NorthernLad

That place never ceases to shock me...

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi...nd-495916.html

Meow

Sickening.

scrubbedexpat141

I double checked it wasn't the enquirer then.

Unbelievable.

britexpat76

14 Years old?? WTF, if ever there was a place that should be wiped off the map...........

flares

That's eye for an eye Sharia for you

which will one day will be implemented in UK ethnic areas such as Tower Hamlets if certain people have their way

Eva

Not really retribution in this instance,extortion I would say...
A government threatening acts of bodily harm against a person( a child at the time of the crime) in exchange for money ?

Sickos.

flares

Wasn't there a similar case in Iran where some bloke who blinded a girl with acid was to have his sight taken?

found the article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...-criminal-acid

Majid Movahedi, 30, is scheduled to be rendered unconscious in Tehran's judiciary hospital at noon on Saturday while Ameneh Bahrami, his victim, drops acid in both his eyes

Don't think she went ahead with it in the end

britexpat76

As barbaric, uncivilised and horrible as Saudi is I think this is maybe a step too far for them. Has it happened before or is it seen as a warning?

flares

I would imagine Taliban or nutters in the Maghreb do this quite often in their f**ked up backwaters. Just as Tehran and Riyadh are modern metropolises makes it newsworthy

OleJanx

I DO hope you're taking the piss. Necropolises maybe....

flares

Riyadh is building a metro and has a polis force...what's your point Janxey?

OleJanx

Riyadh and Tehran might superficially appear to be verging on the mid to late 20th century, but theocratically they are still 500 years behind the rest of the world. After all, the only useful thing to come from Arabic is the word 'Alcohol'. Unfortunately that brought with it an element of fun, so the pious and hypocritical ones banned it. If it wasn't for the fact that they regard the Rolling Stones as degenerates, I am sure that both Saudi Arabia and Iran would have adopted 'Paint It Black' as their national anthems!

Yoohoo

We call Riyadh "Mordor" and Jeddah "Mordor-On-Sea".

OleJanx

Brilliant! Not heard those names in relation to Sordid Arabia's 'shitties' before.

redShark

Since you seem to be an enlightened person, perhaps you can add those words as well to your generous list of Arabic words (among others):
Chemistry, Algebra, Algorithm