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Saudi Arabia Politics - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 23rd Jul, 2010 - 3:34pm
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Saudi press told to stop printing pictures of women
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has told the country's newspapers to stop publishing pictures of women as they could lead young men astray. The move surprised some observers as the absolute monarch has sought to portray himself as a quiet reformer since taking the throne last year in the ultraconservative country.
Ref. https://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle...ticle485898.ece
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Post Date: 7th Aug, 2006 - 5:06am / Post ID: #
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Arab countries are all like that though as long as they have Islam as the national faith. Its integrated with their people and their government. Its part of the reason that the US should just stay out of their, because they don't want real democracy, they want democracy based on their religion. Now thats fine for them so we should let them be, but lets not pretend that Saudi Arabia is any different just because they are allys with the US, they are still making and enforcing laws based on the Koran's laws.
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After reading this article, I cannot believe Saudi Arabia is known as one of the most "soft" countries with regards to Islamic Laws. 
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| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia began interrogating 57 men Saturday who were arrested after allegedly flirting with women in front of a shopping mall in the holy city of Mecca, a local newspaper reported. The country's religious police arrested the men Thursday night, alleging behavior that included dancing to pop music blaring from their cars and wearing improper clothing, according to the Okaz newspaper, which is deemed close to the government. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice runs the religious police, who are charged with enforcing Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic lifestyle. Its members patrol public places to make sure women are covered and not wearing make up, the sexes don't mingle, shops close five times a day for Muslim prayers and men go to the mosque and worship. The police - informally known as the muttawa, literally "enforcer" - don't wear uniforms. But they are recognizable by their long beards and their robes, shorter than the ones normally worn by Saudi men. They also shun the black cord that sits atop the headdress worn by most Saudi men. Women in Saudi Arabia are required to wear a long, enveloping black cloak called an abaya and to cover their hair with a headscarf... |
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I think the interpretation of 'soft' is that they are more friendly towards the US. However, of recent they have been becoming more like the Taliban (see other Threads about various restrictions on women and others).
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Post Date: 23rd Jul, 2010 - 3:34pm / Post ID: #
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Saudi Arabia to pursue nuclear energy:
"We have no concern with these countries (Saudi, the UAE) developing conventional nuclear power," Luis Echavarri, director general of the Paris-based Nuclear Energy Agency, told Reuter Ref. Source 5
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