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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute
November 4th, 2006 at 6:06 am

Saudi Court Sentences Victim of Gang Rape to 90 Lashes

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced the victim of a gang rape to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a car with a man other than her husband.

The Jerusalem Post reports the high-profile and controversial trial ended with the convicted rapists sentenced to punishments ranging from one thousand lashes to as little as 80 — 10 fewer than the victim — along with prison terms of between one and five years. The woman’s family says it will appeal what it considers inadequate sentences for the rapists.


And they wonder why the rest of the world doesn’t trust them.

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