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To: TimF who wrote (1208)	3/4/2002 11:26:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 21057

I've been to Saudi. For work, of course. The only ways foreigners can get in there are for work and the trip to Mecca and I'm not Muslim, so they wouldn't even let me into the city. Or into the country for that reason. Let's see, how can I put this? Everything you've heard about the country is true. Women can't drive. Alcohol is illegal (although most westerners live in compounds and that's overlooked there, though still not legal.) The practice of other religions than Islam is illegal (same "exemption" for the compounds.). And Islam, of course is the official state-supported religion. The possession of materials from other religions is illegal (same "exemption" for the compounds.) And of course material "offensive" to Islam. Converting a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Atheism is punishable by death. (How did I get in? I lied.) Buses are divided by steel partitions; the back third is for women. Restaurants are segregated into single men and family sections. (And "family" means the husband must be present; women can't dine in public by themselves.) Women can't operate or work in businesses where they might have men as clients or customers. Women must wear chadors and veils in public. (The hotel I stayed at was regularly raided buy the religious police (they have them there) because it kept "forgetting" that requirement.) Men can have up to 4 wives. You saw about 10% of the number of women on the streets there that you would in a Western country. Mostly they stayed indoors. The main square in Riyadh, the capital, is used for public beheadings. Theft gets a hand cut off. Which way will they go? Ask me in five years. Oh. Grub. (11^2)*10

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