In a seminar on domestic violence, a Saudi judge stated that a husband is justified in striking his wife if she spends too much on clothing for herself:
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.
The women in the audience were, understandably, not pleased.
Above: designer Islamic women's fashion sold by Noblesse Oblige, whose raison d'etre is below:
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