'OK To Slap Wife For Overspending'

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mad-Mad-World/OK-to-slap-wife-for-overspending/articleshow/4507400.cms

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RIYADH: A Saudi judge has told a seminar on domestic violence that it is okay for a man to slap his wife for lavish spending, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.

 

Jeddah judge Hamad al-Razine gave the example of overspending to buy a high-end abaya, the head-to toe black shroud Saudi women have to wear in public, as justifying a smack for one’s wife, Arab News said. “If a person gives $320 to his wife and she spends $240 to purchase an abaya from a brand shop, and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment,” he said.

The judge’s remarks sparked an outcry at the seminar on the role of judicial and security officials in preventing domestic violence, the paper reported. Razine acknowledged the depth of the problem of domestic violence but said some of the blame must be shouldered by wives for their behaviour.

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