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Judge: Men can slap wives who spend lavishly

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May. 10, 2009
Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend too much, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday. They've been raised to see women this way, that they're less than a person," Saudi women's rights activist Wajeha Al-Huwaider told...
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