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More Saudi Insanity: Woman changed with Witchcraft faces beheading

June 17, 2018April 19, 2012 by Dave

When you are in the game of believing utterly crazy things, and then start to impose this delusion on others, you will find truly outrageous things happening. The news, as reported in the Guardian today, is … Saudi Arabian authorities may order execution of woman after man reported her for casting a spell on his … Read more

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Australian sentenced to 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy

March 5, 2018December 7, 2011 by Dave

This story comes from today’s UK Guardian. Just reading the headline motivated me to conjure up some image of a rather rough ex-pat having a few beers and so started saying a few things within earshot of some religious thugs in Saudi … but no, it is not that at all. Instead, it concerns a rather religious … Read more

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Women granted right to vote in Saudi Arabia? – Its a sham

September 27, 2011 by Dave

The news is that the Saudi King has granted women the right to vote and run for office in the next elections. “Harrah”, shout all the human rights watchers, “at last we can welcome Saudi Arabia to the 20th century”, and so perhaps observe that they then only have 100 years of social progress to … Read more

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