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Porn dominates Saudi mobile use
BBC News ^ | 4/26/07 | STAFF

Posted on 04/28/2007 5:28:35 PM PDT by mathprof

Up to 70% of files exchanged between Saudi teenagers' mobile phones contain pornography, according to a study in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.

The study quoted in Arab News focussed on the phones of teenagers detained by religious police for harassing girls.

The same researcher also found that 88% of girls say they have been victims of harassment using Bluetooth technology.

Saudi Arabia has toughened penalties for misuse of mobile phones which challenge its strict social traditions.

"The flash memory of mobile phones taken from teenagers showed 69.7% of 1,470 files saved in them were pornographic and 8.6% were related to violence," said report author Professor Abdullah al-Rasheed.

He presented his study at a seminar organised by the King Fahd Security Academy, Arab News reports.

Public social contact between genders is banned in public in Saudi Arabia, which enforces a strict interpretation of Islamic law and morality.

But the spread of Bluetooth technology, allowing wireless connection between mobile phones, has allowed for increased opportunities of communication as well as abuse

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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To: cgbg

21 posted on 04/28/2007 5:47:40 PM PDT by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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To: COEXERJ145
When a flight leaves Saudi airspace, the first two things that happen are most of the men order alcohol and the women change into Western attire. Then on the return flight just before the plane reaches Saudi airspace, the women change back.

Same with Iran.

22 posted on 04/28/2007 5:49:05 PM PDT by SolidWood (Islam is an insanity cult that makes everyone act Arab)
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To: Stultis

Oh dear G-d. Almost as bad as when we had a bunch of animals for our children’s nativity story at the church. That was kind of awkward...

Why is that llama standing on top of the other llama?

Where? Oh, oh my...


23 posted on 04/28/2007 5:51:22 PM PDT by oakcon (Fred Thompson: America needs you - RUN!)
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To: mathprof
Up to 70% of files exchanged between Saudi teenagers' mobile phones contain pornography, according to a study in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.

How does a Saudi define "porn"? A picture of a girl without a veil?

Without a threshold definition, this article is useless.

24 posted on 04/28/2007 5:52:14 PM PDT by jude24 (Seen in Beijing: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not.")
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To: mathprof

This has to scare the crap out of the mullahs. Saudi teens are going to grow up worshipping porn, not allah, and probably won’t tolerate any restrictions on it when they outnumber true believers ten to one.


25 posted on 04/28/2007 5:53:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: kittymyrib

Bloody depraved Muslim savages!!

Yeah, I’m non-PC.

):^(


26 posted on 04/28/2007 5:58:05 PM PDT by elcid1970
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To: mathprof

There was some news earlier about Iran taking control of all the cell phone repeaters and screening for porn.


27 posted on 04/28/2007 5:58:32 PM PDT by Eye of Unk
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To: mathprof
Muslim Pornography:
28 posted on 04/28/2007 5:59:09 PM PDT by Riodacat (Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge, truth and reality sucks....)
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To: mathprof

Just waiting for the swimsuit calendar:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824637/posts


29 posted on 04/28/2007 6:08:21 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: finnman69
Just alked to someone who has worked in Saudi Arabia, he said the Saudis behind closed dorrs drink copius amounts of Jack Daniels.

Liquor is easy to get. Bacon isn't.

30 posted on 04/28/2007 6:08:28 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: mathprof
"The flash memory of mobile phones taken from teenagers showed 69.7% of 1,470 files saved in them were pornographic and 8.6% were related to violence," said report author Professor Abdullah al-Rasheed

And I'll wager Mr. al-Rasheed and Co. saved every one of them...for evidence, of course.
31 posted on 04/28/2007 6:13:41 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: mathprof

“meat”


32 posted on 04/28/2007 6:15:08 PM PDT by bannie
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To: mathprof

How much of it was Mohammed endorsed pedofilia?

...and I’m the infidel?


33 posted on 04/28/2007 6:15:40 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: mathprof

They could just behead them.


34 posted on 04/28/2007 6:15:44 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: mathprof

Why do I think their definition of porn may be different than some other people?


35 posted on 04/28/2007 6:20:02 PM PDT by Whispering Smith
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To: mathprof

There’s hope for the future of Saudi youth.


36 posted on 04/28/2007 6:24:41 PM PDT by D-Chivas
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To: finnman69
Saudis behind closed doors drink copious amounts of Jack Daniels.

Hey, at least they have good taste...

37 posted on 04/28/2007 6:30:22 PM PDT by danmar (Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today!)
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To: SolidWood
Same with Iran.

Same with Pelosi.

38 posted on 04/28/2007 6:37:41 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: mathprof
A repressive society secretly trades porn???

Is there anybody out there who didn't see this one coming?

39 posted on 04/28/2007 6:39:02 PM PDT by Volunteer (Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
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To: finnman69

Not only Jack Daniels but also homemade sadiqqi.


40 posted on 04/28/2007 6:47:51 PM PDT by 353FMG (I never met a liberal I didn't dislike.)
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