A COURT in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months' jail and deportation for having two unrelated men in her house.
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", reports CNN, quoting the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Watan.
Fahd told the policeman 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.
Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam called Wahhabism and punishes unrelated men and women who are caught mingling.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment