So while the White House continues sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan to "liberate" those countries from their oppressive regimes, our "good friends" in Saudia Arabia continue with their Muslim extremist hijinks. And never mind that 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were from "The Land of the Two Holy Mosques". But more on that some other time.
Last year, "The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice", religious policemen who enforce such important things as dress code, prayer times and sexual segregation, entered the 75-year-old woman's house and caught her in the company of two unrelated men. Nothing bizarre or depraved was going on between the trio mind you; the men (one of whom she used to breast feed as a baby) were simply delivering bread. In case you're not familiar with the rules of Islam, a woman is not allowed to be home alone with any man who isn't her husband or a male relative. Period.
Now, the woman has been sentenced to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation (she is from Syria). For the guys, one of them gets four months in prison and 40 lashes and the other one gets six months in prison and 60 lashes for their troubles.
Fortunately, an appeal is underway.
Unfortunately, however, these types of punishments are doled out regularly in Saudi Arabia.
From CNN:
(CNN) -- 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." (read more)
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