Scarveless Muslim girls forced back into fire
habshi
exist but who the Mullahs use to terrorize a large part of the planet.
And blame the Yanks for supporting a system which forces women to walk
round with bags over their heads.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/780082.asp
Last October the Saudi intelligence agency produced a confidential
poll of men between 25 and 41. Ninety-five percent said they approved
of Osama bin Laden’s cause.
ABOUT 750 GIRLS from the ages of 13 to 17 poured into the single
narrow stairwell, but the door at the bottom—the door to the air and
light—was locked and chained. The only person with a key was a man, an
illiterate guard who’d left on a menial errand, closing everyone
inside. The electricity went off. Screaming, suffocating girls began
to die in the dark.
It got worse fast. Firefighters and ambulances arrived in
short order, probably before anyone had died. But according to
eyewitness reports, a member of the muttawa, zealous vigilantes who
defend narrow-minded morality in the name of Islam, fought with the
Civil Defense units that wanted to enter the building. The muttawa
belong to the officially sanctioned Society for the Promotion of
Virtue and the Prevention of Vice and make it their job to enforce
head coverings for women and strict separation of the sexes. The
fleeing girls had left their scarves behind, and their would-be
rescuers were men. Some of the girls were actually forced back into
the building to cover up. Finally, regular police subdued the muttawa
leader, confiscated his ID and dragged him away. The school door was
opened, the small fire extinguished. But by then 15 girls were dead or
dying, and more than 40 were injured.
Many of the kingdom’s people are poor and getting poorer. Estimated
per capita income is now $6,800, a mere fourth of what it was 20 years
ago. The population is exploding, opportunities are not and
unemployment statistics simply are not compiled. Infrastructure is
aging and public services are neglected. In some Riyadh neighborhoods
water supplies are unreliable and people line up at taps near the
houses of princes because they think the water there is purer. In
Mecca, the street in front of Girls’ School No. 31 is rutted,
potholed, the pavement more a memory than a surface.
LIKE A PRISON
All women in Saudi Arabia live a kind of gender apartheid,
separate and unequal, but it’s much worse for the poor.
Musalam wrote, addressing the magistrates in the pages of the daily
Al-Madina. “Your beards are smeared with blood.” Musalam was jailed
and his editor was fired. And authorities criticized the press for
sensationalizing the charges against the muttawa.
SAPguru
"habshi" <ha...@anony.com> wrote in message ...
> This is what comes of believing in Allah , a diety who doesnt
> exist but who the Mullahs use to terrorize a large part of the planet.
> And blame the Yanks for supporting a system which forces women to walk
> round with bags over their heads.
They look worse with the bags off. At least they smell bad so blind people
can hate them too.