Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Saudi activist
sentenced to 10 years, 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
Every nation has
its autonomous right to decide what’s right or wrong. And each country has
options how it exercises its laws. Interestingly even in today’s more-globalized-than-ever
world, laws vary considerably between states under different religious
influences. For example, women still aren’t allowed to drive or vote in
elections in some of conservative Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia.
There are numbers
of extreme examples how a person could be punished just for dissent against the
ruling religion, party or family of the country. To your surprise, lashing is
still a common punishment in some countries. Whether a person can survive or
not may depend on how the person is lashed or how durable he or she is against
such physical torture but still 1,000 lashes just for dissent is undoubtedly outrageous
and dangerous.
Enjoy reading and
learning about one of the harshest sentences for public dissent.
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