More Oppression Of Saudi Women

Life is not always good for women of Saudi Arabia. Forced to wear stupid oppressive costumes their whole life once they leave childhood. Not allowed to drive. Not allowed to get a proper education, or leave the home most of the time. The criminal justice system revolves around men. Women can be put to death, or flogged for a multitude of crimes, including riding in a car with a 'strange' man, being raped, and so on.

It is really quite sick that our nation is 'friends' with such a hotbed of evil. I'll be interested to see how friendly we are with them once their oil runs out.

The latest story out of Saudi Arabia is unsurprisingly one of further oppression of women. Since women are not allowed to attend places that men go (without an escort), the only way they can stay in shape is to attend a women's only gym. The only problem with that arrangement is that it is illegal to open a women's only gym without a license. And the only problem with that is that the government does not issue licenses for women's gyms.

For a few years gyms for women have operated in secret around the county, and the authorities have turned a blind eye to the practice. But not being oppressive assholes is not something the authorities are good at in Saudi. So the government has now begun a crackdown on female gyms, closing them for not having a license.

Another argument they make against women getting exercise, is the belief that a woman can lose their virginity by playing sports. This in turn puts them in danger of being stoned to death, if her new husband doesn't believe he has married a virgin after his wedding night.

It really is so sad to see an entire nation operating in such a disgusting manner. Oppressing half the population in so many despicable ways. I hope their oil runs out soon, so we can cut off all trade relations with these nasty scumbags.

Girl Of Eight Refused Divorce

An eight year old child in Saudi Arabia has been refused permission to get divorced from her 58 year old husband.

Apparently, the girl's father was a little bit hard up for cash, so he sold his eight year old daughter to a 58 year old man, on the condition that the marriage may not be consummated until the girl is 18 (and her husband is 68). In exchange the girl's father received around $7,000.

The child's mother was a little upset about all this, and so went to court and asked that the marriage be dissolved. However the court, that operates on the crazy concepts of Sharia Law, sided with the men (imagine that), and said that the mother had no right to challenge the marriage. Although conceded that they might be willing to hear the case when the child reaches puberty, at which point she may file her own appeal.

In the meantime the eight year old girl is still living with the mother and attending school, unaware of her fucked up country and her disgusting marriage.

It may sound like a sick and twisted made up story, but this is in fact what is going on in Saudi Arabia in 2008. The country that brought us the 9/11 terrorists. The country we like to pretend are our friends.