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| King Fahdâs wife urges women not to give up |
| 2004-05-18 |
| The wife of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has urged women in the kingdom to stick to Muslim traditions and ignore âspuriousâ calls for liberalisation, according to remarks published yesterday. Addressing women graduates at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah late on Sunday, Princess Jawhara bint Ibrahim Al Ibrahim slammed âsatellite TV stations which wage frenzied campaigns against Muslim women in general, and Saudi women in particular,â the SPA reported. âIslamâs enemies and the fainthearted women who follow in their footsteps do not tire of waging war against our Muslim traditions, trying to incite Muslim women to shed those norms on grounds that they restrict their freedom,â she said. Such spurious claims in fact seek to spur women to drop âethics and values,â returning them to the state which prevailed in the Arab region before Islam came 14 centuries ago to âraise womanâs status, honour her and shield her virtuousness,â Jawhara said. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #5 She's giving this speech at a college graduation for women. 'Nuf said. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-05-18 3:30:23 PM |
| #4 If you're happy being breeding stock, stay that way. The possibility of some no-name woman peon to go on to greater heights than just being the king's breeding stock in an oppressive system probably chaps Princess Jawhara's ass. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-18 12:02:37 PM |
| #3 Hey, no problem! If you're happy being breeding stock, stay that way. The rest of the world has things to do, though... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-05-18 11:04:07 AM |
| #2 returning them to the state which prevailed in the Arab region before Islam came 14 centuries ago Under the tyranny of Islam there can be no movement forward. The only alternative to stagnation, she says, is movement backward. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-18 10:06:59 AM |
| #1 "The" wife? He has three of them. I'd hope that this is at least the head wife. Can't be getting our moral guidance from second or third-rate wives of senile oiltick tyrants, can we? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-05-18 9:57:58 AM |