At a conference on preventing domestic abuse, a judge said that when men bitch slap their wives for spending too much money it’s because the bitch had it coming! Now you know what all those women’s bee-keeper suits (the abaya) are for in Saudi Society: It helps cover up the bruises.

From ArabNews.Com here with thanks to StilettosInTheSand:

A Jeddah court judge’s approval of husbands slapping their wives on the face if they spend money lavishly on unnecessary things triggered a hue and cry during a seminar on domestic violence here recently.

“If a person gives SR1,200 to his wife and she spends SR900 to purchase an abaya (the black gown) from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment,” said Judge Hamad Al-Razine.

The judge made this comment in the presence of Princess Adila bint Abdullah, deputy chairperson of the National Family Safety Program, who attended the seminar on the role of judicial and security institutions in preventing domestic violence.

Al-Razine also pointed out that women’s indecent behavior and use of offensive words against their husbands were some of the reasons for domestic violence in the country.

In other words women can protest about domestic violence all they want, but the judges will continue to ignore them.  Nice religion you got there, Islam.

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