15-day prison, 30 lashes for beating wife

AL-QATIF — The District Court in Al-Qatif  handed down a 15-day prison sentence and 30 lashes of the whip to a husband who assaulted his wife. He was asked Thursday to sign an undertaking that he will never beat her again or else face an even harsher sentence. The wife told the judge that she had suffered from physical abuse for the past ten years an