Buat saya, ini sebuah kabar menggembirakan dimana sebagian masyarakat Arab
Saudi mulai berani melawan ketengilan para polisi moral. Semoga Sang Raja Saudi
yang akan berkunjung ke Indonesia dapat segera menyadari akan kebencian
masyarakat Saudi terhadap para wakil Tuhan tersebut.
Kalau Indonesia ingin maju, tak perlulah mencontek gaya Arab Saudi....
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SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007
17:11 MECCA TIME, 14:11 GMT
Saudi moral police 'under attack'
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most conservative societies [EPA]
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's most conservative societies, has seen an
increase in attacks by members of the public against its religious police, a
newspaper has reported.
Al-Watan daily on Saturday published figures that revealed 21 incidents of
violence against some of the country's 5,000-member moral police force by
citizens in 2006.
The attacks on members of the Organisation for the Promotion of Morals and
Prevention of Vice included shootings and stabbings, the newspaper known for
its editorial opposition to the moral police force, said.
It did not, however, give a figure for previous years.
Growing disaffection
The newspaper suggested the attacks reflected general disaffection with the
special police force, whose members have the autonomy to patrol the streets and
shopping malls and question individuals.
Saudi Arabia imposes an austere form of Sunni Islam which prevents unrelated
men and women from mixing, bans women from driving and demands that women wear
a headscarf and a cloak.
The ministry of interior has rejected calls to disband the group, which has
been subject to increased public criticism in recent years for over-zealous
efforts to enforce these rules.
The body's head, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Ghaith, defended its members and called
for physical attacks to stop.
"I call for people to stop this and to defend the organisation's members who
are only eager to preserve the security and honour of Muslims," the paper
quoted him as saying.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CC6849A1-26A4-45F9-8F3A-415CEA5129E9.htm
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