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Darknessofsouls · *Last edited by Darknessofsouls : 03-15-02 at 14:03.*

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From The Daily Telegraph
(Filed: 15/03/2002)

[b]SAUDI Arabia's religious police are reported to have forced schoolgirls back into a blazing building because they were not wearing Islamic headscarves and black robes.

Saudi newspapers said scuffles broke out between firemen and members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice who tried to keep the girls inside a burning school in Mecca.

Fifteen girls were killed as they stampeded to escape from the blazing building in the Muslim holy city. Saudi media and families of the victims have been angry over the deaths of the girls in the fire that gutted the school.

The resulting public criticism of the religious police, or mutaween, is highly unusual.

The English-language Saudi Gazette, in a front-page report yesterday quoted witnesses as saying that members of the religious police stopped men who tried to help the girls escape from the building, saying: "It is sinful to approach them."

A civil defence officer told an Arabic-language newspaper, al-Eqtisadiah, that he saw three members of the religious police "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya".

He added: "We told them that the situation was very critical and did not allow for such behaviour. But they shouted at us and refused to move away from the gates."

The father of one of the dead girls alleged that the school watchman refused to open the gate to let the girls out.

"Lives could have been saved had they not been stopped by members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice," the Saudi Gazette said.

The much-feared mutaween roam the streets of the conservative kingdom wielding sticks to enforce dress codes and sex segregation and to ensure that Islamic prayers are performed on time.

Those who refuse to obey the orders of the religious police are usually beaten and sometimes jailed.[.b]

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Archangel · 03-15-02

That's sad, but couldn't these girls just get thier "abaya" and run outside?.....I'm sure the fire didn't suddendly explode....Also they should have tried to escape anyway no matter how bad the beating was...

Anyway that's how thier religion is, forcefull practices. It suprises us, but to those people, they see this kind of things everyday. People beating each other because they think they own the holy land......Oh well, it happens

Billy the banned · 03-15-02

Yeah OK someone explain to me again why the US shouldnt step in thier and takeover and save those fuckin retards from themselves!

Maxx · 03-15-02

Hmmmm... could this be a turn in the religeous reign of the region?

ArSiNiK · 03-15-02

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Originally posted by Billy the Kidd
Yeah OK someone explain to me again why the US shouldnt step in thier and takeover and save those fuckin retards from themselves!

because it's a waste of money and resources. the only thing that we need from them is an oil pipeline and we'll be getting that when we run afghanistan's new government.

Billy the banned · 03-15-02

true it is a waste of money...but im tired of hearing about the bullshit in the headlines. i mean to me thats fuckin reason enough to take over those shit holes. The US definatly needs to be in control of all that oil...can you imagine Europe, CHina and Russias responce to that?

RedMeat · 03-15-02

*Is reminded of Ren and Stimpy epidose where they were dictators allied with the US then turned on once they found oil* cant remember anyone wanting to take over the US after Waco:/

Duchess Nocturn · 03-15-02

This belongs on the Current Events board . . . .

But that is really terrible . . . . this is why I want to kick people that say that they hate America. As corrupt as our government may be, we'll never be forced to die a horrible burning death by fire or beating because we weren't covering every last inch of our skin . . . .

Bastards . . . .

Duddy · 03-15-02

I say nuke the camel fuckers.

Shadowborn · 03-15-02

Well, given the current situation, we can't nuke them...for several reasons. First, they're our friends. Saudi was our staging point when we were pulling Kuwaits collective fat out of the fire and saving them from Hussein. Second, nuke them and we lose all that oil... Lastly, it won't save anyone from anything...

I say attack Canada...they just sit up there so quietly. You just know they're up to something...

Metagion · 03-15-02

...and saying it in French so we can't understand them...

Shadowborn · 03-15-02

Damned straight! And what's with all that funny looking money...?

ArSiNiK · 03-15-02

what're you talking aboot?

Shadowborn · 03-15-02

Ah! He's one of them! Quick throw some beer and back bacon at him while I go get help!

Iron's Rite · 03-15-02

I got a better idea! Lets kill off all of human-kind!

DeirdreMayfair · 03-15-02

Shit, before you kill me I better get sexed. I'm not dying without getting some

renovate · 03-15-02

hey, be nice to Canada, I live there, and you all LOVE me

!!

OUR COUNTRY REEKS OF CHEESE,
OUR YAKS ARE REALLLY LARGE,
AND THEY SMELL LIKE ROTTING BEEF CARCASSES!

Pyrric Dicktory · 03-16-02

im so sick of you redneck, west virginia fuckers with your "just nuke the fuckers, that'll take care of their goat fuckin ass's." that's their culture and mindset. if they're too fucking ignorent and weak then they deserve their fate.

what if you were told by an outside goverement that there would be no more mtv. "NO MORE DISTURBED? FUCK YOU!" you'd be outraged. if these people wanted out of their situtation, all that is needed is a leader and the masses, like any other revolution. think before you act like a jackass.

Iron's Rite · 03-16-02

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Originally posted by Duddy
I say nuke the camel fuckers.

Mayde your joking but I thought I'd point out that if that area was nuked a lot of Jews and innocent people would die.

That is just awful though, they should torch the fuckers responsible for it.