I agree with every word of that. I've been in Saudi. The place is unreal.
an 8-year-old girl is facing the prospect of being beheaded by sword because her parents are drug smugglers. How, even under the idiotic Saudi "legal system, do they get to that conclusion?
For starters, the Saudi government is an archaic, barbaric dictatorship that has no moral authority to rule. Amen.
As you read this column, for example, non-Muslims are being persecuted, The practice of any religion other than Islam is illegal in Saudi. Possession of material from another religion is illegal. Converting a Muslim to another religion gets a death penalty both for the converter and convertee.
And, anyway, the next challenge the Saudi government faces is more likely to be a civil war. Yes. And the likely beneficiaries are the Islamic extremists such as took over in Iran. satellite dishes and other connections to the outside world are being smashed, They actually are fairly common. And they are illegal. |