Australian Woman on Trial for 'Adultery' in Tripoli, Barred from Leaving Lebanon
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An Australian woman of Lebanese origin was barred from leaving Lebanon after her ex-husband's family filed a complaint against her claiming she has been visiting her “boyfriend” in the northern city of Tripoli since arriving in the country on June 20.
Mahassen Issa, 29 and mother of two minors, was supposed to return to Australia last week. But right before her departure, she was contacted by Lebanese authorities informing her that she has been charged with adultery, British newspaper The Guardian reported.
“My passport has been alerted to all the authorities and I'm not allowed to exit the country. I will be facing the charges tomorrow at court,” Issa's brother Ahmed quoted his sister as saying in an interview with News Corp Australia.
Issa is now standing trial in Tripoli along with her “boyfriend,” and she could face up to six months in prison if convicted.
She said she had been separated from her husband when she traveled to Tripoli last month to spend time with her boyfriend, noted Sky News.
Sydney-born Issa explained that the divorce took place in September 2013. However, her husband claims they were still together until April 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald said divorce proceedings have not been initiated.
"I need the Australian government to help me, because there is no one else that can help me at this point,” she said according to Sky News.
“The thought of not seeing my children ... and my whole family disowning me, it's a bit too much,” she said, breaking down in a video streamed on News Corp Australia websites.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson confirmed to Fairfax Media it was providing assistance to an Australian woman in Beirut, without providing any additional details.
“She deserves what she gets. She has wronged the system,” Issa's brother, Ahmed, told Australia's Macquarie Radio, explaining that “under Islamic law, a woman must be separated or divorced for at least 12 months before marrying again.”
“We tried our very best to control the situation as much as we can,” Ahmed said, adding that his sister “did not follow the instruction or the family's advice.”
Mahassen's 33-year-old brother also claimed that “his sister has married her boyfriend since arriving in Lebanon.”
Mahassen's family has disowned her, she told News Corp.
“I’m in a huge panic and I have no one to turn to. My family has disowned me. We have been receiving threats, my partner has received threats," she said.
“She's not part of our family, full stop," Mahassen's mother confirmed to Network Ten on Thursday.
“We have disowned her,” she stressed.
Issa's two children, six and nine, live with their father in western Sydney, according to the SMH.
Minerva Nassereddine, a lecturer at the Australian National University's Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, told Fairfax Media it was likely Issa was a Lebanese citizen for standing trial over adultery, believing also that the accused woman “is probably being charged by an Islamic court.”
"Her citizenship will play a role in how the local authorities and courts treat her,” Nassereddine pointed out.
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25 July 2014, 07:35
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Thanks the_roar. I try my hardest to be as objective as I can, sometimes I fail and at times I succeed.
25 July 2014, 15:15
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Please everyone should support her. Try to call and tell this to KAFA . She needs help, this is very very unfair.
24 July 2014, 19:56
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What a disgrace. She should know that as a Muslim this is her punishment. But I always thought Lebanon was a free nation and a role model of democracy in the Middle East...obviously not. And by the way she is Australian so why isn't the Australian government supporting this women's rights. All Australians or non-Australians born to Lebanese heritage or background are automatically Lebanese citizens. She is asking for help from Australia. Shame on Australia for leaving its citizens in isolation and despair.
26 July 2014, 02:42
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How would her punishment be according to the bible? Unless you are addressing a Jew with your question, the New Testament of Christ, Gospel of John... Jesus faced a mob that was eager to execute a woman caught in adultery. He put a stop to it with a simple challenge: anyone who has no sin in their life should step forward and throw the first stone.
John 8:7 (KJV)
"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
24 July 2014, 20:28
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flamethrower: I hope you don't mind if I refer to you as MF (short for .... My Friend) do you?
24 July 2014, 20:11
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Every time Lebanon goes on-air it is related to these retarded "other Lebanese" with whom we need to live with -- Where are the glory days of Lebanon that was ruled under Chamoun, Gemayel or Franjieh ? These retarded are NOT LEBANESE and DO NOT REPRESENT LEBANON.
PARTITION
LEBANON IS a CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
24 July 2014, 20:31
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nice to see you post again under your original screen name! How have you been leb_roar? How was the induction course at Pizza Hut? Hope it was not stressful... I care
24 July 2014, 20:52
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The article seems weak and incomplete. There is more than meets the eye...
24 July 2014, 21:26
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In lebanon ur lebanese nationality takes over so u are to abide by lebanese law.
When u come to lebanon with a foreign passport u usualy specify that u r lebanese u give the foreign passport and ur lebanese id on the general security checkup and u don't need a visa..
Anyway it can be plausible and in our country wehere women get beatten go death by there husband with no impunity, where gays still get "medicaly" checked, this story is really plausible.
What a shame...
24 July 2014, 21:52
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Ur post shows no compation to a women put in jail bc of retarded law... U only see the sectraian part of the issue, just a racist nothing more...
Maybe u should not be living in a develloped modern country, maybe ur real place is here (or even iran or ksa but christian style for u....
Retarded.....
24 July 2014, 22:08
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I am sure you have a split personality roar!
the_roar 31 minutes ago 11
I like your posts today chopper, very balanced & true.
Good to someone who can speak the truth without always trying to downgrade another sect in order to push an agenda.
the_roar 37 minutes ago
When her type are here they claim they are Lebanese not Australian.
Now she screams for Australia's help...what a sect....ewwww
25 July 2014, 21:14
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Her husband registered the Australian wedding documents with the Lebanese embassy. Therefore they are legally married in Lebanon and they are under the jurisdiction of the sharia court since we don't have a civil department for family affaires. The divorce case would take a year to finalize in Australia .... Since it passes through the legal channels and divorce court. Unlike in Lebanon a divorce takes 10 minutes in front of a sharia court judge. All this to say is that her x husband ma7rou albo and he's just getting his revenge.
24 July 2014, 23:49
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Texas is right. Lebanon should respect the fact that this couple was married in Australia, it is none of Lebanon's business regardless if she's Lebanese or not. Plus, she's already divorced. She can see whoever the hell she wants.
25 July 2014, 13:43
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She is not already divorced, you need to be separated for 12 months before you can get a divorce in Australia. She broke the Australian civil laws just as much as she broke Islamic law. I am not Muslim and don't agree with a jail sentence, but the real reason she is going to jail is because she deceived her new husband in tell him she was already divorced. That is where she went wrong, you make your bed to sleep in it!
27 July 2014, 04:50
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Her husband in australia registered their marriage in lebanon...so it is against the law to remarry whist your married..she was seperated only at the time...
25 July 2014, 00:23
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and yet they say why the heck our image in the west is ruined ...
25 July 2014, 00:42
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WOW, never knew Lebanon was ruled by Islamic law!!! Pathetic people in an ever growing pathetic land.
25 July 2014, 04:36
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If she is legally divorced then her first husband is just acting out of her daring to love again and marry again. JEALOUSY. The first husband is punishing her for divorcing in the first place and moving on with her life thats what it sounds like to me. I wonder though if the first marriage she had with her husband here in Australia was arranged to begin with. A loveless marriage. Happens a lot and its sad for the women. Too bad her family are cold and disowning her for wanting to move on with her life.
25 July 2014, 04:38
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What family does she come from anybody KNOW? I will here about it I guess through the grapevine LOL.
25 July 2014, 09:43
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The divorce from her first marriage was not yet pronounced, and she got married in June in Lebanon whilst still married.
bigamy case, not adultery.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2703378/Sydney-mum-jailed-ADULTERY-nightmare-trip-Lebanon-new-boyfriend.html
25 July 2014, 14:40
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Depends how she entered Lebanon that is the trick. If u enter with Aussie passport u are correct with everything u said if she stays under 59 days(visitor).
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Tripoli is Afghanistan, ironically many Christians on this forum are allies with these cavemen
25 July 2014, 15:17
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Please, if anyone knows how to contact her, tell her to call KAFA! This woman needs help, this is so unfair for her.
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Send them all to ISIS caliphate, they will resolve this issue for them in minutes without wasting our tax $...
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