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Saudi Arabia Erupts as News Anchor Appears on National TV without Headscarf
International Business Times ^ | 8-7-2014 | Sounak Mukhopadhyay

Posted on 08/06/2014 7:46:52 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

There was uproar in Saudi Arabia after a female news anchor appeared on national television without wearing a headscarf. The news anchor, name undisclosed, read the headlines for the Al Ekhbariya news channel. Probably the only reason she was allowed to appear on a Saudi channel without the headscarf was that she read news from a London studio.

The The "uncovered" girl, whose body is completely covered in a jacket until the neck, has now become a part of a national scandal for the orthodox Muslim country. She apparently wore a hijab on her previous reading sessions as photos appeared online suggesting so. Saudi Arabia, a strictly Islamic country, formed its national legal system on the basis of the Islamic Sharia law. According to the Holy Quran, women are advised to wear "modest" clothes, a term often interpreted differently in various reasons.

In Saudi Arabia, women are strongly advised to cover themselves in clothes. They are required to wear headscarves along with full-length abayas and veils. There may be legal actions against women who do not dress "modestly" in Saudi Arabia. "Immodest" clothing may include not wearing the headscarf.

Saudi Women will have the right to vote in 2015. So far, women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to cast vote.

Female rape victims may be prosecuted for having a physical relation with the rapist.

Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.

(Excerpt) Read more at au.ibtimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: muslimwomen; saudiarabia
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To: KC_Lion

STONE HER!
There are no stones Ahmed!
Well then THROW SAND!

Seriously though, if she goes to Saudi the religous police well at a minimum beat her badly.


21 posted on 08/06/2014 8:23:05 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist; Riverine

Pretty girl — hideous language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmuVUKw86oE


22 posted on 08/06/2014 8:24:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The moment Saudi businessmen are on a plane it and it leaves Saudi airspace, the booze starts flowing. And when the plane lands, they make a beeline straight for the nearest nudie bar.


23 posted on 08/06/2014 8:25:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jim Noble; Mr. K

My Thoughts exactly.


24 posted on 08/06/2014 8:29:15 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Citizen Zed

She’s probably dead by now.


25 posted on 08/06/2014 8:35:50 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Citizen Zed
Saudi Women will have the right to vote in 2015

No good will come of that, for certain.

26 posted on 08/06/2014 8:39:04 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: Rome2000

They get to vote on scarf colors


27 posted on 08/06/2014 8:40:04 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Charcoal, licorice or ebony?


28 posted on 08/06/2014 8:41:57 PM PDT by BykrBayb (World Lung Cancer Day {WLCD} Aug 1 https://facebook.com/events/309580722464921 ~ Þ)
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To: Citizen Zed
I don't see a problem here; it's a religion of peace after all. And don't forget the tremendous contributions to this country islam was good enough to give us.

But those CHRISTIANS, why, the sooner we get rid of those neanderthals the better. Did you know they think it's wrong for a woman to kill her own child in or out of the womb?

29 posted on 08/06/2014 8:52:03 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Citizen Zed

from the web (I have heard this before several times, but cannot confirm the specific report)....

“The Al Riad newspaper says that young people in Saudi Arabia - where there are very few chances for girls and boys even to meet in everyday social life - are among the most frequent users of satellite television stations and websites dedicated to pornography. The newspaper cites frustration and a lack of supervision, both from the state and from the family, as the reasons for the increase, as well as the rise in unemployment and growing numbers of unmarried Saudis.”


30 posted on 08/06/2014 8:53:46 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Citizen Zed

If the Royal Family gets overthrown and ISIS takes over and there are heads on pikes all over Riyadh over this I am sure we will all be saying “You go girl”.


31 posted on 08/06/2014 8:57:56 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: al_c

32 posted on 08/06/2014 8:59:44 PM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: ozzymandus

Not yet but Londonistan traffic is brutal.


33 posted on 08/06/2014 9:01:16 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Citizen Zed

Without Headscarf
Oh the HORROR! - She's pretty.

34 posted on 08/06/2014 9:02:38 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: BenLurkin

She’s a babe.

I’m hittin that before Laz shows up.


35 posted on 08/06/2014 9:03:02 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Citizen Zed

Good thing they didn’t see Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl.


36 posted on 08/06/2014 9:04:47 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: Citizen Zed

I hear there are about a half dozen ‘discarded wives, and overtalkative female members of the royal family who have been kept in an elaborate prison for the last ten years. They have from time to time gotten word out, pleading to world leaders to convince their royal saudi brother to release them from interment. Obama has been contacted numerous times, all to no avail.


37 posted on 08/06/2014 9:15:06 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Citizen Zed

That’s obscene! Do you really want that kind of a nut in your home?


38 posted on 08/06/2014 9:16:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Vendome

Not Guilty.


39 posted on 08/06/2014 9:22:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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To: Citizen Zed; GeronL

New saucy nighttime television in SA?


40 posted on 08/07/2014 5:22:54 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (CNN suppressed news to maintain their Baghdad bureau under Saddam; they just did the same for Hamas.)
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