A Saudi court in Al-Masarha in Jizan region has sentenced a 56-year-old Saudi employee to 120 lashes for being married to six wives at the same time.
The man who worked for the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) will be punished with 20 lashes per wife. He has also been ordered to memorise two chapters of the Holy Qur'an as part of the punishment.
The court also banned him from travelling abroad for five years and delivering sermons or leading prayers in mosques.
Monday, February 22, 2010
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