On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 18:28:59 -0500
JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| At 07:10 PM 9/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
| >Saudi is a strict Islamic nation. You can be put to death for a minor
| >infraction of Islamic law. (Man and woman unmarried sleeping in a tent
| >together.) So, what's to fight about?
| >Joel
|
| I was about to make the same observation. I have a friend of about 15 years, who
|lived with her parents in Saudi as a little girl. One day her and some friends
|ventures outside of the little American military based into town with remarkably bad
|timing - just as a man was publicly having his hand cut of for theft. This, of
|course, was because he broke Islamic law. Despite the fact that they wern't Islamic
|or even citizens, they were forced to witness the event, because that' the law there.
Odd. Not only are you not required to watch this, you are discouraged from
doing so. If you pass near the square where this happens (one day a week
at the same time), you do run the risk of having the crowd push you
forward to see it. Just to get a reaction from you. This is why westerners
are cautioned to stay clear of the area at that time.
If you were the victim of the crime, perhaps you would be present.
In all my time in Saudi Arabia, I have never witnessed this.
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