Posted on 05/02/2002 10:22:30 AM PDT by Dallas
MANAMA, Bahrain --
The Saudi government is cracking down on factories producing versions of women's cloaks that violate religious rules, a government-controlled newspaper said Thursday.
The report did not say what versions were being targeted of the black, head-to-toe garments Saudi women are required to wear, but some women in the conservative kingdom have been wearing cloaks with glittering red, blue or silver sequins on the cuffs or a jeans pocket sewn on the back.
Cloaks found to be in violation of the rules "will be confiscated and destroyed, while punitive measures will be taken against their owners," the English-language Arab News newspaper quoted Abdul Ali bin Ibrahim Abdul Aali, in charge of combatting trade fraud in the conservative Gulf kingdom, as saying.
Aali said that the ministry is working with the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice to enforce the crackdown on factories producing the "non-regulation" garments, which are becoming increasingly popular in large Saudi cities, the newspaper reported.
It was not clear when the crackdown began. Ministry officials could not be reached for comment.
Aali said a Saudi religious ruling requires a "decent woman's" cloak to be thick and non-revealing, not body hugging, and devoid of decorations or markings that would attract public attention, the newspaper said.
Copyright © 2002, The Associated Press
We seem to have a lot of those types running around thsi country as well:
Are you sure? How can you tell? The few I have seen have been hit hard with an ugly stick. But then I haven't seen too many, they are always veiled or whatever.
They cannot enjoy sex, because of their mandatory "clitorectomies" so they just eat... and eat and eat. It would be interesting to get a REAL statistical study on the rate of female suicides, murders and "accidental" immolations these ladies face.
They are NOT allowed to take any pride in their God given beauty... as this is considered adultery, and sexually immoral behavior.
I guess I would eat my self to death too.
As a result of their cultural insanity regarding women in general, the women end up looking ike pigs, even moreso with their body tents on.
Ugly men, ugly women, ugly people... all of them... with VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS... Islam has made them so.
They will arrest Hillary and Chelsea. On second thought, it could be that veils might be a good idea for some families here in the U.S.
In a far corner of the universe.....for they are cutthroats and cutpurses, assassins and troopers, humans and aliens, gangsters and thieves . . . (almost sounds like the Clinton White House!)
As Bill would say.....Man, those space babes are soooo hot!
I was thinking of the more succinct description: "...a hive of scum and villainy". Sounds EXACTLY like the Clinton White House.
And many of them are strikingly UGLY. Because of the coverings, they have not been selecting for good looks since the time of the Prophet...
You have it backward. It was the Profit who liked to hit on other men's wives. What he'd do was kill the husband, then add the widow to his harem. Apparently the coverup started when he got the hots for his daughter-in-law.
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