Two girls, the Saudi Religious Police, a mobile phone and a can of pepper spray
Jules Crittenden and Blue Star Chronicles have it:
Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls (emphasis added)
Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat- Members of Khobar's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were the victims of an attack by two Saudi females, Asharq Al-Awsat can reveal.Notice how the crowd didn't take the Religious Police's side, either.
According to the head of the commission in Khobar, two girls pepper sprayed members of the commission after they had tried to offer them advice.
Head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Eastern province Dr. Mohamed bin Marshood al-Marshood, told Asharq Al Awsat that two of the Commission's employees were verbally insulted and attacked by two inappropriately-dressed females, in the old market in Prince Bandar street, an area usually crowded with shoppers during the month of Ramadan.
According to Dr. Al-Marshood, the two commission members approached the girls in order to "politely" advice and guide them regarding their inappropriate clothing.It gets better:
Consequently, the two girls started verbally abusing the commission members, which then lead to one of the girls pepper-spraying them in the face as the other girl filmed the incident on her mobile phone, while continuing to hurl insults at them.YouTube, please.
The Eastern Province's head of the commission also revealed that with the help of the police his two employees were able to control the situation.Way to go, girls!
The two females were then escorted to the police station where they apologized for the attack, were cautioned and then released.
I predict that demand for pepper spray and video phones will continue to increase among Saudi females.
And then there's the handy-dandy Taser C2, especially designed "for independent, self-reliant women", available in four designer colors for $299.95. I wonder if they ship to Saudi.
Five years ago Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped 15 schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building, and stopped men who tried to help the girls and warned "it is sinful to approach them".
Things are changing.
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posted by Fausta @ 8:08 AM
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Somehow I feel a little more empowered today!
And then there's the handy-dandy Taser C2, especially designed "for independent, self-reliant women", available in four designer colors for $299.95. I wonder if they ship to Saudi.
Better question, will the Taser producer refuse to co-operate when a trace of the serial number of the device--printed on hundreds of paper tags and released when the device is fired--is run by the Saudi religious police?
"And then there's the handy-dandy Taser C2"
And I can suggest the most appropriate parts of the anatomy to which they should apply it.
There are few things more pleasing that the sight of a religious policeman writhing in agony
Short term reaction: Yay!
Long term reaction: If the dress code nazis find those girls, the girls are in a world of hurt. Get out now!
The Saudi Eastern Province is majority Shia.
The religious police are very powerful in Saudi Arabia. After the Gulf War I, some Saudi women started feeling like their time had come, and went driving around Riyadh. They only did that once, and for the eleven years I lived there, I never saw a Saudi woman drive.
These girls are in grave danger. But so were all the people who tried to escape East Berlin. How many were shot trying to escape over the decades that the Wall stood? Then one day, there were just too many of them to kill, and the wall came down.
The problem with Saudi females is that they are raised to expect nothing. However, with access to the internet, more eyes have been opened, and will continue to be opened. One day, the Saudis will begin to ask themselves why the royal family absorbs 35% of the national budget, and wonder who elected them. When the injustice that is so firmly woven into the Saudi national fabric is examined by Saudis whose eyes have been opened, the whole regime will become insupportable, and it will come apart at the seams. Gonna be nasty, too.
Good for them.
But don't forget the one million Christians (all foreign workers) in Saudi who can be arrested, jailed, and deported if found meeting in groups to practice their faith...this great friend of the US doesn't allow a single Christian church in their border, unlike the Gulf (Shiite) states or even Iran.
These overseas workers are the "invisible men" (and women) who run many of the businesses in the Middle East.
Wow. On one side, words. Perhaps ugly words. On the other side, assault. And a stern warning.
You go grrl.
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