“To the Crescent Moon, Alice!!!”
Updated 10:15 p.m. EDT, Sun May 10, 2009
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By Mohammed Jamjoom
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CNN(CNN) — Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday.
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It is OK to slap Saudi women who spend too much, a judge has told an audience.It is OK to slap Saudi women who spend too much, a judge has told an audience.
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Arab News, a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh, reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that “if a person gives SR 1,200 [$320] to his wife and she spends 900 riyals [$240] to purchase an abaya [the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear] from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment.
“Women in the audience immediately and loudly protested Al-Razine’s statement, and were shocked to learn the remarks came from a judge, the newspaper reported.
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“All right, Alice, don’t abaya everything ya want?
You couldn’t have bought ‘em at Korvette’s like Trixie?!”