The rapists in this case were likely working from assumptions articulated back in 2009 by the Iranian Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi: “If the judgment for the [female] prisoner is execution, then rape before execution brings the interrogator a spiritual reward equivalent to making the mandated Haj pilgrimage [to Mecca], but if there is no execution […]
Saudi Arabia: Another women’s rights activist jailed for ‘terrorism’
Saudi Arabia boasts of “reform” to impress its Western friends of mutual convenience, but there is good reason to be skeptical. Its support for ISIS was no secret. Even the left-leaning Independent proclaimed that “both Saudi Arabia and Isis are founded in Islamic law, with Saudi Arabia being the only state recognised internationally that owes […]
Meghan Markle’s friend is being tortured in Saudi prison for fighting for women’s rights
Meghan Markle’s friend Loujain al-Hathloul “has been jailed and tortured in Saudi Arabia for fighting for women’s rights.” Her family states that “the 29-year-old languishes in a Riyadh prison cell, with her family reporting she has been subjected to electric-shock torture, and threats of rape and death in a ‘palace of terror.’” Markle has recently […]
Saudi women drivers referred to terrorism court
This is a country that sends jihad terrorists to a sumptuous “rehabilitation” center, featuring “recreation facilities, comfortable living quarters, and special apartments for conjugal visits” — a center that “looks more like a hotel than a prison.” It’s the women drivers who are treated like actual terrorists. “Saudi Women Drivers Referred to Terrorism Court,” by […]