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A columnist for a Saudi newspaper stood up and called for the “religious police” to be abolished. Abdallah bin Bakhit, Saudi liberal and columnist for the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, stated in an interview on Al-Arabiya that “the time has passed” for the Saudi religious police, and that it should ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Free Speech, Mutaween, Religious Police
In the world center of jihad ideology, our friends the Saudis are taking steps to fight an epidemic of crime: Saudi men arrested for ‘flirting’. Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca. ...
LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Islam, Religious Police, Mutaween
In the showcase “moderate” Islamic state of Malaysia, Revathi Masoosai, a Muslim-born woman who converted to Hinduism, is trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare of Islamic totalitarianism: Malaysia: Islam ‘rehabilitates’ members of other faiths. A Malaysian Islamic court has extended the detention of a Muslim-born woman living as a Hindu in ...
Malaysia, Shari'a, Islam, Religious Police, Freedom of Speech
A well-known actress in the “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia went on a popular talk show, and made a comment about Mohammed. You probably know where this is headed: Actress’ comment on Prophet leads to ban on KL talk show. (Hat tip: turyan.) Kuala Lumpur —- The authorities in Malaysia ...
Malaysia, Shari'a, Islam, Religious Police, Freedom of Speech
In the “moderate” Islamic state of Malaysia, Islamic behavior will be strictly enforced by the secret religious police. (Hat tip: aussiemagpie.) A MALAYSIAN state plans to recruit “spies” from the public to snoop on unmarried lovers and report them to Islamic religious authorities. The Terengganu State Government plans to enlist ...
Those unlovable fun-hating woman-beating muttawa (Saudi religious police) are at it again, cracking down on a crime worse than suicide bombing or beheading. Dancing. No. Not simply dancing. That would be bad enough. Mixed dancing. 20 face lash for dancing in Saudi Arabia. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi Arabian ...
Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Sharia, Islamic Law, Religious Police, Muttawa
An Indian from the Kerala region narrowly escaped being beheaded in the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the capital crime of entering a Muslims-only area in the “holy” city of Medina: Death penalty: Saudi court spares Keralite. (Hat tip: a.) A Keralite, who was reportedly facing death sentence ...
Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Muttawa, Religious Police, Beheading, Infidel, Medina, Apartheid
The religious police of the Saudi apartheid kingdom are receiving sensitivity training, in preparation for the coming tourism boom: Tourists get ‘Ya Hala!’ from Saudi religious police. RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s bearded religious police, who have been known to force men to cut their hair, are being re-trained to ...
Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Islam, Shari'a, Muttawa, Religious Police
Here’s the State Department’s newly released report on religious freedom in the apartheid theocracy of Saudi Arabia. Allow me to sum up: there isn’t any. “Magic” was widely believed in and sometimes practiced. However, under Shari’a the practice of magic was regarded as the worst form of polytheism and was ...
The Saudis carry out these shari’a punishments in public, often in parking lots or town squares: Pickpocket at Mecca’s Great Mosque has hand cut off. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) A Nigerian man had his right hand severed in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after he was convicted of stealing in the ...
Saudi Arabia, Religious Police, Muttawa, Shari'a, Sharia, Islamic Law, Amputation
Meanwhile, in the xenophobic apartheid theocracy of Saudi Arabia, the religious police have banned dogs and cats. JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs. The police ...