<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OpUUOYRLW3k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Saudi woman defies religious police over nail polish RIYADH — A YouTube video of a Saudi woman defying orders by the notorious religious police to leave a mall because she is wearing nail polish has gone viral, attracting more than a million hits in just five days. The three and a half minute video posted on May 23 shows members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice telling the women to "get out of here (the mall)." But she refuses to comply, saying: "I'm staying and I want to know what you're going to do about." "It's none of your business if I wear nail polish," the unidentified woman, who is not seen on tape, is heard shouting at bearded men from the feared religious force. "You are not in charge of me," she defiantly shouts back, referring to new constraints imposed earlier this year on the religious police banning them from harassing Saudi women over their behaviour and attire. "The government has banned you from coming after us," she told the men, adding "you are only supposed to provide advice, and nothing more." In January, Saudi King Abdullah appointed a moderate to head the religious police raising hopes that a more lenient force will ease draconian social constraints in the Islamic country. Two weeks into his post, Sheikh Abdullatif Abdel Aziz al-Sheikh banned volunteers from serving in the commission which enforces the kingdom's strict Islamic rules. And in April he went further prohibiting the religious police from "harassing people" and threatening "decisive measures against violators." As of Monday, the video was viewed more than 1,142,000 times, with over 12,000 people posting comments online, most of them denouncing the woman's behaviour. One posting said she had "no shame" and accused her of "prostituting" herself. Another called her a "slut" and a "w****." The clip earned only about 1800 "likes." The number of "dislikes" reached almost 7000. The woman filmed the incident herself and posted it on YouTube. At one point during the video, she cautions the religious police that she has already posted the exchange online. It is also not clear if the woman was eventually forced to leave the mall. The religious police prevent women from driving, require them to be covered from head to foot in black, ban public entertainment, and force all commerce, from supermarkets to petrol stations, to come to a halt at prayer times, five times a day. http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.46e25fa518eb6f1c1a1c63a9a74c366e.711
This is near the bottom of that slippery slope of why we don't mix religion with government. Religious Police? I thought that was a joke at first.
those guys suck. Always have to tell them to F-off when they start their crap at the malls. Good for her.
The Christian Right is about rationalizing white primacy and isolation by implying divine providence. With one exception, all the behavior and lifestyle choices they rail against in this country are pretty easily linked to poor, young or dark. And they couldn't care less how those people dress or talk as long as they're out of their hair economically and otherwise.
They actively attempt to live the life of 1,300 years ago. Their religion tells them to copy EVERYTHING that was done by Muhammad (the PBUH one). This also to extends to stuff people believe they heard him say or saw him do. Also extends to pretty much anyone who saw him (aka sahaba/companions), unless they said something which doesn't match up with everything else. Hence the long beard, short dress, etc. They are literally trying to live the life of Mecca 1300 years ago. So it's not that they don't know they live in another century. It's the scary fact that they take pride in it and spend most of their time on it.
ATW, please don't harrass anyone, regardless of their gender, nationality, location and choice of dress.
Maybe I should wear something on my head like these dudes? And those stylish sandals? Might increase my chances with the ladies?
