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New Book Promotes Flogging As Prison Alternative

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 08.27.2011

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Flogging sounds like a cruel, harsh alternative to prison. But In Defense Of Flogging, a new book written by academic Peter Moskos, actually advoca...

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Saudi Girls Flogged For Orphanage Attack

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2011

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(Reuters) - Six orphan girls aged between 12 and 18 were flogged in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of attacking the head of their orphanage, a...

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15 Men, Women To Be Jailed, Flogged For Mingling At Party In Saudi Arabia

AP | ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIYADH — Judicial officials say a Saudi court has convicted four women and 11 men for mingling at a party and sentenced them to flogging and pri...

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New Video Shows Taliban Flogging Men In Pakistan

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISLAMABAD — Taliban militants flog two men and a teenage boy in a video that has emerged from Pakistan's tribal belt along the Afghan border, sh...

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Saudi Flogging of Spoiled Brat Only Part of the Story

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps if Saudi institutions like a school in Jubail stopped treating women as kids they will stop acting like kids.

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Nigerian Soccer Star Stephen Worgu Sentenced To Flogging In Sudan

BBC SPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nigerian star Stephen Worgu, who plays in Sudan, has been convicted of drinking alcohol, and has been sentenced to be flogged. ...

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Rozanna al-Yami, Saudi Journalist Involved In Sex TV Show, Won't Be Flogged, Says King

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's king waived a flogging sentence on a female journalist charged for involvement in a risque TV show, the se...

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Lubna Hussein Pants Trial Adjourns Until Tuesday

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lubna Hussein, who was arrested July 3 for wearing pants and is now standing trial, openly defied the court by wearing the very same outfit to trial t...

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Flogging Women: 150 Maldivian Adulteresses To Be Flogged

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Andrew Buncombe | The Independent Almost 150 women living in the Maldives face a public flogging for indulging in extra-marital sex after being co...

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Beer-Drinking Muslim Model, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, Sentenced To Public Flogging In Malaysia

AP | JULIA ZAPPEI | Posted 05.25.2011

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Islamic court in Malaysia has sentenced a Muslim woman to be flogged with a rattan cane for having a beer in a night...

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Pakistan's Media Crucial In Fight Against Extremists

Madiha Sattar | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Madiha Sattar, HuffingtonPost Contributor "So, it's not okay for women to be touched by male doctors but male executioners can hold hands and slap...

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