<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5ae6b52d-9d90-4f64-870c-0e5e6139e0a2/356DAB57-5F5C-4F5B-AE60-5E06B8CE5484/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009" href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009" style="font-size: 11px;">www.arabnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.arabnews.com/img/7454C893-3C3F-4FD0-8518-CCCFFE6B8D82" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><SPAN class="sloan">The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><SPAN class="title1">Two rams and a woman</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><P>We have an entrenched judicial system that is based on Divine Law and not personal whims. This is the reason why I could not understand two recent court verdicts handed out on the same day. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><P> In the first ruling, two thieves who stole two rams were sentenced to three years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes each. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><P> The second ruling of two years imprisonment and 200 whiplashes was for a husband who beat his wife until she swallowed her tongue and died.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=13&section=0&article=118262&d=14&m=2&y=2009"><P> I could not find any explanation for the great difference in the two rulings although they were reached under the same law. 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