tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post3520631600439308591..comments2024-03-23T02:00:27.106+03:00Comments on SUSIE of ARABIA: Saudi Arabia's Brand of "Justice"Susie of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-57044522783919816932013-02-13T21:12:20.278+03:002013-02-13T21:12:20.278+03:00Hi Susi, Thank you for picking some items of injus...Hi Susi, Thank you for picking some items of injustis....If all expats would leave the country protesting against this barbaric laws---- something would change.... But this is a dream ..... money corupt nearly everything-----take care ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-1842337927389902122013-02-10T13:17:26.469+03:002013-02-10T13:17:26.469+03:00Hi, Susie. Excellent blog, excellent post. However...Hi, Susie. Excellent blog, excellent post. However, I find it difficult to read what you are reporting as Tunisians are battling off influence from the Gulf for just these reasons. The big bucks flowing into right wing religious groups suggest that Tunisia's brand of modernity and attempts at democracy disturb those in power in the Gulf. What if Tunisian women achieved parity? They're not far from it, however, they're battling to keep their rights in the face of extremism. Keep up the good work.<br />best from Tunisia,<br />nadiaMulticoloredPieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161913409399066123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-69635907246865254602013-02-10T11:53:54.652+03:002013-02-10T11:53:54.652+03:00Thanks Susie for the enchanting translation of Ham...Thanks Susie for the enchanting translation of Hamza's words and thanks for bringing up those sad issuesSalmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-25653671585003715602013-02-09T09:52:02.565+03:002013-02-09T09:52:02.565+03:00Those tweets don't seem to amount to blasphemy...Those tweets don't seem to amount to blasphemy. But what really makes me and the rest of the world enraged is men that can torture and rape their tiny daughters - and get away with it! Outrageous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-34128780670042079052013-02-06T21:22:31.471+03:002013-02-06T21:22:31.471+03:00Fascinating story. Thanks for this wonderful site....Fascinating story. Thanks for this wonderful site. I'll be back!Leslie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13230161073862394332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-75138369911675551672013-02-05T20:06:53.990+03:002013-02-05T20:06:53.990+03:00Hi Jerry - I don't find what Hamza tweeted to ...Hi Jerry - I don't find what Hamza tweeted to be offensive at all. I don't think the Prophet himself would have found his remarks offensive either, from what I know of the man. I feel Hamza's remarks were harmless enough and certainly don't warrant the outcry they provoked. I'm waiting to hear the outrage from the Saudi clerics about poor Lama - but their silence is deafening. Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-86567463877298931972013-02-05T20:01:51.574+03:002013-02-05T20:01:51.574+03:00Thanks - what I stated in this post was all report...Thanks - what I stated in this post was all reported originally. We are still not completely clear on all the details of this case, but I did reference/link the article you linked to in my post.Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-50116741779178988272013-02-05T19:59:52.562+03:002013-02-05T19:59:52.562+03:00Unfortunately these men really don't care what...Unfortunately these men really don't care what the rest of the world thinks. However if we raise awareness and there is enough of an outcry from within the kingdom, hopefully things will change ... although I am continually mystified at the outrageous garbage they continue to come up with. The latest is a sheikh who made a fatwa that baby girls should be dressed in burqas so to protect them from being raped!!! As if a burqa on a baby would prevent some sick bastard from raping her... Men in this society need to stop looking at babies (and every female for that matter) as sexual objects.Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-44870804124340266062013-02-05T19:55:16.747+03:002013-02-05T19:55:16.747+03:00I think it's important to keep the pressure on...I think it's important to keep the pressure on at this point until we know the final judgment in Lama's case. We were all shocked when the initial word was that her father was being let off with basically a slap on the wrist. Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-18297347071319243222013-02-05T19:53:41.731+03:002013-02-05T19:53:41.731+03:00Hi LM - My sister-in-law had Malaysian housemaids ...Hi LM - My sister-in-law had Malaysian housemaids for many years. I don't know how common they are at this time.Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-54651746885476937952013-02-05T19:52:46.266+03:002013-02-05T19:52:46.266+03:00Hi Yellowflower - I don't agree with blood mon...Hi Yellowflower - I don't agree with blood money. If anything, blood money should be considered more as payment in a civil suit, and certainly not a criminal case. The whole idea just leaves a bad taste in one's mouth!Susie of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315336613944665651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-38866328061066474882013-02-05T19:41:00.579+03:002013-02-05T19:41:00.579+03:00Blasphemy is such a vague category. The things th...Blasphemy is such a vague category. The things that Hamza Kashgari tweeted were simply things that are supposed to be true. After all Mohammed was a man not a deity. To remind people on his birthday of this is hardly insulting (how one can insult the dead is something that needs explaining). When Muslims criticize Christianity for calling Jesus a god, they are disingenuous. The treat their late prophet as if he were a god.Jerry Mc Kennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395712495722374971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-12580402302531844282013-02-05T17:10:42.628+03:002013-02-05T17:10:42.628+03:00Please check out: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/0...Please check out: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/04/world/meast/saudi-arabia-girl-death/index.html for an update. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851817216536357020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-48323860318234345272013-02-05T17:09:50.780+03:002013-02-05T17:09:50.780+03:00Certain facts need to be corrected. Check story o...Certain facts need to be corrected. Check story on 5 yr old girl at:<br />http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/04/world/meast/saudi-arabia-girl-death/index.htmlUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851817216536357020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-9102103216191880822013-02-05T07:58:03.825+03:002013-02-05T07:58:03.825+03:00It is a completely screwed up and dysfunctional so...It is a completely screwed up and dysfunctional society, no doubt about that indeed. It enrages me that a bunch of backward men successfully manage to enforce the most pathetic laws over the whole nation! How can they be stopped?! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-53272172370320486272013-02-05T06:07:05.300+03:002013-02-05T06:07:05.300+03:00Thank you, Susie, for posting this blog. I pray f...Thank you, Susie, for posting this blog. I pray for you and pray that when more and more people become aware of the inhumane treatment meted out in that society, that this exposure will cause those who dole it out to reconsider their actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-17705536743634936702013-02-05T04:10:42.422+03:002013-02-05T04:10:42.422+03:00Salam,
Honestly, I'm not sure about the Malays...Salam,<br />Honestly, I'm not sure about the Malaysian housemaids, I've heard of Malaysian nurses. Is there a Malaysian housemaid there?Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219492159975213721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569425364802315563.post-6599347704011700512013-02-05T03:39:57.554+03:002013-02-05T03:39:57.554+03:00Bloodmoney? How can this be considered compensati...Bloodmoney? How can this be considered compensation in any way? Seems more like a bribe or even blackmail. This is barbaric. The housemaid is beheaded for a tragic accident... A father is in prison for 4 months for a gruesome deviant intentional attack that killed his own daughter?<br />The poet accused of Apostasy? How could his words lead to that charge? Nonsense! <br />Mohammed(pbuh)was a human being, not a God. Yellowflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417982678728142326noreply@blogger.com