01-26-2010, 02:56 AM
CNN Wrote:Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism, and lashings are a common form of punishment.No I don't love the Saudis at all
Last October, a court sentenced a man to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes after he bragged about his sex life on television.
Last March, a Saudi court 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.
In 2007, a 19-year-old gang-rape victim in the Saudi city of Qatif was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for meeting with an unrelated male. The seven attackers, who abducted the man and woman, got sentences ranging from 10 months to five years in prison. The case sparked international outrage, prompting Saudi's King Abdullah to pardon the girl and the unrelated male.
