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Saudi man
sentenced to 'prayer calls' instead of whipping
Wednesday December 08, 2010 09:38:40 PM,
IANS
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Riyadh:
A court in the Saudi district of Badr sentenced a man Wednesday to
perform prayer calls at a local mosque for one month, Saudi
newspaper al-Riyadh reported.
The man had been convicted of covering up details of a theft and was
given the sentence as an alternative to the standard punishment,
whipping.
In addition to performing the call to prayer five times a day, the
man has been ordered by the court to memorize a section of the
Islamic holy book, the Koran.
The sentence has been used by a large number of Saudi judges in
cases where they believe a convict has a high chance of
rehabilitation into society.
Saudi Arabia follows strict Islamic laws, or sharia, which often
employs corporal punishment for criminal offenses.
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