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Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity

A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the kingdom in the latest example of the religious intolerance that grips the region.The court in the Eastern Saudi city of Khobar -- situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf -- also sentenced a Saudi man to two years in prison and 200 lashes for helping the young woman named Maryam -- who has been dubbed "the girl of Khobar" -- in her escape to Sweden to secure asylum.Maryam, whose case has been closely followed in Saudi Arabia, criticized Saudi Arabia's Sunni monarchy for instilling in her a hatred of Judaism and Christianity, according to the English-language Saudi Gazette. The Jeddah-based paper wrote that she "fell in love with the religions after she found peace in Christianity."The two men, who worked with Maryam at an insurance company, were arrested last July following a complaint filed by the woman's father, according to report...

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