Sunday 2 October 2011

Lashings Of Fun In Saudi Arabia

A woman, identified only as 'Shema', went to court in Saudi Arabia last week. Her crime? Driving a car ...

Her punishment? 10 lashes on the back for breaking the country's ban on female drivers .... at least two other women are due to appear in court later this year on similar charges as part of the 'Women2drive' campaign in that country. The 'official' Saudi interpretation of Islamic law includes the guardianship system under which women need permission from a male relative to participate in public life.

Wanted -"Dead or Alive"
This sentence was overturned by the 'liberal' King of that paradise who in the same week had grandly announced that women could now vote in the meaningless local elections next year. Instead of being angry that the courts can still pass these sentences of torture on men and woman in Muslim lands, some spoilt air head princess (Princess Amira al-Taweel, wife of Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal) tweeted

"Thank God, the lashing of Shema is cancelled. Thanks to our beloved king, I am sure all Saudi women will be so happy".

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous3 October 2011 at 13:41

    Its strange that in the 1930's (When the British part ruled Egypt), the local women demanded and got their rights to not wear a veil and have some civil rights .... now thats all gone.

    Now Saudi and Iranian women want rights, while more and more islamic women in the West want to reimpose sharia restrictions on women living in the West.

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