750 LASHES. After Friday prayers to the Saudi version of Allah (maybe wearing a tight black leather outfit and brandishing whips and chains, noting that people often make their gods in their own images) the victim is tied to the torture frame and his back is lashed into bloody ribbons. Was his crime kidnapping or child rape? No, Saudi law and custom permit both, noting the female American citizens being held in white slavery after having been "married" to Saudi "husbands" in their early teens. ( "Saudi law forbids women of any age from leaving their country without permission. Another way of stating those same facts would be to say that two adult U.S. citizens are trapped in a country where women are treated as the property of men..." ("All the President's Women," Wall Street Journal, 26 June 2002) ) This man's crime was far worse:
"RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -- A court sentenced a teacher to 40 months in prison and 750 lashes for "mocking religion" after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday." ("Saudi jailed for discussing the Bible," Washington Times, November 14, 2005)