Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to lashes

2009-03-09 19:02:16

#1

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6832|Global Command

Oh geez. 75 lashes? What kind of man would do that to an old lady?

This kind of nonsense is the kind of thing that makes me feel like we should never allow these animals to have heavy weapons. Perhaps we should invade them now, or bomb them senseless. Saudi Arabia; making Islam the punchline to a very bad joke.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id … _article=1

2009-03-09 19:04:01

#2

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5888

At least she isn't being stoned to death.
Seriously that's the best I could say on it.

2009-03-09 19:07:01

#3

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,983|6935|949

Complaints from Saudis have been growing that the religious police and courts are overstepping their broad mandate and interfering in people's lives, and critics lambasted the handling of Sawadi's case.

"How can a verdict be issued based on suspicion?" Laila Ahmed al-Ahdab, a physician who also is a columnist for Al-Watan, wrote Monday. "A group of people are misusing religion to serve their own interests."

Sawadi told the court she considered al-Anzi as her son, because she breast-fed him when he was a baby. But the court denied her claim, saying she didn't provide evidence. In Islamic tradition, breast-feeding establishes a degree of maternal relation, even if a woman nurses a child who is not biologically hers.

Sawadi commonly asked her neighbors for help after her husband died, said journalist Bandar al-Ammar, who reported the story for Al-Watan. In a recent article, he wrote that he felt the need to report the case "so everybody knows to what degree we have reached."

The woman's conviction came a few weeks after King Abdullah fired the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing owners of TV networks that broadcast "immoral content." The move was seen as part of an effort to weaken the hard-line Sunni Muslim establishment.

Seems the citizens are wising up.

Why would we invade and bomb our ally?

2009-03-09 19:09:33

#4

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|7064

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Why would we invade and bomb our ally?

dunno. hell they even told ubl to fuck off back in the day. thought he was a nutter. they were right. plus they gave us yummy oil.

2009-03-09 19:11:51

#5

S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6750|Chicago, IL

Why do we even act surprised?

2009-03-09 19:26:46

#6

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|6002

Perfectly reasonable.

2009-03-09 19:38:13

#7

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6771

Do we really need a new thread for every time one single individual person gets lashings in Saudi Arabia?

There have already been like 20 and the only difference is the number of lashings.

It's silly having this many threads.

2009-03-09 19:51:40

#8

Deadmonkiefart: Floccinaucinihilipilificator; +177|7009

Disgusting? Yes
Surprising? No

2009-03-09 21:14:15

#9

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|6968|NT, like Mick Dundee

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Do we really need a new thread for every time one single individual person gets lashings in Saudi Arabia?

There have already been like 20 and the only difference is the number of lashings.

It's silly having this many threads.

Thread was started by a mod. Gg.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-03-09 21:55:19

#10

nickb64: formerly from OC (it's EXACTLY like on tv)[truth]; +77|5914|Greatest Nation on Earth(USA)

ATG wrote:
Oh geez. 75 lashes? What kind of man would do that to an old lady?

A Saudi Muslim apparently.

2009-03-09 22:24:35

#11

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7019

The normal people over in the middle east(and i know they are there)... need to shitcan these old hardliner nuts and join the rest of us in the 21st century... Who is going to be the tough guy who beats a woman with 75 lashes...? Wont he be proud of himself... friggin caveman

Love is the answer

2009-03-09 22:28:10

#12

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6832|Global Command

Flecco wrote:
DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Do we really need a new thread for every time one single individual person gets lashings in Saudi Arabia?

There have already been like 20 and the only difference is the number of lashings.

It's silly having this many threads.
Thread was started by a mod. Gg.

I am no different than any other user._{except ma hammer}

By making threads and comments I am subject to the same public flogging anyone gets. It is fair to mock me and my threads. Just be on topic or have a legit complaint.

2009-03-09 22:40:08

#13

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6978|Canberra, AUS

Sigh... and we still buy their shit.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-03-09 23:11:30

#14

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6053|شمال

fuck shit, thats what i say. 75??

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2009-03-09 23:14:14

#15

SgtHeihn: Should have ducked; +394|6790|Ham Lake, MN (Fucking Cold)

Same country that sentenced a GANG RAPE victim to 100 lashes and a year in prison. They are just a bunch of oil rich barbarians that will be nothing in 20years when the oil is gone.

2009-03-09 23:39:00

#16

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6904|132 and Bush

40 lashes.. not that it makes it ok.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-03-09 23:41:48

#17

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6904|132 and Bush

ATG wrote:
Flecco wrote:
DoctaStrangelove wrote:
Do we really need a new thread for every time one single individual person gets lashings in Saudi Arabia?

There have already been like 20 and the only difference is the number of lashings.

It's silly having this many threads.
Thread was started by a mod. Gg.
I am no different than any other user._{except ma hammer}

I've closed plenty of mah own threads cuz I'm a retard..lol.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-03-10 03:08:06

#18

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,060|7075|PNW

ATG wrote:
This kind of nonsense is the kind of thing that makes me feel like we should never allow these animals to have heavy weapons.

Can they keep their lashes?

2009-03-10 05:12:06

#19

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6708|North Carolina

SgtHeihn wrote:
Same country that sentenced a GANG RAPE victim to 100 lashes and a year in prison. They are just a bunch of oil rich barbarians that will be nothing in 20years when the oil is gone.

QFT

Granted, we could've fixed this long ago by toppling the Saudi regime right when they were first establishing themselves. If we had divided up what would eventually become Saudi Arabia among us and Europe, the world would probably be a better place today.

2009-03-10 11:00:19

#20

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6904|132 and Bush

Spark wrote:
Sigh... and we still buy their shit.

Human rights is such an annoyance isn't it? We still buy China's shit too. If the Burmese Junta sold low cost iPods we'd be building palaces for them too.

.. oh but not Cuba. They tried to get Soviet missiles 47 years ago .

Xbone Stormsurgezz

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