The girl, who has not been named, was also sentenced to two months in jail by a court in the eastern city of Jubail.
She had assaulted her headmistress after being caught with the gadget which is banned in girl schools. The kingdom's use of such punishments has been widely condemned by human rights organisations.
Under Saudi's Sharia or Islamic law, flogging is mandatory for a number of moral offences such as adultery or being alone in the company of an unrelated person of the opposite sex. But it can also be used at the discretion of judges as an alternative or in addition to other punishments. The punishment is harsher than tha dished out to some robbers and looters.
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beating a 13 year old girl under the banner of enforcing Sharia or Islamic law. gutless bigoted religious nut jobs. another good example why islam is not compatible in any way with our way of life..
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