Allahu Akbar..
Di Saudi Arabia perempuan juga nggak boleh nyetir mobil...
On 8 Apr 2006, at 7:43, Ambon wrote:
> http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=80420&d=8&m=4&y=2006
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> Saturday, 8, April, 2006 (09, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)
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> Eatery Owner Faces Flogging for Hiring Women
> Huda Al-Shayeb, Arab News
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> QATIF, 8 April 2006 - Restaurant owner Nabeel Al-Ramadan
> said he was surprised by a phone call from a local court judge asking him to
> meet him immediately.
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> When Al-Ramadan asked if it was all right to bring his
> lawyer, the judge told the businessman that he wanted to see him alone.
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> When Al-Ramadan arrived in the court, the judge informed
> him that he had been sentenced in absentia to 90 lashes to be administered in
> clusters of 30 apiece. The charge against him was violating dignity and
> decorum.
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> After further inquiries, Al-Ramadan found out that his
> crime was employing two young women at his restaurant "Ranoosh" to take
> orders by phone. That was a year and a half ago when locals reported this
> supposed infraction to authorities.
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> Al-Ramadan had reduced the girls' schedule to four hours a
> day due to pressure from local authorities.
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> He was questioned and the girls were laid off even though
> the girls worked from beneath their veils, Al-Ramadan pointed out at the
> time.
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> "The girls were very respectable and worked while covering
> their faces. Nobody was violating any manners," said Al-Ramadan.
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> The story was virtually forgotten until two weeks ago when
> Al-Ramadan received the call from the judge. Al-Ramadan has since appealed
> the verdict.
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> The restaurant owner said he is unapologetic about hiring
> the young ladies. He says that he supports women's right to work, and that
> there is nothing forbidden under Islam in this regard.
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> "I'm not the only man that thinks that women should be able
> to work," he said. "Other people also think that this is the right situation.
> Some have even tried to do it just as I did."
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> A similar incident happened in Qatif a couple of months ago
> when a woman who worked in an optical shop to help women customers was
> stopped as the news of her job spread.
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