Question by Nick: Egyptian doctor sentenced to fifteen years jail, 1,500 lashes in Saudi Arabia?
Ok if this is true, can somebody hand me a knife so i can just cut the ENTIRE middle east off the planet!! You gets need to get laid..

Friday, November 14, 2008
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Raouf Amin el-Araby, a 52-year-old Egyptian doctor who has been serving the Saudi Royal family for 20 years, was convicted of malpractice. Egyptian newspapers reported that he was accused of driving a Saudi princess “to addiction”, reportedly after treating a Saudi princess with painkillers.

Initially sentenced to 7 years and 700 lashes, he has been sentenced to 15 years and 1500 lashes, 70 a week, after making an appeal.

Family members, friends and colleagues gathered in outrage and grief outside the headquarters of Egypt’s doctors union, calling upon King Abdullah to pardon Raouf. “1,500 lashes is unprecedented in the history of Islam,” read one banner carried by protesters. “Who is responsible for the humiliation of our doctors abroad?” read another.

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) and the foreign minister are working hard to find a way to return Raouf home quickly. Hafez Abu Saeda, the director of EOHR, stated that the princess was prescribed the same medication that she was receiving in the United States, “so it is obvious that the doctor was not at fault for her addiction.”

Abu Saeda was astonished that the judge doubled the sentence and the lashes after the appeal. It is tantamount, he said, to penalizing Amin for asserting his right of appeal. “When you appeal against a sentencing it is the rule that it cannot go higher, but in Saudi Arabia it appears anything is possible,” said Saeda.

Protests in Egypt have driven the Egyptian foreign ministry to seek a solution, partly out of concern that negative repercussions may damage relations between Cairo and Riyadh.

A human rights lawyer said that he was given the first 70 lashes last week and he will get 70 more this week.

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Answer by Suzii
Wow! The doctor, any doctor is suppose to watch for signs of addiction, he didnt do his job, he may of feared turning her down might get in him trouble so he continued perscribing? The middle east nations have some really strick and outrageous laws and punishments. Unreal, seems like the lashings alone will kill the guy.

Answer by Mintee
oh come on.. you dont know the whole story.. this article is one sided for the doctor..
I dont know his case personally (and probably neither do you).. but dont always be so niave as to believe one journalists point of view..
Here in saudiarabia we are overrun with corrupt foreign doctors from all countries who come here with forged documents and screw up in the medical field.. and then when we catch them, they trump up false accusations against us then.. We have had severe trouble with mal practice here.. And it seems no matter what we do to pre-screen these corrupt doctors they always seem to come.. Maybe our only wrong here is hiring foreigners and not our own countrymen…

sure now after saying this.. dont get me wrong.. there are good honest doctors out there from all over.. but just telling you we have had problems lately.. And im sure its not limited to our country.. Even in good ol’ USA im sure there are corrupt doctors.. you have to admit this is true…

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