A 75-year-old Syrian woman has been sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 40 lashes, four months in prison, and deportation for having two unrelated men in her house. Last year a member of the Saudi ...

It was the first public lashing since a militia-backed Islamic group took control of the capital, Mogadishu, in June. Officials said that the men were arrested two weeks ago, but did not say whether ...

LONDON — The older Khloé Kardashian gets, the more she’s fine tuning her alignments in life and business. “I try to be really responsible and I would, for lack of a better term, be stingy with who I ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan charged a British teacher Wednesday with inciting religious hatred — a crime punishable by 40 lashes — because she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of ...

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan charged a British teacher yesterday with inciting religious hatred — a crime punishable by 40 lashes — because she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of ...

Our Mishna and Gemara now deal with the amount of lashes administered to one who is found guilty of an infraction that warrants such punishment. The Torah, in Parshas Ki Teitzei (Devarim 25:3), states ...