2007-02-21 17:40:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
they stone women for going outside their religious law, in matters of dress, behavior or just about anything else. the women in saudi must be covered head to toe and not even allow their ankles to show. If the wind blows their abaya where the ankles show the ankles are beaten with sticks. it is an illogical, cruel society where women are frequently blamed for all sorts of things that they had nothing to do with. if a car wreck happens (women sit in the back, never the front and of course are not allowed to drive in Saudi), expats are told to exit the car quickly and quietly - leave everything (groceries whatever) in the car and get as far away as possible. The reason for this is because they will be accused of causing the accident. They must have done something to distract the driver, made him look in the rear view mirror at them or something. The woman is automatically in the wrong and will be arrested. I saw this one muslim family in a large store (one of the few where everybody is allowed in together) and they had two small children (around 8) - a boy and a girl. The boy was acting up and being a real little "toot" but it was the little girl (who was very quiet and retiring and not acting up at all) who got in severe trouble for the boy's behavior. It was so unjust and there was such hopelessness in that little girls eyes that I got physically nauseated. Abuse in marriages for women is bad and many were treated in the hospital for physical abuse. They have no legal standing in society, they have no value beyond the ability to bear children, they have no recourse to justice or even basic logic in their society. Every friday night someone dies downtown in "chop-chop" square - men beheaded and women stoned to death. No one can convince me that Islam is "harmless" - it has created societies that are barbarc, cruel and totally unjust. I lived in Saudi for close to 2 years.
2007-02-21 17:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by wd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. This is not true.
The Saudi religious police don't have the power to arrest anyone. They can only give out advise.
To arrest someone, you actually have to get the civil police to come and arrest you.
As for a women wearing shorts, if it is in one of those gated communities / compounds, than the police won't care. If it is in public, she will be arrested, and sent to trial, where she will have all of the rights to a lawyer and legal defense.
The punishment for this would probably be a fine though flogging may also be prescribed. The punishment may be more severe for a Muslim than for a non-Muslim.
2016-01-10 16:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Hello! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Saudi Royal family ( the only source of law) women not allowed to wear shorts in public regardless of their motivation .
2007-02-21 17:57:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"a females madrases caught fireplace in saudi arabia yet through fact the ladies tried to flee the burning development the religious police beat them lower back into the flames through fact they did no longer have on their hijab" I in simple terms desire to comprehend from the place do guy convey this fiction?
2016-10-16 05:37:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they'll just pick her up and escort her to the nearest police station and call her legal guardian.
Usually they fine them. Thats about it.
Occasionally you can come across some pretty crazy mutawwas (religious volunteers) who have sticks and will try to scare women off with it LOL seriously.
But thats because these volunteers can be anything from previous criminals to uneducated bedoins.
Theres no standard for them.
Seriously funny situation if u ask me.
2007-02-21 17:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by Antares 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wonder why people make assumptions about a religion or a country when they don't have any clue about it.
No, it's not true. The private compound I used to live in (Jeddah) had Western women wearing bikinis.
2007-02-21 19:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by Wanderer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If Islam is so great, and so peaceful, and so wonderful, as the Muslims claim.........doesn't it make you wonder why the Saudi's would need "Religious Police" ?
They do more than beat a woman just for wearing shorts. There are lots of other absurd offenses a woman can be beaten for. Women in Islam are denied even the basic rights granted to people from other countries. They have two basic dunctions in Islam for women :
1. Sex and procreation.
2. Servitude of men.
Period.
2007-02-21 17:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by C J 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Be glad that you live in North America and are given many freedoms or the many rights "to be wrong" we all live by. So much for women's lib in Arabia and other Muslim controlled countries !
2007-02-21 17:47:18 · answer #8 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To the person who said it happens in Egypt... BULLSH*T. I was there, lots of women tourists wore shorts, even spaghetti strap blouses, and no one was beaten.
I didn't see any Egyptian women wearing shorts, but I did see some not veiled, and even wearing knee-length skirts, and they were fine. Some even wore make-up and did their hair up pretty. No one paid them any mind.
And guess what? Women at the beaches even wear bikinis, no bull!!!
2007-02-21 17:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is not a true,
she may get arrested, but not beat up. lol
that is the holy place for islam people and there have rules.
is just like here you break the rules, you get ticket. same thing there
Makkah is the place which captures the hearts of a billion Moslems all over the globe. It is the place where God's will was revealed to Muhammad, (peace be upon him), and it is now the location of the Holy Mosque and the scared Ka'ba. It is also the destination of millions of pilgrims and visitors and the holiest spot on earth.
God (called Allah in Arabic) has honored it in His Holy Book (Quran), in which it is given eleven different names, including: Makkah, Bakkah, Al-Balad Al-Amin, Al-Balad Al-Ameen, Al-Haram Al-Amain and Um-Al-Qura. God also refers to Makkah in several verses of the Holy Quran (also Koran) using other names, and has sworn on its name, thus giving a unique status unrivalled by any other city in the world.
It was also the will of God that the Holy Ka'ba be situated in Makkah. This divine will has affected the building and growth of the city as it is today.
The first Sura of the Holy Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the outskirts of Makkah. These revelations to the Prophet continued later, and some verses of the Holy Quran are known as Makki, because they were revealed in Makkah, while others were called Madani because they were revealed in Madinah.
It was in and around Makkah that the early Moslems launched their "Jihad" (Holy Struggle) against polytheism, heresy and idolarty. It was here that God gave victory to His Prophet and his fellow-believers when they triumphantly entered Makkah in the 8th year after Hijra (630 AD), ending the state of polytheism and exalting the name of Allah, the one and only God. The idols were destroyed, God's House was purified and Makkah became a secure and sacred city. Moslems all over the world turn their faces in prayer five times ad day towards the Ka'ba in Makkah and begin and end their pilgrimage with a "tawaf" (circumambulation) of it.
The tale of the building of Makkah, the Holy Mosque and the Ka'ba is well-known, as are the events which took place in the city following the era of Abraham and Ishmael. We will therefore begin our description of Makkah with the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. When the future of the Holy City was a paramount consideration.
LOCATION:
Makkah is at the intersection of latitude 21 to 25 degree north and longitude 39 to 49 degree east. It is set in a rugged landscape consisting mostly of solid granite, with rocks sometimes reaching 300 meters (1,000 feet) above see level.
Makkah is enclosed by the Valley of Abraham, which is surrounded by two nearby mountain ranges to the east, west and south. The northern range comprises the Al-Falaq and Qu'aqi'an mountains, while the southern range consists of Abu Hudaidah mountain to the west, Kuday to the south and Abu Qubais and Khindimah to the south-east.
There are three main entrances to Makkah: Al-Mu'allat (also known as Al-Hujoon), Al-Musfalah and Al-Shubaikah.
It is generally agreed that Al-Mu'allat includes all areas which are higher than the Holy Haram and Al-Musfalah covers all areas that are lowers
2007-02-21 17:46:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋