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January 21, 2009
Book: ‘Karin in Saudi Arabia: A Look into What Saudi Arabia is Really Like’ by Dr. Sami Alrabaa
Dr. Sami Alabraa has written about the true story of Karin, a German woman who was living in Saudi Arabia and fell in love with a Saudi. Unfortunately for Karin, what should have been a fairy tale turned into a nightmare, as were the situations of several others whose tales Dr. Alabraa tells.
According to the Saudi "Morality Police," Karin committed the heinous crime of being driven alone downtown by a taxi driver. Notorious for their bestial brutality, the “Morality Police” raped Karin and threw her in prison. Her German-Saudi baby son was taken away and she was deported to Cyprus without a passport or money.
Muna, a young Moroccan woman was luckier. She managed to smuggle herself and baby after one-night marriage with Sultan, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
In Saudi Arabia, men can marry and divorce a woman in her absence, even a minor as young as 8 or 9. Men are also allowed to register as many marriages as they please. All that is needed is a religious man and two male witnesses. This is exactly what happened to Karin: she was married in her absence (she was in prison when she married her husband) and, after her deportation, summarily divorced in her absence. Muna never saw any marriage or divorce papers.
Mimi and Najat were brutally stoned to death. Najat, a deaf-dumb woman, was caught by the Morality Police and suspected of being a prostitute. In reality, she was waiting for her brother to pick her up in front of shop window.
The Morality Police Chief quickly passed sentence on Najat. He wrote, among other things: "Najat was working as a prostitute and was caught in the very act of picking up a client. We advise that she be stoned to death..." Two muttawas (Morality Police) delivered the document to Prince Salman, the governor of Riyadh. He jotted down a verdict to match the suggestion, then signed it. Najat was to be publicly stoned to death the following Friday.
Mimi, a house-maid from the Philippines, was denounced by the wife of Karin's lover. She was picked up by the "Morality Police" and also stoned to death. These stories happen very often, and people are defenseless towards them. There are no courts in Saudi Arabia, and the princes there possess absolute power.
Nisrin, a Bangladeshi woman who married a Saudi, was deported and the marriage was annulled. Before that she was raped by one of those "Morality Police." You see, a Saudi who belongs to an important tribe cannot just marry anyone.
Not even men are exempt from violent reprisals. Mohammed, a Syrian truck-driver, had both hands amputated for allegedly stealing the truck he was driving.
Very few atrocities like these reach the international media. In March, 2002, the Saudi Morality Police prevented school girls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing the correct Islamic dress. As a result, 15 girls were burned alive. The stories in this book are a pattern that happen day in day out.
When one studies Islam, the Koran and Shari'a, and live in Saudi Arabia for a while, you find out that the Saudis are in fact applying the Islamic law. "The woman who commits adultery must be stoned to death."(Koran, 36:18). "And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have earned, an exemplary punishment from Allah; and Allah is Mighty, Wise." (Koran 5:38). (For more details, see Dr. Alrabaa’s article entitled “Is Islam a Violent Faith?” and the book Understanding Muhammad by Ali Sina.)
The book also shows that not only the Saudi regime and its religious fanatic establishment are oppressive, but also other groups in society: Saudi men oppress and ill-treat women, and Saudi men and women oppress and abuse foreigners.
When the manuscript of this book was delivered to friends of Dr. Alrabaa outside of Saudi Arabia, who were asked to read it over, their response was uniform: they shook their heads in disbelief. Nobody in the civilized world seemed able to fathom the extent of the arbitrariness and atrocities to which victims in Saudi Arabia are subjected. To them, it was incredible. According to Dr. Alrabraa, some remarked that he was telling stories about the actions of monsters from another planet. They could not believe that any human could act as a Saudi corrupted by power does.
Karin in Saudi Arabia: A Look into What Saudi Arabia is Really Likeis available February 1st on Amazo.com and in your local bookstore.
Brought to you by the editors and research staff of FamilySecurityMatters.org.
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The book has now wanished from Amazon. Anyone in the know if some sort of Samizdat (underground) version of it exists?
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