[_Seth]

SAUDI women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up, the news website Bikya Masr reported, in a move that could mark the latest repressive measure taken against women by the Islamic state.

A spokesperson for Saudi Arabia's Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), Sheikh Motlab al Nabet, said the committee had the right to stop women revealing "tempting" eyes in public.

Women in Saudi Arabia already have to cover their hair, and, in some regions, their faces while in public. If they do not, they face punishments including fines and public floggings.

The CPVPV has repeatedly been accused of human rights violations. Founded in 1940, its function is to ensure Islamic laws are not broken in public in Saudi Arabia.

In 2002 the committee refused to allow female students out of a burning school in Mecca because they were not wearing correct head cover, report said.

The decision contributed to the high death toll of 15 people who were killed in the fire.

http://www.news.com.au/world/saudi-w...#ixzz1e0fcFqS9

What da ****? And the last two sentences... that country is majorly ****ed up. Monsters! =/

[GypsyGoth]

Saudi Arabia is run by scumbags. Countries should stop buying oil off of them.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Saudi Arabia is run by scumbags. Countries should stop buying oil off of them.

This.

[Omah]

What da ****? That "story" is TWO MONTHS old .....

[_Seth]

Originally Posted by Omah

What da ****? That "story" is TWO MONTHS old .....

Big ****ing wow, who cares.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Phlip

Big ****ing wow, who cares.

The source is suspect and barely credible, too .....

[Stu]

That is one pimping burka in fairness.

[MTVN]

Females aren't even allowed to drive in that country, they beheaded a woman for "sorcery" last month, this doesn't come as a big shock tbh

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Females aren't even allowed to drive in that country, they beheaded a woman for "sorcery" last month, this doesn't come as a big shock tbh

Well Italy convicted Amanda Knox because she supossedly performed Satanic sex rituals, so let's not act like "civilized western countries" don't also have wacky courts.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well Italy convicted Amanda Knox because she supossedly performed Satanic sex rituals, so let's not act like "civilized western countries" don't also have wacky courts.

I didn't say anything about them not being "civilised" or make any comparison with the West, it's just a fact that Saudi Arabia isn't exactly a great proponent of women's rights

[_Seth]

Originally Posted by arista

They have a Mesh she can look through,
Its a Strict Musilm Nation - Not DisneyLand

What, so any nation that doesn't push kids back into a burning school because they're not wearing the correct outfit is disneyland?

Arab building sites:

"Oi darling, show us your face".

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well Italy convicted Amanda Knox because she supossedly performed Satanic sex rituals, so let's not act like "civilized western countries" don't also have wacky courts.

Was she imprisoned for the Satan sex bit, or the fact that they thought she was a murderer?

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

Was she imprisoned for the Satan sex bit, or the fact that they thought she was a murderer?

she was convicted because she was painted as a "witch"(literally not metaphorically, they actually accussed her of being a WITCH) and she was American.

There's more xenophobia in Europe now than there was anti-semitism in Europe during ww2.
Europe always loves a scapegoat. They can't get away with Jews anymore, so they use Americans as scapegoats.

Originally Posted by lostalex

she was convicted because she was painted as a "witch"(literally not metaphorically, they actually accussed her of being a WITCH) and she was American.

There's more xenophobia in Europe now than there was anti-semitism in Europe during ww2.
Europe always loves a scapegoat. They can't get away with Jews anymore, so they use Americans as scapegoats.

What a horribly inaccurate thing to say. She was prosecuted for a murder, resulting from Satanic sex games/rituals. Now that only decrees that Knox, herself, was guilty of being interested in the Satanic rituals, not that she was being treated as a modern day with. Being a witch is not a criminal offence (to my knowledge), but murdering another person is.

Claiming that Europe thinks of Americans today, the way that the Nazi's thought of Jews during the holocaust, is offensive to just about everyone apart from Americans, and I would hope Americans on here would think that would be a wholly inappropriate comparison too.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

she was convicted because she was painted as a "witch"(literally not metaphorically, they actually accussed her of being a WITCH) and she was American.

There's more xenophobia in Europe now than there was anti-semitism in Europe during ww2.
Europe always loves a scapegoat. They can't get away with Jews anymore, so they use Americans as scapegoats.

I haven't really been following the case much but I thought it was because of her and her b/fs fingerprints found on her under wear and also on a brush in her b/fs flat? Also, wasn't their alibis abit dodgy?

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by lostalex

she was convicted because she was painted as a "witch"(literally not metaphorically, they actually accussed her of being a WITCH) and she was American.

There's more xenophobia in Europe now than there was anti-semitism in Europe during ww2.
Europe always loves a scapegoat. They can't get away with Jews anymore, so they use Americans as scapegoats.

Are you seriously arguing that the widespread persecution of Jews, the genocide of 6 million of them, was less of an injustice than Amanda Knox's conviction?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

she was convicted because she was painted as a "witch"(literally not metaphorically, they actually accussed her of being a WITCH) and she was American.

There's more xenophobia in Europe now than there was anti-semitism in Europe during ww2.
Europe always loves a scapegoat. They can't get away with Jews anymore, so they use Americans as scapegoats.

I don't care to get into another debate with you so don't take this as me starting one. But I just wanted to remind you of the thread the other day where we talking about you always bringing America vs The World into thread discussions, and you said it was me taking things personal and out of context. I find this post above quite funny in regards to that, bringing a discussion about Saudi Arabia around to America vs Europe.

Strange thing that you feel the need to make things about America all the time on a majority British forum.

Edit - Just noticed you're making highly inappropriate and exaggerated accusations. Last week it was alleged racism, and this week it's Europeans attitude towards Americans is equal or worse to that of Nazi's in WW2. You are seriously messed up my friend, seriously. You're either highly sensitive or very very young.
FYI - Nazi Germany does not = "Europe". Europe is a very large continent of nationalities.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by lostalex

Well Italy convicted Amanda Knox because she supossedly performed Satanic sex rituals, so let's not act like "civilized western countries" don't also have wacky courts.

Not to mention the alleged murder of a fellow student.

[_Seth]

There are multiple sources on the same thing, honey.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Phlip

There are multiple sources on the same thing, honey.

All repeating the same "story" - many are merely blogs .....

[_Seth]

Originally Posted by Omah

All repeating the same "story" - many are merely blogs ..... :yawn:

I dunno why you're so cynical. tbh it's a very ****ed up country so I wouldn't put it past the *******.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Phlip

I dunno why you're so cynical. tbh it's a very ****ed up country so I wouldn't put it past the *******.

I'm not questioning the state of the country, just the credibility of the "story" - if you google "saudi women drivers", credible reports from the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent are presented - News.com seems to specialise in "WTF: Weird True Freaky" .....

[InOne]

[Mystic Mock]

Wtf? how are they suppose to see?