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| Public attacks on Saudi religious police increase |
| 2007-04-22 |
| Saudi Arabia, one of the worldÂ’s most conservative societies, has seen an increase in attacks by members of the public against its religious police, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Al-Watan daily recorded 21 violent incidents during 2006 where Saudis had physically attacked some of the 5,000 members of the police officially known as the Organisation for the Promotion of Morals and Prevention of Vice. It did not give a figure for previous years. The attacks included shootings and stabbings, added the paper, known for its editorial opposition to the body charged with upholding a tight code of public morality. The newspaper suggested the attacks reflected general disaffection with the special police force, whose members have wide powers to patrol the streets and shopping malls and question individuals. They drive around in distinctive black sports utility vehicles. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 one shot to the radiator will disable both the AC, and shortly thereafter the engine will boil to an expensive halt. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-22 18:19 |
| #9 They drive around in distinctive black sports utility vehicles. Disable the air conditioning and glue the windows shut. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-04-22 17:57 |
| #8 "The attacks included shootings and stabbings" Works for me. "In fact, attacks against religious police is one of the most frequently occurring and under-reported There - fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-04-22 14:45 |
| #7 #3: In fact, attacks against religious police is one of the most frequently occurring and under-reported hate crimes. Religious police have to live with the "double stigma" of the assault itself and, perhaps worse yet, live in shame and silence suffering untold psychological damage as a result. Good, in fact excellent. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-22 12:26 |
| #6 Remember, ship: "conservative" = "bad." Remember at the tail end of the Soviet Union, those who wanted to move to a freer society were the "left," while those who supported Communism were the "right." |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-04-22 11:46 |
| #5 one of the worldÂ’s most conservative societies Uh huh. Couldn't find the repressive or oppressive? Them damn thesauruses is tricky. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-22 10:33 |
| #4 They drive around in distinctive black sports utility vehicles. Easy targets, that's a plus! |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-04-22 09:18 |
| #3 In fact, attacks against religious police is one of the most frequently occurring and under-reported hate crimes. Religious police have to live with the "double stigma" of the assault itself and, perhaps worse yet, live in shame and silence suffering untold psychological damage as a result. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-22 09:06 |
| #2 Ushering young schoolgirls back into a burning building to perish solely because they were unveiled comes with a price. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-22 01:26 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-22 00:39 |