Saudi Justice System: A deaf-mute woman waiting for her brother to pick her up in front of shop window is arrested by two members of the Saudi morality police (mutawas) on suspicion of prostitution. They report their allegation to the governor of Riyadh, who accepts it without question and passes sentence. The next Friday she is stoned to death in public. A German woman married to a Saudi man makes the mistake of taking a taxi downtown without a male escort. For her crime she is arrested, raped, and thrown into prison. Later her German-Saudi baby son is taken away and she is deported to Cyprus without passport and money. A Syrian truck driver is accused of stealing the truck he is driving. As a consequence, both of his hands are amputated. There is no such thing as secular law or modern courts. Instead, Saudi clerics and Princes create the laws, based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Koran and Hadith, and the Mattawa’s act as judges, enforcers, and executioners.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:34:56 +0000
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