15 November 2010

Illicit lovers sentenced to 100 lashes each

A housemaid and her boyfriend will be lashed 100 times each, jailed and deported for committing adultery, according to a court ruling. The Sharjah Sharia Court ordered the lashing of N.M., a Filipina housemaid, 100 times and her deportation for unlawful sex.

The court also sentenced her Bangladeshi boyfriend, S.M., to be lashed 100 times for adultery and jailed one year for entering the house of the sponsor without permission. S.M. will be deported after serving his sentence.

.... N.M. brought her boyfriend to her sponsor's house each time the family was not at home, but according to police N.M.'s sponsor saw M.M. while leaving the house. [Gulf News] Read more [via Religious Watch]