| A Shariah court sentenced a Saudi woman to one year in jail and 200 lashes for torturing her Indonesian maid who later strangled herself to death using an electric wire. Saudi authorities have arrested an Egyptian and a Syrian after they put white powder in an envelope mailed from the United Arab Emirates and addressed to one of their colleagues. The head of Shariah courts in Baha province, Mudhar Al-Qarni, warned earlier this month that those who spread rumors about anthrax will be flogged and jailed, even if the rumor was for "fun". |