Ajuy@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoWoman in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 100 lashes for giving birth outside marriagewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkWoman in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 100 lashes for giving birth outside marriagewww.theguardian.comAjuy@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareMaster167@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·2 hours agoDid they punish the father? Or are they admitting to immaculate conception?
minus-squareMintyFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 hours agoI don’t think you’re “getting” patriarchal medieval systems of “governance”
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 hour agoBoth sides get the same number of lashes in Islamic law, so that’s not what’s going on here.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·49 minutes agoWell note they said patriarchal and medieval not Islamic.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 minutes agoContext is Saudi Arabia.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 minutes agoSure but while Saudi Arabia can get weird sometimes (see: that one time they banned women from driving for God knows what reason) for the most part they’re pretty orthodox about this stuff.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 hours ago She reportedly became pregnant during a brief relationship with an Egyptian man and said that the child’s father had since left the country.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 hours agoAt most he’d probably have to pay money to the girl’s father.
Did they punish the father? Or are they admitting to immaculate conception?
I don’t think you’re “getting” patriarchal medieval systems of “governance”
Both sides get the same number of lashes in Islamic law, so that’s not what’s going on here.
Well note they said patriarchal and medieval not Islamic.
Context is Saudi Arabia.
Sure but while Saudi Arabia can get weird sometimes (see: that one time they banned women from driving for God knows what reason) for the most part they’re pretty orthodox about this stuff.
At most he’d probably have to pay money to the girl’s father.