If you send a “vulgar and threatening” SMS message and if the receiver takes you to court for it, you could be jailed and lashed. That's what a Sudanese man, 35, found out when a court sentenced him to 30 days in prison and 50 lashes. The man had sent a “vulgar and threatening” text message from his cell phone to a business partner with whom he had a financial dispute. The receiver took the message to the Quba Police Department in Madina, which investigated the case and referred it to court. It was one of the first court cases against cyber
