I ‘pardon’ you
On a different note – the Saudi rape victim has been ‘pardoned’ by King Abdullah – the one we ‘share values’ with, according to Kim Howells. But don’t get the wrong idea – the King (the one we share values with) doesn’t actually think there was anything wrong with the sentence – the two hundred lashes for being raped – he just thinks it would be inconvenient at the moment, that’s all.
Mr. Khashoggi [a newspaper editor] said that the woman, who has married, had been living freely while her case was being appealed. There have been reports that her brother has tried to kill her to remove the “stain” to the family’s honor, and bloggers and international human rights activists have expressed concern for her safety. The Saudi minister of social affairs, Dr. Abdul Mohsin Alakkas, reached by telephone, said that Saudi women who run into trouble with the law frequently fear retribution from their relatives. Some women who serve prison time refuse to leave prison at the end of their sentences, he said. The Ministry of Social Affairs operates special shelters for these women, and Dr. Alakkas said the Qatif victim would be able to live in one.
Ah. Isn’t that sweet. Isn’t that kind. She gets to go live in a special prison for the rest of her life to avoid being murdered by her brother; is that thoughtful or what.
Commenting on the pardon, the Saudi justice minister, Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Sheik, told Al Jazirah that the king fully supported the verdicts against the woman but had decided to pardon her because it was in the “interests of the people.”
That’s the ticket. Stick to your guns, kingy. Merry Christmas and happy shared values.
Ah, benevolent monarchy in action, what a lovely, caring social system it is…
How can anyone dare accuse them of “living in the middle ages”?
Do you think his touch cures scrofula, too?
:-)
Stick to your guns Kingy,
Stick to your oil Thingey?
What does scrofula mean? Now I must look it up.
Did you see the picture of Rem in Wiki giving yer man a bath. If you ask me I think he has something to do with all this ‘King’s evil’ lark.
He should be investigated, do you not think?
He must, I reckon, be scrubbing all the evil out of the poor unfortunate man.
Right. Now, whose turn is it next to be baptised :-)!
Please, do not all rush at once!
;-00!!
And in case anyone thought that his majesty was interested in justice, the man with whom this woman was *gasps* in a car with, has not even been pardoned and will receive his lashes (although fewer than the rape victim had been sentenced to) as planned.
Saudi Arabia: where law and order policy is determined by i)the international press and ii) to the extent that it does not conflict with i), a non existent boogeyman.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=604&Itemid=59
Thanks for the link – Shuggy.
“the King is expected to pardon women who can’t cook fish.”
Why were women in the first plaice sentenced at all. Ahu, sure, are men indeed not supposed to take sole responsibility of women? So why should they be botherered learning to cook butterfly ray, raccoon butterfly fish,
ragfish, requiem shark, butterflies and wheel fish, stonefish, etc!
‘Tis all aholehole load of ballan wrasse codswallop!!