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Saudi Professor Faces Lashes for Having Coffee with Female Student


[Reuters/Times-UK] Michael Theodoulou - A university professor in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 180 lashes and eight months in jail - for having coffee with a girl. The man, a prominent and well-respected Saudi teacher of psychology at Umm al-Qra University in Mecca, was framed by the religious police after he angered some of their members at a training course, his lawyer said.
2008-02-28 01:00:00
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