Comments on: Self-Inflicted Wounds by the Saudis http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Wed, 23 May 2012 23:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Global Voices in Italiano » Arabia Saudita: 40 frustate a una donna di 75 anni per essersi “mescolata” con due uomini http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19960 Global Voices in Italiano » Arabia Saudita: 40 frustate a una donna di 75 anni per essersi “mescolata” con due uomini Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:56:23 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19960 [...] blogger prosegue: Così l'Arabia Saudita riceve un’altro schiaffo [in]. È uno schiaffo anche per il nuovo Ministro della Giustizia [in], che naturalmente deve [...] [...] blogger prosegue: Così l'Arabia Saudita riceve un’altro schiaffo [in]. È uno schiaffo anche per il nuovo Ministro della Giustizia [in], che naturalmente deve [...]

]]> By: Sparky http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19914 Sparky Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:16:12 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19914 Saudis are not discussing this from what I heard! I wonder if there was anything in Arabic on it... Saudis are not discussing this from what I heard! I wonder if there was anything in Arabic on it…

]]> By: Saudi Arabia - Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men « Equal Parenting @ Ration Shed http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19895 Saudi Arabia - Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men « Equal Parenting @ Ration Shed Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:02:39 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19895 [...] Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...] [...] Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...]

]]> By: Saudi Arabia: Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men | NhanLife http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19880 Saudi Arabia: Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men | NhanLife Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:05:41 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19880 [...] careful when they handle some cases. Not so much, unfortunately. The blogger continues: So Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...] [...] careful when they handle some cases. Not so much, unfortunately. The blogger continues: So Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Saudi Arabia: Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19879 Global Voices Online » Saudi Arabia: Forty Lashes for a 75-year-old Woman for ‘Mingling’ with Men Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:51:00 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19879 [...] blogger continues: So Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...] [...] blogger continues: So Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight really [...]

]]> By: Injustice « Saudi Jeans http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19778 Injustice « Saudi Jeans Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:18:44 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19778 [...] Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight hard [...] [...] Saudi Arabia takes another slap in the face. It is also a slap in the face for the new minister of justice, who obviously needs to fight hard [...]

]]> By: Grace http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19741 Grace Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:24:52 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19741 The father is the father of the husbands nephew. In other words the woman's brother in law. Since he also got his son in trouble, I'm guessing things didn't work out as he planned. He accused her of "corruption" whatever that means. And BTW Arab News carried the story today. The father is the father of the husbands nephew. In other words the woman’s brother in law. Since he also got his son in trouble, I’m guessing things didn’t work out as he planned. He accused her of “corruption” whatever that means. And BTW Arab News carried the story today.

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19725 John Burgess Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:04:15 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19725 I agree that you don't have to be a Saudi-basher. But things like this provide bashers more ammunition by which to discredit Saudis and their struggle toward reform. It's not necessary and is a self-inflicted wound by Saudis on the whole of Saudi society. The father in question is apparently the father of the woman's deceased husband, not her father. Could be a property dispute. I doubt she has money. I suspect it's more that she's inconvenient, none of her Saudi relations want to take financial responsibility for her, so all their problems go away when she's deported. I agree that you don’t have to be a Saudi-basher. But things like this provide bashers more ammunition by which to discredit Saudis and their struggle toward reform. It’s not necessary and is a self-inflicted wound by Saudis on the whole of Saudi society.

The father in question is apparently the father of the woman’s deceased husband, not her father. Could be a property dispute. I doubt she has money. I suspect it’s more that she’s inconvenient, none of her Saudi relations want to take financial responsibility for her, so all their problems go away when she’s deported.

]]> By: olivetheoil http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19723 olivetheoil Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:31:28 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19723 John: you don't have to be a Saudi-basher to be repulsed by a society that capable of such cruelty. I found it really interesting the young man's father reported them. They are relatives, it would appear, but not close. Is this really something else? A property dispute? An extortion scam to get money out of the old woman? John: you don’t have to be a Saudi-basher to be repulsed by a society that capable of such cruelty.

I found it really interesting the young man’s father reported them. They are relatives, it would appear, but not close. Is this really something else? A property dispute? An extortion scam to get money out of the old woman?

]]> By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2009/03/09/self-inflicted-wounds-by-the-saudis/comment-page-1/#comment-19719 John Burgess Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:47:01 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=6960#comment-19719 I'd suspected that that was behind the non-story. I’d suspected that that was behind the non-story.

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