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| Saudi judge says OK to slap spendthrift wife: report |
| 2009-05-10 |
| RIYADH: A Saudi judge has told a seminar on domestic violence that it is okay for a man to slap his wife for lavish spending, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. Jeddah judge Hamad al-Razine gave the example of overspending to buy a high-end abaya, the head-to toe black shroud Saudi women have to wear in public, as justifying a smack for one's wife, Arab News said. The judge's remarks sparked an outcry at the seminar on the role of judicial and security officials in preventing domestic violence, the paper reported. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #2 Sad thing is, by Saudi standards he was probably being lenient. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-05-10 21:25 |
| #1 I have redde, I know not where, these verses. A woman, an asse, and a walnut tree, Bring the more fruit the more beaten they bee. — [1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo’s Civil Conversation iii. 20] |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-05-10 17:52 |