ima062002
05-10-2009, 08:43 PM
A Saudi judge said it is okay for a man to slap his wife for lavish spending at a seminar on domestic violence, according to a report from Agence France-Presse.
Jeddah judge Hamad al-Razine told the group a husband was justified in smacking his wife, using overspending on a high-end abaya, the black shroud Saudi women must wear in public, as an example, according to AFP.
"If a person gives 1,200 riyals (320 dollars) to his wife and she spends 900 riyals (240 dollars) to purchase an abaya from a brand shop, and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment," Razine said, AFP reported.
The seminar was on the role of authorities in preventing domestic violence that was attended by activists and officials, including members of the National Family Safety Program.
While the judge recognized the country's domestic violence problem, he said some of the blame must lie with the wives.
"Nobody puts even a fraction of the blame on them," Razine said, AFP reported.
If he wasn't OK with her spending the amount, then why give her that much money? And what does it mean that some of the blame for domestic violence lies with the victim??? Would the judge argue the same if this was about theft? If someone stole the money from the husband, would the judge blame the husband in part for that as well?
Jeddah judge Hamad al-Razine told the group a husband was justified in smacking his wife, using overspending on a high-end abaya, the black shroud Saudi women must wear in public, as an example, according to AFP.
"If a person gives 1,200 riyals (320 dollars) to his wife and she spends 900 riyals (240 dollars) to purchase an abaya from a brand shop, and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment," Razine said, AFP reported.
The seminar was on the role of authorities in preventing domestic violence that was attended by activists and officials, including members of the National Family Safety Program.
While the judge recognized the country's domestic violence problem, he said some of the blame must lie with the wives.
"Nobody puts even a fraction of the blame on them," Razine said, AFP reported.
If he wasn't OK with her spending the amount, then why give her that much money? And what does it mean that some of the blame for domestic violence lies with the victim??? Would the judge argue the same if this was about theft? If someone stole the money from the husband, would the judge blame the husband in part for that as well?