Maybe the Saudi court is simply following the procedure laid down by the Ismalic Sharia. Surely courts in Saudi Arabia ought to know about Sharia, as it started in KSA?
When I was living in Jeddah, it seemed to me that women were second class citizens (or not really citizens at all). I remember seeing a husband in the front of the family car, repeatedly hitting his wife and a policeman was standing by, watching it happen. (Yes, I watched it happen too and I still feel guilty about not doing anything.) So maybe you cannot complain about this particular incident without seeing it in the broader context of women being denied basic human rights in Saudi Arabia.
Maybe the Saudi court is simply following the procedure laid down by the Ismalic Sharia. Surely courts in Saudi Arabia ought to know about Sharia, as it started in KSA?
When I was living in Jeddah, it seemed to me that women were second class citizens (or not really citizens at all). I remember seeing a husband in the front of the family car, repeatedly hitting his wife and a policeman was standing by, watching it happen. (Yes, I watched it happen too and I still feel guilty about not doing anything.) So maybe you cannot complain about this particular incident without seeing it in the broader context of women being denied basic human rights in Saudi Arabia.