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| Men get 7000 lashes for sodomy |
| 2007-10-04 |
| TWO men in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 7000 lashes each after being convicted of sodomy and have received their first round of punishment in public, a newspaper said today. The men, who were not identified, were meted out an unspecified number of lashes in public in the the southwestern city of Al-Bahah on Tuesday evening, the Al-Okaz daily reported. They were then returned to prison where they are to be held until the full punishment is completed, the newspaper added, without saying how many sessions this would involve. Homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabia, which metes out strict punishment based on sharia, or Islamic law. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #14 Oh. And here I thought it was part of the Folsom Street Festival in Pelosiland! |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-10-04 20:16 |
| #13 To the other "ed"... I thought the same thing, only she will have a full black burqua on, being that it is Saudi... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-10-04 13:12 |
| #12 Will it be administered by a dominatrix in leather and heels? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-04 12:48 |
| #11 Saudis are just trying to fullfill the masochistic fantasies of these sodomites. |
| Posted by: Glinemble Hatfield9662 2007-10-04 12:16 |
| #10 Unless the goat is wearing a burka, in which case its mistaken identity. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-10-04 12:04 |
| #9 Can't rightly say about Saudi Arabia, but in Sudan the punishment is forced marriage to the animal and to pay a dowery to the owner. That is if the pervert is caught buggering another man's goat. |
| Posted by: GK 2007-10-04 11:55 |
| #8 a5089: they're very likely dead. Even at 80 lashes at a time, the cumulative trauma is likely to kill them. Likely, not certainly. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-10-04 11:34 |
| #7 Btw, half-remembering from what I had read about whipping as a corporeal punishment, 7000 lashes is basically a death penalty, according on the frequency, but someone more savvy about trauma (RB's esteemed "salmon", sic, mod, perhaps?) can correct me on that assumption. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-04 11:07 |
| #6 I wonder how Sharia views sodomy between heterosexual couples? IIRC, that particular topic (an uppity woman refusing anal intercourse) was the very basis of old mo's hadith about wimmen being like fields men could plow as they saw fit. Also, the various online texts I've (half) read about the psychosexual roots of islam's/the arabo-muslims' "problems" mentioned a widespread use of that particular habit between men and wimmen, either as a virginity-saving option for unmarried couples/lovers, or as a casual habit by the husbands. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-04 10:31 |
| #5 I read about a woman whose husband asked for a divorce because she was watching a male TV newscaster alone. Yaarrrhhh. What a screwed up bogus religion. Some people will believe just about any kind of horse pucky. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-04 09:48 |
| #4 I wonder how Sharia views sodomy between heterosexual couples? Had this been a women accused of this crime, I suspect the treatment would have been different. Especially if they were unmarried. |
| Posted by: Delphi 2007-10-04 09:42 |
| #3 Homosexual acts are illegal in Saudi Arabi Illegal, yes. Non-existent, No. Gays exist in Saudi just like all the other islamic countries. The gays just don't come out of the closet. What does sharia law say about buggering your goats? How many lashes for that? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-04 09:42 |
| #2 Soddy is rum-less. The only brand available is the White Cane. Usually 80 lashes in one "session"... they are as good a dead. Will probably take 3-5 times, then the body is not able to cope anymore and goes into a shock, even if there is enough time allowed for "healing". |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-10-04 08:34 |
| #1 Will rum be served? |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-10-04 08:02 |