Malaysia man flogged in mosque for crime of gender mixing

The 42-year-old construction worker was given six lashes in Malaysia's conservative state of Terengganu after being convicted by a Sharia court, the official Bernama news agency said. It was the first instance of a Sharia court-ordered whipping taking place outside of a court setting in Malaysia according to the agency. An AFP journalist saw the man delivered to the mosque in a prison van after Friday prayers, wearing an orange inmate's jumpsuit as he entered before a hushed crowd. The caning...