Man gets 120 lashes for having six wives

UPI ^ | February 19, 2010

[myknowledge]

JIZAN, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A Saudi Arabian court handed down a 120-lash sentence to a man who was simultaneously married to six women -- two more than the legal limit.

The man, whose name was not released, told the Jizan province court he did not know he was violating Shariah, Islamic law, by having more than four wives at the same time, the BBC reported Friday.

The defendant, a member of the Saudi Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a religious police force, was also ordered to read two chapters of the Koran and was banned from leading prayers.

[vladimir998]

So, a religion cop didn’t know he was violating religious law? Y-E-A-H.

[REDWOOD99]

Maybe I should rephrase that-

I know why he got the lashes. What the hell crime did he commit to get 6 wives?

[Brilliant]

“two more than the legal limit.”

There you go... They treat women like fish in Saudi Arabia.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

The original sentence was 20 lashes, but then the defendent said,
“Mo’ had 17 at once but he must have been ‘special’.”

[Touch Not the Cat]

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Maybe his wives wanted wives?

Mighta been one of those mansions where there as many toilets as there are rooms.

[Bryan24]

Yeah, I can see where we need to involve more Muslim countries in the Space Program. Move us from the 21st Century to the 8th Century.

[myknowledge]

[Perdogg]

I cannot imagine the horror of the six of them in a gabfest.

[Cicero]

What a jerk. He could have avoided the 120 lashes simply by saying “I divorce you” six times.

I’m not a Muslim, and even I know that much.

[BlueDragon]

...two more than the legal limit.

Sounds like a "bag limit"

Ok, it IS a bag limit. (the pic reminds me of quail for some reason)

[rbosque]

Couldn’t wait for the 72 virgins.

[left that other site]

Can you imagine them all trying to get his attention at the same time? LOL

[Cheburashka]

What the hell did he do to get 6 wives?

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http://www.eharmony.com/

[OrangeHoof]

"Bigamy?...I think it's rather big of him!"

So, can I infer that the punishment is 20 lashes per wife? Sounds to me like he's getting off light.

[Bronzy]

Right, I want to see this man. Hey, maybe we women would hit it as so many Freeper men say when a photo of a sexy woman is posted.

[myknowledge]

What, by saying “Talaq, Talaq, Talaq, Talaq, Talaq, Talaq”?

[left that other site]

This Thread is Useless Without Pictures!

[Bronzy]

That looks like a Toro Boro cave man. I was thinking of something more like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LKv6aE9pTs&feature=related

[left that other site]

The Little White Horse was kind of cute!

Ha ha Ha!

Thanks for the link. I may be old, but I’m not quite dead!

(Bring on the Monty Python References!)

[Flavius]

Having 6 women yapping at you should be punishment enough.