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Phone Flog: Saudi Court Orders 13-Year-Old Girl Flogged and Jailed For Bringing Phone to School

A Saudi court has sentenced a 13-year-old girl to 90 lashes and two months in jail for the crime of bringing a cell phone to school. To make the sentence all the more barbaric, the judge ordered the girl flogging in front of the other children.

It appears that the rule against camera-equipped phones applies only to girls’ schools. The discovery was made during an investigation of an assault on the school principal.

The sentence is three times greater than the flogging given teenagers in September for going on a destructive spree — ransacking shops and restaurants. Girls with phones in Saudi Arabia are almost as frightening it seems as women working out or driving.

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8 thoughts on “Phone Flog: Saudi Court Orders 13-Year-Old Girl Flogged and Jailed For Bringing Phone to School”

  2. This is barbaric. But it might be an appropriate punishment for texting while driving, though.

  3. Guilhem,

    Mike Spindell: A.Y. might not have meant the corporal punishment, maybe he was asking about the jail time.

    No, I said haven’t you ever felt like spanking your child before. If a parent can say that they have not, then maybe I need to reassess rethink about this.

    Duh to Bdaman,

    Still within the parameters of D to B. Still missing the letter “C”.

  4. Mike Spindell: A.Y. might not have meant the corporal punishment, maybe he was asking about the jail time.

  6. Cretinous and sadistic morons.

    Adults are supposed to teach children how to function, in a healthy manner, within a society and how to contribute, in a positive manner, to the advancement of that society. Corporal punishment teaches fear and resentment, neither of which are of any benefit to a child or the society in which they live.

    The Saudi penchant for corporal punishment finds a comfortable home in one of its most famous societal groups … Al-Qaeda.

  7. AY,
    I’ve raised two daughters and the answer to your question:

    “Now how many times have you wanted to do the same to your own daughter for the same thing.”

    Is never. Corporal punishment on children never works and only serves to make matters worse. As for this original story it reinforces that the Saudi’s, our great ally in the Mid East, are a barbaric nation led by monsters who think they are doing good.

  8. Now how many times have you wanted to do the same to your own daughter for the same thing. Ok, not a school flogging but a lashing none the less.

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