Its an honor thing...only I don't understand the honor...
Attempted murder, IMO. Get a rope.
Must be because he did it at prayer time.
Throwing acid at women's faces seems to be the torture de jour among fanatical muslims. It's been going on for a long time. This wacko is simply a copy-cat.
Gulnaz Bibi,face burned with acid by Muslim because she refused his advances
Pakistan's Acid-Attack Victims Press for Justice, 07/13/04
Apparently, Pakistan has passed some kind of "eye for an eye law" against this kind of thing. Basically, if someone is convicted of throwing acid at someone, the courts sentence the perp to having acid dropped in their eyes.
I don't think they'll do that in Saudi Arabia, though.
These freaks just plain hate women. I strongly suspect that the entire Islamic culture is one giant machine aimed at producing repressed homosexual psychopaths. Toss this scumbag into Saddam's acid vats for a little swim.