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| Saudi police ready a square for public floggings in the Saudi city of Khobar, Sept. 28, 2009. |
Riyadh: A Saudi court has sentenced a man convicted of defaming a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer by accusing her on Twitter of adultery to three months in jail and 80 lashes, a news website reported on Thursday.
The Saudi national, apparently a fan of a rival pop star, was sentenced for “accusing (Kuwaiti singer) Shams of adultery without providing proof,” the Saudi Sabq news website cited the verdict as saying.
As well as accusing Shams of adultery, he posted fabricated photos depicting her in “obscene” situations, Sabq said, without elaborating.
The ruling is based on Sharia, which stipulates flogging for those who accuse others of having extra-marital sex without giving proof.
The man was also jailed for three months and fined 10,000 riyals (Dh9,793), the news website said.
Source: Gulf News, January 4, 2014
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