494 Saudis Battle Wizards and Women
The Saudi religious police are funding a 700,000-riyal ($200,000) study into the harmful effects of “mixing” (read “women in the workplace”) and are devoting more resources to training members in counter-witchcraft and counter-deviancy. On November 2, the Saudis executed an Egyptian on ridiculous charges of practicing sorcery. From Al-Arabiya:
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UPDATE: An Egyptian journalist friend writes from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: “Greetings from Medina, where I discovered to my absolute horror yesterday that cigarettes sales are completely banned here and in Mecca. I was wandering around to stores yesterday and I might as well have been asking where they kept the cocaine! As if I needed another reason to dislike these people….”
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The Christians, like me, say that god is everywhere. So he’s also in a bathroom. Therefore there’s no problem having the Christian bible in a bathroom.
I’ve allways thougth that in islam, God was allways everywhere?
Comment by Luís Bonifácio — December 7, 2007 #
Yes, that’s certainly true, but it’s a question of respect and purity. You’re not supposed to pray or approach God in a state of impurity. And you’re not ritually pure on the toilet. Or that’s my understanding, anyway. I’m hardly an authority.
Comment by The Skeptic — December 7, 2007 #