During Mariam's trial in A Thousand Splendid Suns, the judge says that God has made men and women differently and that they think with different brains. Mariam has killed Rasheed in an act of saving Laila, but this act of defense is not categorized as "God's law" according to the legal system under the Taliban's control. As a result, Mariam will receive the full penalty of the law. However, if the tables were turned and...
During Mariam's trial in A Thousand Splendid Suns, the judge says that God has made men and women differently and that they think with different brains. Mariam has killed Rasheed in an act of saving Laila, but this act of defense is not categorized as "God's law" according to the legal system under the Taliban's control. As a result, Mariam will receive the full penalty of the law. However, if the tables were turned and Rasheed were to have killed Laila, he would likely have been protected by "God's laws." Women have no protection under the law, and the patriarchal system is supported and upheld by the law. So although Mariam behaved in an ethically just manner, her actions will not be supported by "God's laws" in this society.
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