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Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes
The Times of India ^
| March 19,2009
Posted on 03/20/2009 12:10:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
CAIRO: The sentencing of a 75-year-old widow to 40 lashes and four months in prison for mingling with two young men who were reportedly bringing her bread has sparked new criticism of Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative religious police and judiciary.
Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting with men who were not her immediate relatives. The two men, including one who was Sawadi's late husband's nephew, were also found guilty and sentenced to prison terms and lashes.
The woman's lawyer, Abdel Rahman al-Lahem, said that he plans to appeal the verdict, which also demands that Sawadi be deported after serving her prison term. He declined to provide more details and said his client, who is not serving her sentence yet, was not speaking with the media.
Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islam prohibits men and women who are not immediate relatives from mingling and women from driving.
The playing of music, dancing and many movies also are a concern for hard-liners who believe they violate religious and moral values.
A special police unit called the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice enforces these laws, patrolling public places to make sure women are covered and not wearing make up, sexes don't mix, shops close five times a day for Muslim prayers and men go to the mosque to worship.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cruelty; saudi
In other news, National Review reports that a young woman in Saudi who became pregnant after being gang raped was sentenced to 70 lashes for adultery. She will receive this punishment after she gives birth to the child.
That is the law of the steadfast ally of the United States of America -- Saudi Arabia -- for you.
To: SeekAndFind
The sentencing of a 75-year-old widow to 40 lashes and four months in prison for mingling with two young menDefine: mingling
I mingle at partys all the time.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:14:03 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: SeekAndFind
And all we hear from the fish-eating b#tches at NOW is ....
(crickets).....
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:24:39 PM PDT
by
Levante
To: SeekAndFind
As long as they don't do anything really tortuous like put panties on her head. Then the UN/Amnesty/Communists would really be upset!
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:25:34 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(If you vote for Democrats, you are engaging in UnAmerican Activity.)
To: SeekAndFind
These folks and there culture and religion are garbage.
And if you think they are our friends then you are a stupid.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:32:17 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: SeekAndFind
The New York Times has the following response...” “
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:32:22 PM PDT
by
wac3rd
(In the end, we all are Conservative, some just need their lives jolted to realize that fact.)
To: SeekAndFind
Who cares?
They sell us oil. And we buy it.
Everything else is irrelevant.
Enough Saudi bashing.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:33:41 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
To: swarthyguy
Arabs are animals - worse than dogs...
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:45:04 PM PDT
by
x_plus_one
("Salvation comes about though change in individual lives, not through the ending of unjust society")
To: x_plus_one
Tell it to Dubya of Arabya, Dude.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:48:19 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
To: SeekAndFind
Due to American immigration policies and Political Correctness. This may be coming to a neighborhood near you.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:50:45 PM PDT
by
dbrew2u
To: SeekAndFind
Ah, such a tolerant and gentle society is Islam.
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posted on
03/20/2009 12:59:32 PM PDT
by
LegendHasIt
(Freepmail me if you want to join the Precious Metals ping list.)
To: Puppage
Define: mingling
They were her acquaintances when they were kids and were delivering bread to her. However, women are not allowed to be in the presence of men who are not family members. RESULT: Grandma Sawadi ( at 75 years of age ) will be lashed 40 times for this "crime".
To: SeekAndFind
Muslim court, certainly not a Christian one.
Why is it Mulims like to torture and kill? Is it because their cult was created by a child-molesting murdering madman?
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posted on
03/20/2009 1:22:12 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberalism is Communism, and both are a mental disorder. Grow up.)
To: SeekAndFind
They were her acquaintances when they were kids and were delivering bread to her. However, women are not allowed to be in the presence of men who are not family members. RESULT: Grandma Sawadi ( at 75 years of age ) will be lashed 40 times for this "crime". Hopefully,if it must happen, it will be with the petal of a flower.
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posted on
03/20/2009 2:05:49 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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