Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board

Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Dr. Richard Grossman on May 07, 2014, 05:29:54 PM

Title: Voicelessness in Saudi Arabia
Post by: Dr. Richard Grossman on May 07, 2014, 05:29:54 PM

Hi everybody,

Here's news of a horror story coming from the Saudi courts:

Saudi activist sentenced to 10 years, 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
By Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN
updated 4:54 PM EDT, Wed May 7, 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/07/world/meast/saudi-activist-sentenced/

Voicelessness, indeed!  My heart breaks...

Richard

Title: Re: Voicelessness in Saudi Arabia
Post by: Hopalong on May 07, 2014, 06:37:32 PM

I admit a severe prejudice against middle-Eastern judicial and conservative religious culture.

Not the people.
Not the "good parts" of Islam.
(Any more than the "good parts" of Christianity, which help offset the bloody OT.)

Fundamentalists or fanatics of any stripe are so so so destructive.
And I cringe (a lot) to see the rightward swinging of our own system/s...

:(

Hops

Title: Re: Voicelessness in Saudi Arabia
Post by: BonesMS on May 08, 2014, 06:22:01 AM

Extremists make me CRINGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!