The Chairman of the Saudi Human Rights Authority, a governmental organization, revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the association has already prepared an in depth study concerning incest in Saudi Arabia.
| Going after the root causes of terrorism, are they? Good idea. |
According to the authority's chairman, the study was prepared by the King Khaled Charitable Foundation in cooperation with Dr Osama Al Damegh for the Human Rights Authority. The study will aim to end this phenomenon and will be presented to the Authority's Council.
| I wonder what they're defining it as? My definition would include first cousins marrying or otherwise jumping first cousins. |
Turki Bin Khaled Al Suderi, chairman of the Human Rights Authority Council, stated that this study was very important and should be presented to the Shura Council as soon as possible.
| "Oh, yasss! Very important!" |
He clarified that a social phenomena as serious as incest has to be dealt with quickly and decisively by the Authority's Council.
| "Quickly and decisively"? The civilized world dealt with it thousands of years ago. |
He noted that the Authority's Council would include intellectuals of legal and religious affairs and former members of the Shura Council. Al Suderi noted that the delaying of the Council of the Human Rights Authority was procedural, in addition to the withdrawal of some candidates.
| "But, really, we're working on it at top speed!" |
Al-Suderi clarified that most of the reported cases to the Authority have been individual so far and have been related to complaints of ill treatment of citizens by some government agencies.
| So it doesn't have anything to do with marrying Cousin Fatimah, or a half sister, or something like that... |
He noted that he had received a large number of citizens with issues with the government emphasizing, "We in the committee inform the relevant agencies of what we feel is important and ask them at the same time to tell us what it sees in these issues." |