A Saudi man, Saleh Dhibani, was beheaded yesterday. He was convicted of murdering a compatriot - he shot someone during a dispute. I think it is at sixteen. Of course I missed a couple of weeks last month. It could be more by now. It is. This says the count is nineteen.
There are some pretty hefty punishments handed out over here but frankly, I don't think this one comes anywhere near the mark. It is not enough. Good for the Mom who "demanded hardening the punishment." A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to one month in prison and 35 lashes for severely beating his 9-year-old disabled half brother." So a man - 12 years older than the boy - beats a disabled child and all he is getting in return is a month in prison? No. He deserves more time. And, he needs to have a restraining order against him for when he is released to not go near the child. Pick on someone your own size. Bully.
The members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have been sacked. No names mentioned. Nationality is a given. They were fired for "violating regulations," whatever that means. Open to interpretation, I guess. The article says more may be fired, again, for "violating regulations." How many members are there? What is the pay? For some reason I was under the impression that this was a voluntary position with no compensation. Does anyone know?
About Me
- Sabra
- Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, there was a Woman who thought she was living the American Dream. Her childhood, although now not particularly memorable, was fairly normal. She went to school. She got a job. She met a tall, blonde and handsome pilot and married him. It was all good. They were the perfect “Ken and Barbie” couple. The handsome pilot built her the house of her dreams in North Carolina, where she thought they would live for the remainder of their many, many days to come. Circumstances, totally out of the control of this lovely Ken and Barbie couple, changed everything. Shortly afterward, they came to find themselves living a whole new life in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Oh, sure, they are still the perfect “Ken and Barbie” couple, but Barbie now wears an abeyah over her designer outfits when she leaves her house, she has given up her pink convertible because she is not allowed to drive, and she no longer has an office that she visits five days a week, instead choosing to spend her time as a stay-at-home wife and an over-protective, doting Mommy to their two absolutely adorable, much loved and very, very pampered four-legged “Kids.”
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