flagellation
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- Terminology and implements
- Current (or recent past) use as punishment
- Singapore and Malaysia
- Maldives
- Gulf states
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
- Brunei
- Syria
- Historical use as punishment
- Judaism
- Antiquity
- From Middle Ages to modern times
- Use against slaves
- Flogging as military punishment
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- Australian penal colonies
- As a religious practice
- Antiquity
- Christianity
- Islam
- Shia Islam
- As a sexual practice
- See also
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Flagellation (Latin , 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by oneself in sadomasochistic or religious contexts.