Saudi Rape Victim To Get Additional 110 Lashes For Speaking to News Media

What are lashes exactly?

 

Disgusting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7098480.stm

 

jacked up!

but in the middle east there are strict laws about segregation of the sexes. i wonder if this woman was forced into the car or she knowingly went into the car (maybe she was a prostitute). wish there was more background info.

either way, the sentences for the men seem light compared to seriousness of the crime. also its messed up that they are punishing the victim.

 

Islam law:

man > woman.

Fair? not fair.
Barbaric? Yes.

 

True story

I lived in Saudi Arabia when I was a kid. I would always see families driving around in their Toyota pickups. Often there would be two males and a goat in the front seat while women would ride in the back of the truck. I asked my parents why it was like that. They said it was because the goat was deemed more valuable than the women. I mean you can sell a goat, but cant sell your wife.

Its a little crazy over there.

 

We should have invaded Saudi Arabia.....

 

trust me, we wont be doing that anytime soon.

it doesnt matter that 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudis, that the country fosters the type of extremism that leads to 9/11's, that they are a known sponsor of terrorism or that the sauds are one of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the world.

 

This **** would NEVER happen in Iran. Women barely have to cover up there at all. Culturally, the women are not at all submissive (as anyone who has dated a Persian chick would know).


They don't give the US oil though. If only...

 

Ya, its nothing like that.

I lived there for over 8 years of my life, and I still go there every 6 months. Women are treated with utmost respect.

 

You are joking, right?

http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/saudi/briefing/4.html

Although women now make up more than half of all graduates from Saudi universities, they comprise only 5% of the kingdom's workforce. They cannot vote, take an open and active part of public life or even drive a car.

 

No, Im not joking. Most of the women in Saudi dont need to drive, or work. They enjoy lives being driven around in Limos and Maybachs. They get an education for the sake of getting an education, not to make money. Who the heck would work when they have fathers and husbands making a lot more than 6 figures. You can compare their cultural lifestyle to ours.

And the issue was women being treated like goats, which, again is untrue.

 

nobody is talking about nor cares about Iran.

 

Saudi and Islam is sick. Your mind is twisted.

The world would be much better off without both.

 

and that's why a WOMAN who was just GANG RAPED is BEING PUNISHED WITH LASHES for GETTING GANG RAPED.

you're an idiot.

 

me > you

those wahabis in Saudi are weird....stop trying to generalize

 

I would love to slap you.

 

You know, that really is just a horrible thing to say.