Comments on: Saudi Religious Police Back in Court http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-11000 John Burgess Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:28:12 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/#comment-11000 This case is well-documented. It wasn't 'volunteers' involved, but members of the Commission. Note that I'm quoting a respected Saudi newspaper here, published in Jeddah, not some off-the-wall dissident publication. As a rule, Saudi papers do not publish the name of officials accused of crimes. They rarely do so for anyone charged with a crime, for that matter, even following executions. The sole exceptions I can think of are related to terrorism. This case is well-documented. It wasn’t ‘volunteers’ involved, but members of the Commission. Note that I’m quoting a respected Saudi newspaper here, published in Jeddah, not some off-the-wall dissident publication.

As a rule, Saudi papers do not publish the name of officials accused of crimes. They rarely do so for anyone charged with a crime, for that matter, even following executions. The sole exceptions I can think of are related to terrorism.

]]> By: Abu Sa'ud http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-10994 Abu Sa'ud Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:23:06 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/#comment-10994 If this was from the commission than a public example should be made of them. However there is nothing in the article even identifying the defendants in any way. Could it not have been imposters posing as commission members to try to abduct women? If this was from the commission than a public example should be made of them.
However there is nothing in the article even identifying the defendants in any way. Could it not have been imposters posing as commission members to try to abduct women?

]]> By: An Act of Defiance » The Moderate Voice http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/comment-page-1/#comment-4385 An Act of Defiance » The Moderate Voice Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:11:02 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/09/02/saudi-religious-police-back-in-court/#comment-4385 [...] mistreatment at the hands of the religious police. In a case that has gotten much media attention, a woman named Umm Faisal has been trying to sue for damages for harassment against herself and her [...] [...] mistreatment at the hands of the religious police. In a case that has gotten much media attention, a woman named Umm Faisal has been trying to sue for damages for harassment against herself and her [...]

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