The bill under the guise of "combating rape" criminalises any sexual contact lacking consent. Meaning as long as there's consent then any of the actions explained in 1a below are fine according to the law. So if people consent to having consensual sex be it vaginal or anal outside the bounds of marriage then by law they're not committing any criminal offense.
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Based on the above zina, homosexuality all of it become legalised as the bill made CONSENT the ONLY criteria to determine what's lawful & what's forbidden. The bill completely gets rid of islamic law pertaining to family, sex, morality all in an attempt to "fight rape". This is why people were against it from shacabka, mps etc to sheikhs.
This is why as muslims we should work within the framework that diinta allows instead of succumbing to gaalo who don't share our views. As a muslim you can't advocate & legalise kufr in attempt to remove harm from a muslim society.
Somali penal code already criminalises rape & has punishment for it since independence, this bill was about "modernising" the penal code so that it reflects the current secular notions of bodily autonomy that's prevalent in the west. Marital rape is a modern issue and many gaalo nations started to criminalise it from late 80s etc . For instances uk, usa, france, finland etc made it illegal from the 90s
Imagine this a 17yr old girl can consent to having zina but she can't consent to marriage. This nothing but deviancy and ultimately erodes the social fabric of our islamic beliefs & identity.
In 2020 after the bill was denied, the speaker of parliament explains in detail why it was denied, the process of amending it from consultation with the standing committee, council of somali scholars, prime minster's office then finally presenting it to the committee & assembly. He mentions that when the amended bill that was presented to the women's ministry they refused to accept it. Mind you the bill was edited so as to conform with diinta laakin they rejected it outright & only after public outrage did the minster in charge apologise for her transgressions.
Now 2 yrs later the same bill is presented containing the same kufr, is this a coincidence ? no as they did exactly the same in puntland, somaliland etc. Somaliland made editions to a similar bill presented to them clearly defining rape as forced zina among other things. We've to ask ourselves why are these people not content with what diinta says and attempt to force muslims to accept gaalo norms & values. This is not about protecting women but about accepting what gaalada legislate for us.
The punishment for rape is very clear in our diin so why are these people not advocating for the implementation of it since it's clearly not practised ? It's nonsensical to claim that you're fighting to end sexual assault, rape etc all the while legalising zina & other sexual perversions.