFERS IN THAT IT IS

THE TREATMENT OF EXISTING INFORMATION OR ART TO MAKE IT
ACCEPTABLE TO THE IDEOLOGY OF THE AUTHORITIES MANIPULATING IT.
IN OTHER WORDS, CRITICAL INFORMATION IS BANNED OR ALTERED, AND
FAVORABLE INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED AND CIRCULATED.
THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN ROSANNA'S TV SHOW IN 2011, UP
TO THIS DATE THEY HAVEN'T RELEASED A PUBLIC STATEMENT AS TO THE
FATES OF ABDUL JAWAD IN HOPES THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE A DOMINO
EFFECT AND CAUSE A CHAIN OF PROTESTS. THE ONLY INFORMATION
RELEASED WAS THAT AL JAWAD AND AL YAMI WERE TO FACE THEIR
SENTENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA
TRUTH

CONSENSUS THEORY OF TRUTH:- STATES THAT SOMETHING IS TRUE IF A

MAJORITY OR LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGREE THAT IT IS TRUE.
(ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY GROWTH 77%
OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD SEX BEFORE THE AGE OF 20 AND OF THAT 75%
HAD PREMARITAL SEX)
CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH: - STATES THAT SOMETHING IS
TRUE ONLY IF IT MATCHES UPTO WHAT WE CA SEE IS THE CASE. IT
INVOLVES USING EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE(KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GAINED
BY EXPERIENCE)
LOGIC AND REASON

WHY DOES RELIGION TRY SO HARD TO PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX?

RELATIONSHIPS:
CONSIDER HOW PREMARITAL SEX CAN AFFECT RELATIONSHIPS. ONE
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL WROTE, I AM SIXTEEN AND HAVE ALREADY LOST MY
VIRGINITY. I TRULY REGRET THAT MY FIRST TIME WAS WITH A GUY THAT I
DIDNT CARE THAT MUCH ABOUT. WE END UP IN AN ARGUMENT AFTER A
WHILE. I DONT THINK THIS GUY IS IN LOVE WITH ME, AND I KNOW DEEP
DOWN THAT I AM NOT IN LOVE WITH HIM EITHER. THIS MAKES ME FEEL
CHEAP. I REALIZE NOW THAT THIS IS A VERY BIG STEP IN A GIRLS LIFE.
AFTER YOU HAVE DONE IT, THINGS ARE NEVER THE SAME. IT CHANGES
EVERYTHING.
 PHYSICAL:
IN REGARD TO THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIDE OF THINGS, IT IS DANGEROUS
FOR A YOUNG SINGLE WOMAN TO BE SEXUALLY ACTIVE. BECAUSE A
TEENAGE GIRLS REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IS STILL IMMATURE, SHE IS
VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDS).IN
FACT, EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS THE NUMBER ONE RISK FACTOR FOR
CERVICAL CANCER, AND THE SECOND IS MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS. A
GIRLS BODY, LIKE HER HEART, IS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE MULTIPLE
SEXUAL PARTNERS.
CONCLUSION

IN CONCLUSION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER

PREMARITAL MARRIAGE IS IMMORAL OR NOT. THE ANSWER IS YES. MY
ANSWER IS PURELY BASED FROM LOGIC AND REASON.
SIMPLY FOR THE FACT THAT PREMARITAL SEX HAS MORE DISADVANTAGES
THAN ADVANTAGES ESPECIALLY FOR TEENS. AND WITH THAT SAID AL-
JAWAD SHOULD NOT HAVE PUBLICALLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT HIS AFFAIRS.
THE LIMITATIONS I FOUND WITH MY CONCLUSION WHERE THAT IT WAS
HARD TO DEDUCE WHETHER IT WAS JUSTIFIABLE OR IMMORAL AND TO
ANSWER THE QUESTION WITHOUT BEING BIASED TOWARDS PREMARITAL
SEX BEING NEGATIVE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE ASPECTS
SUPPORTING BOTH SIDES.
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