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May 19, 2010, 1:53pm
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Saudi woman beats up religious police officer who stopped her for walking with a man
When a Saudi religious policeman questioned a young couple walking together in an amusement park he got a painful surprise - when the woman suddenly attacked him.
The officer, from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, asked the pair to confirm their identities and relationship to one another. Unmarried men and women are barred from mixing under Saudi Arabia’s strict Islamic rules.
The young man immediately collapsed for reasons that have not been made clear, the Jerusalem Post reported. But before the policeman could do anything else, the woman - believed to be in her mid-twenties - laid into him.
If the woman is charged with assaulting the officer, she could face a lengthy prison term, or a lashing, or both.
But public opinion appears to have been firmly behind her. ‘People are fed up with these religious police, and now they have to pay the price for the humiliation they put people through for years and years,’ Saudi human rights activist Wajiha Al Huwaidar told the Media Line news agency. ‘To see resistance from a woman means a lot… This is just the beginning and there will be more.’
Saudi’s archaic laws mean that, in addition to being barred from socialising with men in public, Saudi woman are also banned from driving. They cannot divorce, inherit, or gain custody of their children, and they must be chaperoned in public by a male relative at all times. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - known locally as the Hai’a - are tasked with enforcing these laws. But resistance to the draconian measures - fuelled and empowered by the internet - has been growing in recent months. ‘There is some sort of change taking place,’ Nadya Khalife, the Middle East women’s rights researcher for Human Rights Watch, told The Media Line. ‘But it’s not quite clear what’s happening and it’s not something that’s going to happen overnight.’
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1279299/Saudi-woman-beats-virtue-cop-stops-walking-man.html#ixzz0oIJC9Hbs
Wow, I know a lot of ppl find the Muttawa a nuisance but never heard of a woman going as far as beating one up..
lame attempt by teechi’z.this story is fake.Who trusts jerusalem post??
Re: Saudi Woman Beats up Religious Policeman
hmphh..
TLK
May 19, 2010, 7:04pm
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Prophet(SAW) wasn't born in Saudi Arabia. There was no such place called Saudi Arabia back then.
yes. Makka used to be part of London back then
ravage
May 19, 2010, 7:27pm
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well not really ravage, i wasnt commenting on this individual story. never even read it, not that appearing in a saudi site proves its validity either
Your comment was either irrelevant or incorrect. You suggested in no uncertain terms that this was a manifestation of a conspiracy by Israel/International media. Its reporting by Arab/Saudi media undermines that claim.
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it would be absurd to say whilst implementing their plans elsewhere to dilute islam, ksa would be left alone. absurd
How are you aware of these plans?
lame attempt by teechi'z.this story is fake.Who trusts jerusalem post??
I posted arab media reports.
Shak
May 19, 2010, 11:39pm
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Re: Saudi Woman Beats up Religious Policeman
^ Lets starts with MKD
I dont like your laughing smiley
Re: Saudi Woman Beats up Religious Policeman
Hope you liek this one then
Aish
May 21, 2010, 4:57am
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lashes? really? is that necessary?
Sannan
May 21, 2010, 5:16am
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i hope it wasn’t you :aq:
Re: Saudi Woman Beats up Religious Policeman
About time!
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I don't see nothing wrong in what the Saudi woman did.
Sure, it wasn't the WISEST thing someone could've done as words speak way more then violent actions...but I would've done the same thing if a damn Saudi policeman tried to humiliate me like that!
