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Posted on 11/10/2026 7:31:16 AM PST by BenLurkin
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a domestic worker from Kenya to 100 lashes after she gave birth outside of marriage.
The sentence is a crushing blow to the mother, who has attempted for more than a year to return to Kenya with her child but has been blocked at every turn.
The ruling, issued last month, shows the limits of a decade of social and legal reforms in the kingdom, where women can be jailed for 'illegal pregnancy'.
The mother of five, Esther Wanja Muthoni, is among thousands of East African domestic workers who were recruited as housekeepers and nannies in Saudi Arabia.
The children of unwed mothers are regularly denied birth certificates and Kenya's diplomats, responsible for issuing them and helping mothers and children get home, frequently ignore them, insult them and solicit bribes for sex.
Ms. Muthoni says she had been provided with a court translator but not a lawyer.
While indigent defendants in Saudi criminal cases are entitled to state-sponsored lawyers, trials often proceed without them in practice, even in some capital cases, according to experts.
Sex and pregnancy outside of marriage are effectively in a legally grey area, where some women face no repercussions and others are prosecuted.
The legal system of the country is grounded in Sharia, or Islamic law.
Because the kingdom lacks a written penal code, judges interpret Islamic law on a case-by-case basis.
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Both the sentence and the editing of this article are barbaric, though not equally so. I don’t think she was sentenced for giving birth, and I don’t think Kenya’s diplomats solicit bribes for sex.
All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal. All cultures are equal....
Coming soon?
I did the editing.
With a dull chainsaw.
Islamist are filthy barbarians. Why does anyone want to be part of that religion?
It appeals to brutes.
A grotesque social system based upon dominance and submission.
I think 100 lashes is more than enough to kill someone.
The idiot George W. Bush was right. “Islam is peace.”
Except for all that whipping, beheading, bombing, and knifing stuff.
And as a side note, where are all the Western feminists when stories like this one breaks? (Rhetorical question.)
That’s our wacky, fun, loving ally. Beating the slaves again.
> I think 100 lashes is more than enough to kill someone. <
Yep. Britain’s Royal Navy of old wasn’t hesitant to use the lash. But the general rule was don’t apply more than 12 lashes for any one offense.
When I visited the Middle East, our HOSTS, had a Muslim girl in my opinion as ‘slave status’. When we went to the elite party, the ‘slave girls’, from Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Phillipines had their own gathering in the kitchen. Some of them were forced to have sex with the men of the household, and the babies were given up to an ‘orphanage’. The women never got to have their children, and after the contract ran out, they went home in shame. IT IS A HORRIBLE culture. Internet posts suggest there is an APP in the MidEast called something like ‘4salegirls’ which is highly popular among males there.
Coming soon to Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and other states.
No penal code and the "Judges" make law up as they go along. I knew it was bad, but not that horrific.
"...some women face no repercussions and others are prosecuted." -- maybe because the good looking ones service the judges?
Yep- i think the limit is sposed to be around 40- maybe 60- can’t remember- but even that amount could result in death depending on how harsh the lashes are
This is barbaric, but it’s just as barbaric for the U.S. to REWARD unmarried welfare queens for popping out babies one after another with thousands in benefits.
Mental illness.
All countries have (or in our case, had) "morality laws" which are based on the culture and religion. IMHO, The USA actually needs to revive some its past morality laws, based of course on our common CHRISTIAN faith.
What is strange IMHO is they would simply not deport her, and be done with it.
Just sick.
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