Femme VIP - 2010

Recently, many media outlets ran a Bloomberg News story about a Saudi woman, who was sentenced to 300 lashes and 18 months in prison for, get this, not be accompanied by a male relative as she made “spurious complaints” of harassment against government officials. Not to worry, when she’s beaten, her flogger will need to keep a book under his whacking arm (this mitigates the force of the blows), so the 300 lashes will only cause severe bruises and welts and pain, not permanent disfigurement and disability. One can only imagine the horrors, which await her, in a hellhole Saudi prison, controlled by bestial “religious police.” She can appeal her conviction, but, if she’s not successful, her sentence might be doubled.

Saudi Arabia , America ’s oil-rich ally, is the world’s largest exporter of petroleum, terrorist, and financing for Islamic terrorists. It also is the birthplace and soul of Islam, and operates under Islamic holy laws, the Sharia. Under Sharia, Saudi women are viewed as life-long children, who are not allowed, by law, to study, work, travel, marry, testify in court, sign legal contracts or have medical treatment without the consent of a close male relative like a husband, father, brother or son. Saudi women can’t drive a car, even if it’s overflowing with male relatives!

Saudi women, who are raped, rarely complain because they will be accused of inviting the rape and often receive worse punishment than the rapist or rapists – gang rapes are quite common, especially, if a woman ventures out without her Sharia-required male escort.

Saudi men can easily divorce a wife, and she is then often kept as an unpaid slave. Under Islam, men are “divinely sanctioned” to keep as many slave-concubines as they want. Osama’s pop, Muhammad bin Laden, had over 20 wives – married and divorced – living in his house…a Muslim can only be married to four wives, at one time.

Recently, an 8-year-old Saudi girl was married to a 58-year-old man with her father’s blessing. Her divorced mother tried to have the marriage annulled, but the court refused on grounds that the girl needed to reach puberty before she could seek a divorce. This isn’t that surprising considering the Prophet Muhammad married his 6-year-old niece, Aisha , when he was 52.

Good old Saudi Arabia , where it’s good to be a man, and sucks to be a woman! You can be beaten and even killed by your husband or father, for egregious offences like chatting with men on Facebook!