In a rare incident, a 33-year-old Qatari man was brought forth in court after his wife was rushed to the emergency room due to a very unusual reason.

The man confessed in front of the judge that he took the decision of 'gluing' his wife's genitals because she liked a picture of his 12-year-old cousin on Facebook. He believed she had adulterous ideas and hence, he glued her genitals before a scheduled business trip abroad.

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Travesty of justice

Judge Muhammad Bin Saden of the Qatari court of Justice in Doha, the husband hurt his wife but his reasons were "well-intentioned" but were put into action in an "awkward way".

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The husband showed the judge a picture of her as an 'evidence' which she had uploaded on Facebook where one of her heel was visible and wasn't covered according to the Islamic law.

The punishment

The judge ordered that the woman was subjected to 100 lashes after going through the 'evidence' that her husband brought to court. The judge decided on the punishment to prevent further misunderstandings between the couple.

The husband was fined with 40 Riyal ($10 US dollars).