Saudi Arabia delays second blogger flogging
Jan. 19, 2015
Q: Medical concerns were cited last week for delaying a second round of flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for criticizing religious officials in Saudi Arabia. The top Saudi court also was to review the case. Where is Saudi Arabia?
Circle the area on this map
Q: The blogger, Raif Badawi, was sentenced to receive 50 lashes a week until he receives the full 1,000. Saudi Arabia beheads, maims, flogs and imprisons people convicted under what type of law?
A. Revolutionary
B. Sharia
C. Totalitarian
D. Tribal
Q: The United States called on “Saudi authorities to cancel this brutal punishment” of Badawi. Who rules Saudi Arabia?
A. Caliph
B. Imam
C. King
D. Sultan
Q: Saudi Arabia's top Salafis have disowned claims by Islamic State leaders that they are fighting for Salafism. Which neighbor of Saudi Arabia is being attacked by Islamic State forces?
A. Qatar
B. Kuwait
C. Iran
D. Iraq
Q: In the past, many Saudis have supported Sunni Muslim rebels fighting Shia Muslim regimes in Syria and Iraq. Who does Saudi Arabia officially identify as terrorists?
A. Atheists.
B. Jews
C. Shias
D. All of the above
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