An American businesswoman was carted off to jail by religious police in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh, the Times of London reported. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago tags woman saudi saudi arabia relgion zealots Riyadh |
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A Saudi woman activist marked this year's International Women's Day by defying a ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom and posted a video of her act on YouTube. 5 comments edit related share worldMore than 1,100 Saudi men and women signed a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the controversial ban on women driving. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago |
The Saudi judiciary on Tuesday defended a court verdict that sentenced a 19-year-old victim of a gang rape to six months in jail and 200 lashes because she was with an unrelated male when they attacked. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Saudi man divorced his wife for watching alone a television programme presented by a male, an act he deemed immoral picked by Hoosker 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported. 8 comments edit related share worldFor 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago |
The driving ban applies to all women, Saudi and foreign, and forces families to hire live-in drivers. Women whose families cannot afford $300-$400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor's. picked by DemureArt 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
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Saudi Marriage 'Expert' Advises Men in 'Right Way' to Beat Their Wives. 5 comments edit related share plime.comWhat planet am I on? picked by Proverb 10 months ago |
A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched. 5 comments edit related share worldHe was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago |
Some crazy kids from Saudi Arabia using sandals as skates on a public highway going very fast. These guys are nuts! picked by shredtone 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago 2 comments edit related share politics |
A Saudi Arabian judge sentenced 20 foreigners to receive lashes and spend several months in prison after convicting them of attending a party where alcohol was served and men and women danced. Good thing they didn't have a hot tub!! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Due to strain on tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia over Saudi inmates at Guantanamo, the U.S. has released dozens of Saudi inmates over the last year. Today 10 more were released. 0 comments edit related share politics"The government in Riyadh will mitigate any risk posed by the former detainees with a programme to integrate them into civilian life, the Pentagon says." picked by dreamering 8 months ago |
The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous. Contestants in this Saudi-style beauty pageant have all the features you might expect anywhere else in the world, but with one crucial difference -- the competitors are camels. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
Members of Saudi Arabia's controversial religious police have arrested a Nigerian man who converted to Islam for being alone with a woman he was not married to or related to. It happened after the African man helped the sick woman by taking her to hospital. picked by DemureArt 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
International Muslim students have asked universities to change class times so they can attend prayers. They also want a female-only area for Muslim students to eat and relax. 8 comments edit related share plime.comIn a rare moment of sanity and backbone, at least one institution has rejected their demands, arguing that the university is secular and it does not want to set any sort of precedent or special treatment. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago |
If this report is correct then its a decent outcome. Was it down to world pressure? picked by topofall 9 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
"I made it in less than 24 hours. In 'Schism,' I have used the same methodology that Wilders has used and that involves taking texts out of context," he told Arab News, adding that he made the film to prove that it is incorrect to judge Islam by watching "Fitna." picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Saudi television programme has been giving teenagers lessons in how to beat their wives. picked by fogowar 10 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Police say a woman stole two 14-karat gold bracelets _ by swallowing them. An employee at Hy & Mike's Pawn and Bail Bonds told police he saw the woman put the bracelets in her mouth May 27. Court documents say Salt Lake City investigators confirmed it by watching the surveillance video. picked by goober 3 months ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca. picked by topofall 6 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Yep... it's her fault for being alone with a man not related to her. Another example of Islamic law at it's finest! picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share world |