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May 19, 2010
The resistance
Saudi woman beats up religious police officer who stopped her for walking with a man. Three cheers, etc. but there is more.
If the woman is charged with assaulting the officer, she could face a lengthy prison term, or a lashing, or both. But public opinion appears to have been firmly behind her.
'People are fed up with these religious police, and now they have to pay the price for the humiliation they put people through for years and years,' Saudi human rights activist Wajiha Al Huwaidar told the Media Line news agency.
'To see resistance from a woman means a lot... This is just the beginning and there will be more.'
'People are fed up with these religious police, and now they have to pay the price for the humiliation they put people through for years and years,' Saudi human rights activist Wajiha Al Huwaidar told the Media Line news agency.
'To see resistance from a woman means a lot... This is just the beginning and there will be more.'
If only Canadians could find it in themselves to confront our own blasphemy police in precisely the same terms.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 19, 2010 07:27 AM
