http://xrdarabia.org/2007/02/19/valentines-day-observance-punished/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Tue, 22 May 2012 20:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/02/19/valentines-day-observance-punished/comment-page-1/#comment-2319 Kenneth T. Tellis Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:40:27 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2721#comment-2319 There must be joke somewhere. The religious police prosecuting shopkeepers for carrying Valentine items? Recently, the small town of Herouxville, Quebec, Canada passed laws informing Muslims of what they can and cannot do. Muslim groups got very annoyed and protested at these municipal bylaws which they felt was insulting. When one reads what the Saidi Religious Police do to shopkeepers that carry Velentine items, its a far cry from Herouxville, Quebec, Canada, because the bylaws there are mild compared to what the Saudi Religious Police are doing. Muslims, please before you condemn some other country of discrimination, check out the Muslim countries that are harsh by contrast to Herouxville, Quebec, Canada. When making protests always keep in mind what Islamic countries are doing first. There must be joke somewhere. The religious police prosecuting shopkeepers for carrying Valentine items? Recently, the small town of Herouxville, Quebec, Canada passed laws informing Muslims of what they can and cannot do. Muslim groups got very annoyed and protested at these municipal bylaws which they felt was insulting. When one reads what the Saidi Religious Police do to shopkeepers that carry Velentine items, its a far cry from Herouxville, Quebec, Canada, because the bylaws there are mild compared to what the Saudi Religious Police are doing. Muslims, please before you condemn some other country of discrimination, check out the Muslim countries that are harsh by contrast to Herouxville, Quebec, Canada. When making protests always keep in mind what Islamic countries are doing first.

]]> http://xrdarabia.org/2007/02/19/valentines-day-observance-punished/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Global Voices Online Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:16:22 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=2721#comment-2318 [...] Crossroads Arabia have also been very busy recently. In one week, they updated on the recent Valentine’s-day-related punishments, Adel Al-Jubeir’s formal assignment as Saudi ambassador to the US, HR groups protesting Saudi beheadings, cyber activism by Saudi women, and both forced divorce cases of Fatima and ex-husband Mansour, and Rania and ex-husband Saud. Regarding the most-recent death of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, Yazeed seems to have had it with the obsessive media coverage of the case. He is disappointed with CNN’s Larry King and said: “Every night, every single night (I like to have CNN on when I sleep) that’s all he talks about, he has the same guests (almost), talking about the wacky case.” He also said that he is changing his “sleep channel” to Fox News. This whole craze has certainly turned some heads. Aya thinks that the media regards Anna Nicole’s death more important than Iraq. Speaking of Iraq, Ubergirl87 raised some very interesting questions, in a recent post, regarding the wartorn country. [...] [...] Crossroads Arabia have also been very busy recently. In one week, they updated on the recent Valentine’s-day-related punishments, Adel Al-Jubeir’s formal assignment as Saudi ambassador to the US, HR groups protesting Saudi beheadings, cyber activism by Saudi women, and both forced divorce cases of Fatima and ex-husband Mansour, and Rania and ex-husband Saud. Regarding the most-recent death of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith, Yazeed seems to have had it with the obsessive media coverage of the case. He is disappointed with CNN’s Larry King and said: “Every night, every single night (I like to have CNN on when I sleep) that’s all he talks about, he has the same guests (almost), talking about the wacky case.” He also said that he is changing his “sleep channel” to Fox News. This whole craze has certainly turned some heads. Aya thinks that the media regards Anna Nicole’s death more important than Iraq. Speaking of Iraq, Ubergirl87 raised some very interesting questions, in a recent post, regarding the wartorn country. [...]

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