Posted on 09/07/2009 4:23:44 PM PDT by george76
police have targeted those who break their fast publicly and if caught eating or drinking anything in daylight, police have arrested them immediately, including one man who was purchasing juice for his family.
That man, Ahmed Mustafa, was quoted by al-Youm al-Sabaa as saying I was standing at the store buying juice for my children for Iftar [meal that breaks the fast], adding that he was indeed fasting. He is just one of many citizens who have felt the heavy hand of Egyptian police during the holy month.
It is part of an odd campaign launched by the interior ministry in the southern governorate. According to ministry officials, they want to show Egyptians what life is like for a hard-line country, such as Saudi Arabia, where penalties for breaking the fast early can result in lashings or imprisonment.
The campaign of the Egyptian Interior Ministry to simulate the experience of some Muslim-majority countries such as Saudi and Kuwait, which punishes those who eat or drink in public during pre-breakfast time in Ramadan
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These people are as nutty as they come. Maybe there’s some in-breeding involved.
Percieved criminality ... it happens here, too.
What America needs to do is to round these Mudslimes up and ship them back to the desert. They can take the mudslime that occupies the WH with them.
Fixed it.
How many billions do we give these morons every year ?
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