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spart

Nov 14th 2009 2:16 pm

Riyadh - not the most enlightened place.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/the-aust...1113-ier0.html

Interesting and sad story of an Aussie girl caught up in a case of spousal abuse in Riyadh.

Aikman7981

Nov 16th 2009 11:13 am

Re: Riyadh - not the most enlightened place.

Two kinds of crazy on display here.

1. Misguided girl who may as well have joined a cult but found Islam instead.
2. KSA.

Norm_uk

Nov 16th 2009 2:31 pm

Re: Riyadh - not the most enlightened place.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aikman7981 (Post 8101748)

Two kinds of crazy on display here.

1. Misguided girl who may as well have joined a cult but found Islam instead.
2. KSA.

What's the difference?...

...actually I'd bet most cults don't make women cover themselves, allow husband to beat their wives and accept second class status to men :blink:

But I do like what she said at the end:

"But I'm still a human, an Australian and perhaps a classic case of warning for all the future silly blondes contemplating the same."

N.

Alexa

Nov 16th 2009 4:23 pm

Re: Riyadh - not the most enlightened place.

Quote:

Originally Posted by spart (Post 8098586)

http://www.smh.com.au/world/the-aust...1113-ier0.html

Interesting and sad story of an Aussie girl caught up in a case of spousal abuse in Riyadh.

Why do these women do it?

seven seas

Nov 16th 2009 6:35 pm

Re: Riyadh - not the most enlightened place.

Good luck to her with the rest of her life.

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