Domestic violence: here and there, east and west

"Arab News, a Saudi English-language daily newspaper based in Riyadh, reported that Judge Hamad Al-Razine said that "if a person gives SR 1,200 [$320] to his wife and she spends 900 riyals [$240] to purchase an abaya [the black cover that women in Saudi Arabia must wear] from a brand shop and if her husband slaps her on the face as a reaction to her action, she deserves that punishment."" In other news, CNN did NOT report that 23 women are killed weekly in the US by their husbands or boyfriends. (thanks Hicham)