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To: JDN who wrote (7949)6/9/2006 8:14:58 AM
From: Proud_Infidel  Respond to of 14758
 
For any women out there thinking of converting......

Another Problem: Hold-Outs Among Saudi Women
Arab News ^ | Lubna Hussain

arabnews.com

.....Find an idiot on the street (I’d be spoilt for choice), pay him a bit of money, enter into a “friendship marriage,” get the travel permission signed, dump the idiot on the street and leave. Hey presto! What a wonderfully practical solution. What’s absolutely shocking about the whole concept is that this is what women have been reduced to in our society. It’s unthinkable for a woman to try to function as an independent entity irrespective of her capabilities, inclinations, or preferences. In fact, judging by the responses that I received it is wholly deplorable for a woman to even think of traveling by herself even if she is going to meet her parents.....