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| Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling |
| 2009-03-09 |
| A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house, according to local media reports. According to the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan, troubles for the woman, Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi, began last year when a member of the religious police entered her house in the city of Al-Chamli and found her with two unrelated men, "Fahd" and "Hadian." Fahd told the policeman that he had the right to be there, because Sawadi had breast-fed him as a baby and was therefore considered to be a son to her in Islam, according to Al-Watan. Fahd, 24, added that his friend Hadian was escorting him as he delivered bread for the elderly woman. The policeman then arrested both men. The court also doled out punishment to the two men. Fahd was sentenced to four months in prison and 40 lashes; Hadian was sentenced to six months in prison and 60 lashes. In a phone call with Al Watan, the judge declined to comment and suggested the newspaper review the case with the Ministry of Justice. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #3 She should've went after the religious cops with her cane. They'd have run like the wind... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-03-09 11:32 |
| #2 ....NO SUCK-EE! Saudi Religious Police |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2009-03-09 10:07 |
| #1 HRW, Amnesty, USDS, anybody? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-09 10:05 |