[Volokh] Eugene Volokh: "A Saudi Arabian Court Has Sentenced a 75-Year-Old Syrian Woman to 40 Lashes, Four Months Imprisonment and Deportation ... for Having Two Unrelated Men in Her House,

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Posted by Eugene Volokh:
"A Saudi Arabian Court Has Sentenced a 75-Year-Old Syrian Woman to 40 Lashes, Four Months Imprisonment and Deportation ... for Having Two Unrelated Men in Her House,
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_03_08-2009_03_14.shtml#1236711244


   according to local media reports," reports [1]CNN.

   One of the men (age 24) stated that "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," and
   "that his friend [also age 24] was escorting him as he delivered bread
   for the elderly woman." One man "was sentenced to four months in
   prison and 40 lashes" and the other "to six months in prison and 60
   lashes." The [2]Telegraph (UK) reports that one of the men, the one
   who had been breastfed, "was Mrs Sawadi's late husband's nephew."

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References

   1. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/09/saudi.arabia.lashes/?iref=hpmostpop
   2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/4964935/Saudi-court-sentences-widow-75-to-lashes-for-mingling-with-men.html
   3. http://religionclause.blogspot.com/
   4. http://religionclause.blogspot.com/