A Saudi court has ordered the flogging of a local woman 10
times for driving a car in defiance of a long-standing ban in the
Kingdom, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Shaima Jastaniya said the court in the western
Red Sea port of Jeddah had issued what she described as a “Sharia
sentence” ordering her lashing for violating the ban on female driving.
“I received a copy of this sentence on Saturday.
I now need to consult my lawyer after what happened to me,” she said,
quoted by the London-based Saudi Arabic language daily Alhayat.
The paper said the sentence could be carried out
within a month, adding that Shaima, who was caught driving in Jeddah in
Summer, can appeal. It did not mention Shaima’s age.
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