Comments on: Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls

By: Atle

Atle — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:25:41 +0000

Cheers SP. That video gave me a good chuckle.

By: Tinderbox

Tinderbox — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:40:44 +0000

^^^ Mitzi
Huh? How is George Bush causing Iranian women to be arrested and/or raped? It appears that your Bush hatred is confusing your already wild imagination.

By: SP

SP — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:05:56 +0000

Actually, given how many complaints there have been against the Saudi religious police recently, with even the regime trying to rein them in, I’d imagine these women were on stronger ground than the commenters above suggest.

Atle, if you’re still reading, check out this anti-hijab Iranian rap song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZAwO-iH-1E

By: Walter Murdock

Walter Murdock — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:11:01 +0000

I worked in Riyadh for two years. Those women will have been flogged and turned over to the families where they will be flogged again. And again. They may never see outside those eight-foot-high concrete walls around their houses ever again.

I was one happy dude to finish my contract and vacate the premises.

By: Mitzi

Mitzi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:09:30 +0000

Do any of you really believe these girls were taken to the police station, apologized, and then were released??…Right. I wonder how many lashes they received, and how many of those righteous muslim men raped those girls as punishment for their “immoral” behaviour. That’s how it works way too often. Too bad that George Bush is causing all this trouble.

By: sj

sj — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:55:23 +0000

Or the ones who think they’re striking a blow for freedom by posting advocacy on the internet from their basements calling for Bush & Cheney to attack Iran.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:43:48 +0000

Now that takes courage. Bravo for those women.

Nothing like our armchar rebels in the US who think that they’re being brave by writing “F-Bush” editorials in a college paper (they’ll probably get lucrative job offers from the NY Times”).

By: The Big Pharaoh » Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls

The Big Pharaoh » Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:32:47 +0000

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By: Girl power

Girl power — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:18:06 +0000

[...] and will have a post coming on tensions along the Syrian-Israeli border, but in the meantime, this priceless news out of Saudi Arabia, courtesy of Issandr at the Arabist, is a must [...]

By: SP

SP — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:53:18 +0000

Atle - here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1MWQl6WQA4

By: SP

SP — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:46:36 +0000

Atle, I was just looking for those clips, pretty sure i first saw them on Global Voices, but don’t see them now. Will post if I find them.

By: Atle

Atle — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:54:30 +0000

SP, could you provide links to the Iranan UTube clips?

cheers

By: Amil Khan

Amil Khan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:03:27 +0000

I cant help but wonder what, “politely advise and guide” really means.

i get the feeling that it comes from the same policing handbook used in Egypt to come out with classics like, “The suspect died tragically of natural causes while police officers were conducting routine questionning that complied with all international standards.”

By: Atle

Atle — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:02:56 +0000

Excellent. This is the kind of girl power I want to see more!!!

By: SP

SP — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:47:57 +0000

*Cheers loudly*

Paul, there are vids on YouTube of Iranian women chasing and telling off their vice and virtue harrassers.

By: Noor Hammad

Noor Hammad — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:28:46 +0000

Fantastic indeed. Girls taking the power back Saudi style.

Noor Hammad

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:33:52 +0000

Is the pepper spray vid on YouTube yet? I can see it being a big hit. fantastic is right.