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Saudi Maid Abuse Cases of maid abuse in Saudi Arabia probably would not raise much of an eyebrow anywhere or be thought newsworthy. Migrant Care, an Indonesian advocacy group, has recorded 5,563 cases of alleged abuse of Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia this year to date. However, a couple of particularly horrific cases that came to light [...] Saudi Arabia Skips Fielding Woman Athletes The Asian Games in China began with much fanfare albeit the lack of something – that is women from a particular country. It is conspicuous that new board member of the UN Women agency Saudi Arabia has not fielded a single woman athlete because Saudi sex segregation laws forbid unrelated women [...] Four At One Go We all know that a Muslim man can have 4 wives. Typically a Muslim man marries his wives one after another, over a period of time. But have you heard of any Muslim man marrying all 4 wives at one go, on the same date and time? Yet this is precisely what a Muslim [...] Families Cannot Come Along Immigration laws in Saudi Arabia dictates that expatriates, especially the low-skilled ones, cannot bring their families with them during their work stint in the Kingdom. So for many of these expatriates – that is men from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Pakistan – they turn to taking second wives, choosing very often women who [...] “Do Not” Fatwas The media recently published a list of fatwas announced by Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Religious Scholars – a group comprising of ultraconservative clerics who practice the Wahabi form of Islam. Let’s recap the list of fatwas – all having the commonality of ‘no’ – based on the clerics’ interpretation of Islam: No To Greetings [...] No Girl Too Young For Marriage “When my mother insisted I consummate my marriage, I had to summon up the courage for two weeks before I was able to have sex with her”, so says an unnamed Saudi Arabian marriage official – otherwise known as a mazoun – of his 12-year-old wife, who has just completed sixth [...] The Saudi Judge’s Action Responding to a request from a paralysed man for tit-for-tat retribution for his assailant, a judge in the northwestern Saudi province of Tabuk has written to several hospitals in Saudi Arabia whether they could sever the assailant’s spinal cord. The Case The victim, Abdul-Aziz al-Mutairi, aged 22, was paralysed and later lost his foot after [...] When Male Guardianship Prevents Justice From Being Heard We have heard of cases when Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system is abused by Saudi men, resulting in Saudi women suffering. What happens when male guardianship stands in the way of a court hearing? Can justice be denied because of this male guardianship system? The Experience Of Um Hasan A Saudi [...] Saudi Physician Dr Fadha Sultan Trapped Saudi Arabia has strict male guardianship system. But when male guardianship is abused, it is the women who suffer. Examples that come to mind includes Jennifer Birrell and Nazia Quazi. Now there is another case, this time involving a Saudi physician called Dr Fadha Sultan. She too has been trapped inside Saudi [...] Legal Suit Seeks To Stop Female Teachers From Teaching Boys In a further sign of liberalization, Saudi Arabia, which enforces sex segregation, has allowed female teachers to teach primary school boys in girl schools. But the conservatives are fighting back. Islamic scholar and university lecturer Sheikh Youssef Al-Ahmad has filed a lawsuit to stop the Ministry of [...] |
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