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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Saudi Arabia: official gets 2000 lashes and 25 years for "unethical parties"

The "peaceful" side of Muhammad



If that was the law here in the US, the entirety of Hollywood, and more than 50% of the general population would suffer the same fate.  With sharia law in place, this is exactly what would happen, if we let it.  We do not want to become like the Saudis, yet many in both the public and private arenas would be happy for that to happen.

FYI, it takes about 300 lashes to kill you.

From Emirates 24/7 December 18

Saudi official jailed 25 years, to get 2000 lashes

A Saudi official appears to have paid a heavy price for staging “unethical parties” at his department, with a court in the Gulf Kingdom sentencing him to 25 years in jail and ordering him lashed 2,000 times in public.

The unnamed head of the government office in the southern town of Baha was also convicted of taking drugs, extortion of other officials and involvement in sodomy.

Newspapers said the court also fined the official SR200,000 and banned him from travelling outside Saudi Arabia during that period.

“He will be lashed in three batches after Friday’s prayers at the place where he committed his crimes in front of people,” Alsaudeh daily said.

It said the court also sentenced his aide to 15 years in jail, 1,500 lashes and travel ban, adding that the judge issued a recommendation the two would not benefit from any future pardon. The paper described it as a reduced sentence as the prosecutor had demanded the death penalty against the two.

“The two were found guilty of engaging in obscene acts, including staging unethical parties, using drugs and extorting other officials. They had also invited officials and other people to practice sodomy,” it said.
  

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