News Source: Truthdig
| 2 months ago
Bragging about one’s sex life is lame, but is it lame enough to earn 1,000 lashes and five years in prison? A Saudi man has been sentenced to just that punishment for going on TV and talking about his extramarital liaisons. It brings a whole new...
News Source: The Daily Star
| 2 months ago
A Saudi man whose boasts about his sex life on Lebanese television outraged his country’s conservatives was sentenced to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Mazen Abdel-Jawad, a 32-year-old airline sales clerk, was...
News Source: Chicago Tribune
| 2 months ago
A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom. Abdul-Jawad, a divorced father of four, was...
News Source: CNN
| 2 months ago
A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who openly bragged about his sex life to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials. His lawyer could not be reached for comment. The ministry officials spoke to...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 2 months ago
Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Wednesday convicted a man for publicly talking about sex after he bragged about his exploits on a talk show, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his lawyer said. Talking about sex publicly is a...
News Source: The Age
| 2 months ago
Mazen Abdul Jawad was convicted by a criminal court on Sharia law-based charges relating to immoral behaviour, Sulaiman al-Jimaie told AFP. Three friends who appeared on the show with him were given two-year terms, Jimaie said. In July, Abdul Jawad...