A Saudi woman could be jailed for up to one year for publishing a film showing her husband flirting with his housemaid in the kitchen, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The unnamed wife had caught her husband flirting with the maid in the kitchen at their house in the Gulf Kingdom and secretly filmed him with her mobile phone.
She then published the film on social media and wrote a caption saying: “the minimum punishment for this husband is to scandalise him.”
‘Sada’ newspaper said the film went viral on social media networks in Saudi Arabia and said most viewers supported the wife.
It also quoted well known Saudi lawyer Majid Qaroob as saying the woman could be jailed for upto one year on defamation charges.
“She faces up to one year in prison or a fine of SR500,000 (Dh500,00) for defaming her husband in line with the law on information technology crimes.
“This law includes stiff punishment for anyone using mobilephones with camera or other equipment to photograph others and defame them,” he said.
----Tisk, tisk! And to think, they want to bring house helpers from Bosnia and Morocco. Men will be men and this will continue to happen not matter what a female looks like. A friend of my sister had a house helper who was quite old, she had stomach pains and when they took her to the hospital they found out she was pregnant. I'm not sure who's husband did it but it was a scandal.
The unnamed wife had caught her husband flirting with the maid in the kitchen at their house in the Gulf Kingdom and secretly filmed him with her mobile phone.
She then published the film on social media and wrote a caption saying: “the minimum punishment for this husband is to scandalise him.”
‘Sada’ newspaper said the film went viral on social media networks in Saudi Arabia and said most viewers supported the wife.
It also quoted well known Saudi lawyer Majid Qaroob as saying the woman could be jailed for upto one year on defamation charges.
“She faces up to one year in prison or a fine of SR500,000 (Dh500,00) for defaming her husband in line with the law on information technology crimes.
“This law includes stiff punishment for anyone using mobilephones with camera or other equipment to photograph others and defame them,” he said.
----Tisk, tisk! And to think, they want to bring house helpers from Bosnia and Morocco. Men will be men and this will continue to happen not matter what a female looks like. A friend of my sister had a house helper who was quite old, she had stomach pains and when they took her to the hospital they found out she was pregnant. I'm not sure who's husband did it but it was a scandal.
I don't think you should say "bring housekeepers from Bosnia and Morocco" as if they are worse than women or prettier from women from India, Philipines, Bangladesh, Ehtiopia, ect;) despite Arab stereotypes...
ReplyDeleteMen and women who have sin in them and want to let it out are from all ages, all states of ugly, and every nation.
I think the woman shouldn't be in trouble for this at all. What he was doing was wrong in Islam... shame on him anyways.
Of course, the wife WOULD get more reward if she took this to her mahrams and got them to do something about it, but whatever, who knows how great her mahrams are?
My x-fiance (thank you, God, for the "X" part and I never went through with it) impregnated his maid. Lots of scandals like this.
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