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"The Times reported sources in the Saudi capital Riyadh as saying the royal family had been ?stung? by the outrage over the case, with senior members intervening to ensure a stricter punishment is given. One source told the newspaper, ?The royal court is now looking at the case. He [Al-Ghamdi] will stay in prison for a long time.?

"In response to the public outrage over the case, Saudi authorities set up a 24-hour hotline to take calls about child abuse."

So much for the rigid inflexibility of Islamic law then !

Not entirely straightforward e.g.



"A man in Saudi Arabia charged with slapping his wife was sentenced to 10 days in prison and 30 lashes. The court in Al Qateef in the Eastern Province said that the wife could witness the flogging in retribution for the physical pain her husband caused her, Saudi daily Al Sharq reported on Wednesday. The husband will also have to take part in special sessions on marriage counseling and on how to treat and deal with spouses, the judge ruled. According to the court documents, the wife, in her 30s, filed the case after her husband slapped her on the face during an argument."

Mmm, maybe we could try that approach in the UK eh?

"The Saudi Islamic Affairs Ministry had said in November that Al Ghamdi was not an officially sanctioned Islamic preacher. ?He is not registered with the ministry and we have no relationship with him in any way,? Shaikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, the minister, said. ?He had committed a heinous crime and he cannot be a preacher. No-one can ever justify his crime.?
Some reports suggested that Al Ghamdi had been employed as a security guard at a school.

Saudi bloggers have expressed anger and outrage at the lenient sentence for Al Ghamdi, who was found guilty of torturing his daughter Luma to death when she visited him and his new wife at their home.

According to the woman, her ex-husband, appeared to be a gentle and reformed man after spending years of his life as a drug addict before they got married. However, following the marriage, he turned into a violent man who often often beat her, forcing her to file for divorce, she told Saudi media.