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Bahrain is still hounding its Shia

You think people are dumb and they believe whatever you say. Most of your comments are lies and nonsense you try to censor every facts on the ground and make untrue stories to fool some people...

Barakah Meets Barakah, the debut feature of writer/director Mahmoud Sabbagh, has been selected to represent Saudi Arabia in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. The movie, which debuted in Berlin, thus becomes the second-ever entry from the kingdom. It follows Haifaa Al Mansour’s 2013 charmer Wadjda, which was Saudi Arabia’s first official entry. Though roundly-lauded, that film failed to make the Oscars shortlist.

As I said there is no movies and film insdury in Saudia.

And cinemas are also banned.

Moreover these items and so many othes are strictly banned in saudia due to saudi mufties:

Cell phones
(n.) Harmful devices that spread obscenity.


Yup, cell phones are believed to be promoters of obscenity and phones with inbuilt cameras are banned in Saudi Arabia. “All citizens should renounce this [the use of cell phones with cameras] … for it can harm everybody without discrimination. Violators should be strictly confronted and punished” is the belief of Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al al-Sheik. Shameless perpetrators might also land up in jail for a year!

Cinemas
(n.) A dark place where men and women mingle immorally.


Drive over to Bahrain if you wish to watch movies at these disgraceful dark places which are a threat to culture, because you won’t find any movie theatres in Saudi Arabia. They very well promote immorality and pose a grave threat to pure marriages. Dark places are devil’s workshops!

Music Lessons
(n.) Blaring voices frowned upon by religious people.


Due to general attitude in the country, religious people forbid music. No public places or malls have any music playing so as not to offend religious customers. Islamic lessons proclaim music is forbidden. But don’t be surprised at the hidden rock music culture breeding in the country.

Non-Muslims Can’t Pray
(n.) People who are forbidden to pray in public.


People who are non-Muslims cannot pray at public places. Owning a Bible may have you deemed a criminal and charge you with apostasy under which you might as well be beheaded.

Female Drivers
(n.) Unashamed outgoing females who are a threat to culture and ‘purity’.


Females caught behind the wheels is illegal in Saudi Arabia. Recently, fourteen women were arrested for violating the law.’ Women2Drive’ campaign has been led by Saudi women to encourage female drivers. Though it has not done much help, the country might see some light soon.

Pokemon
(n.) Promoter of Zionism and gambling.


The tiny star with six spokes resembles the star of David, which is connected to international Zionism and is Israel’s national emblem. Moreover, Pokemon is seen as a complex game which urges the kids to trade cards to win points. Pikachu might raise future gamblers!

Magic
(n.) Evil and despicable sorcery which in no case is acceptable.


No abracadabras are allowed in Saudi Arabia. Magic and sorcery are banned and a special ‘Anti Witchcraft Unit’ of the Police is in place, should there be a need to investigate such cases. Green cards over there have a separate section for ‘sorcery/witchcraft/magicians’. Also, our beloved little guy with round rimmed glasses, a lightening scar and a wand, Harry Potter, is banned in Saudi Arabia. No trains to Hogwarts!

Valentine’s Day
(n.) The day when everything that is red is banned.


Saudi Arabia does not allow celebration of Valentine’s Day. In fact, on this day all the shops and florists are expected to eliminate everything that is red and can be gifted to a beloved. No Cupids please!

Hello 21st century? You there?


And gyms and many other more things are banned in Saudistan for women:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/26/saudi-women-sports-ban

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saudi-olympic-women_us_57a8d0fae4b06adc11f0d743

http://onedio.co/content/27-ridiculous-things-women-in-saudi-arabia-arent-allowed-to-do-11567


Saudi Cleric Bans Women from Touching Bananas, Cucumbers to Avoid ‘Sexual Thoughts’

BY AMRUTHA GAYATHRI @AMRUTHAGAYATHRI ON12/07/11 AT 6:15 AM

In a ridiculously repressive and absurd proposal, an Islamic cleric residing in Europe has said in a ruling that women should not touch or be anywhere close to bananas and cucumbers, in order to avoid sexual thoughts.

An unnamed sheikh was quoted in a religious publication, el-Senousa News, as saying that if a woman wished to eat cucumbers or bananas, it should be sliced into pieces, preferably by her husband or father, before she eats them. Egyptian English news site Bikya Masr reported the proposal. According to the report, the sheikh has also added carrots and zucchini to the list of apparently immoral and blasphemous fruits and vegetables.


The sheikh was also asked if simply holding these vegetables, while out shopping, would be harmful for women. He replied that it was a matter between God and women.

Unsurprisingly, the sheikh's comment has become a target of online mockery, with a flurry of comments denouncing the Islamic repression of women. Many of the commentators are Muslims themselves, who have expressed their anger against the cleric for making Islamic religious practices appear unreasonable.

Islamic clerics of Saudi Arabia have been in the headlines recently when they spoke out against lifting the driving ban on women. The argument in that case suggested that all women will lose their virginity by indulging in pre-marital sex due to the mixing of genders (which, it is feared, will occur if women were allowed to drive).

The scholarly report by the clerics of Majlis al-Ifta al-Aala, the country's highest Islamic council, warned there would be no more virgins in the country within 10 years of lifting the ban because driving will lead to a surge in prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.

The declaration urging the driving ban on women was closely followed by another ludicrous proposal - one requiring women to cover their eyes.

According to existing Sharia laws, Saudi women are required to cover themselves from head to toe, with a long black cloak called the abaya, except for their eyes.

However, Saudi Arabia's Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice found that even women's eyes could sometimes be too attractive for men and drafted a new proposal, which states that women with tempting eyes need to cover them.

http://www.ibtimes.com/islamic-cler...ananas-cucumbers-avoid-sexual-thoughts-379812

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Nearly "Half Saudi women" are beaten at home

Published Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Nearly half Saudi women are beaten up by their husbands or other family members at home and many of them are hit by sticks and head cover, according to a university study published in local newspapers on Tuesday.

Surprisingly, the study found that the Bedouin men who still dwell the desert in the conservative Gulf Kingdom, are less violent than Saudi men in urban areas.

The study was conducted by Dr Lateefa Abdul Lateef, a social science professor at King Saud University in the Capital Riyadh. It involved female students at the university and some Saudi women covered by the government’s social security.

“The study showed that nearly half those covered by social security and more than a third of the female students at the university are beaten up at home,” Dr Lateefa said, quoted by the Saudi Arabic language daily Almadina.

“Husbands were found to be beating their wives more than others….they are followed by fathers, then brothers then sons…hands and sticks were found to be used mostly in beating women, following by men’s head cover and to a lesser extent, sharp objects.”

The study showed that husbands beating their wives included both educated and non-educated men and that “those dwelling in the desert are less violent with their wives than those living in cities or villages.”

The study found that the main reasons for violence against women include poor religious motives, drug addiction and alcoholism, arrogance and a tendency to control, psychological problems, poverty, and unemployment.

http://www.emirates247.com/crime/re...-women-are-beaten-at-home-2013-02-26-1.496510


Prophet Muhammad (PBUH): " NEVER HIT A WOMAN " .
 
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You think people are dumb and they believe whatever you say. Most of your comments are lies and nonsense you try to censor every fact on the ground and make untrue stories to fool some people...

Barakah Meets Barakah, the debut feature of writer/director Mahmoud Sabbagh, has been selected to represent Saudi Arabia in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. The movie, which debuted in Berlin, thus becomes the second-ever entry from the kingdom. It follows Haifaa Al Mansour’s 2013 charmer Wadjda, which was Saudi Arabia’s first official entry. Though roundly-lauded, that film failed to make the Oscars shortlist.

As I said there is no movies and film insdury in Saudia.

And cinemas are also banned.

Moreover these items and so many other items are strictly banned in Saudia due to saudi mufties:

Cell phones
(n.) Harmful devices that spread obscenity.

Yup, cell phones are believed to be promoters of obscenity and phones with inbuilt cameras are banned in Saudi Arabia. “All citizens should renounce this [the use of cell phones with cameras] … for it can harm everybody without discrimination. Violators should be strictly confronted and punished” is the belief of Sheik Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al al-Sheik. Shameless perpetrators might also land up in jail for a year!

Cinemas
(n.) A dark place where men and women mingle immorally.

Drive over to Bahrain if you wish to watch movies at these disgraceful dark places which are a threat to culture, because you won’t find any movie theatres in Saudi Arabia. They very well promote immorality and pose a grave threat to pure marriages. Dark places are devil’s workshops!

Music Lessons
(n.) Blaring voices frowned upon by religious people.

Due to general attitude in the country, religious people forbid music. No public places or malls have any music playing so as not to offend religious customers. Islamic lessons proclaim music is forbidden. But don’t be surprised at the hidden rock music culture breeding in the country.

Non-Muslims Can’t Pray
(n.) People who are forbidden to pray in public.

People who are non-Muslims cannot pray at public places. Owning a Bible may have you deemed a criminal and charge you with apostasy under which you might as well be beheaded.

Female Drivers
(n.) Unashamed outgoing females who are a threat to culture and ‘purity’.

Females caught behind the wheels is illegal in Saudi Arabia. Recently, fourteen women were arrested for violating the law.’ Women2Drive’ campaign has been led by Saudi women to encourage female drivers. Though it has not done much help, the country might see some light soon.

Pokemon
(n.) Promoter of Zionism and gambling.

The tiny star with six spokes resembles the star of David, which is connected to international Zionism and is Israel’s national emblem. Moreover, Pokemon is seen as a complex game which urges the kids to trade cards to win points. Pikachu might raise future gamblers!

Magic
(n.) Evil and despicable sorcery which in no case is acceptable.

No abracadabras are allowed in Saudi Arabia. Magic and sorcery are banned and a special ‘Anti Witchcraft Unit’ of the Police is in place, should there be a need to investigate such cases. Green cards over there have a separate section for ‘sorcery/witchcraft/magicians’. Also, our beloved little guy with round rimmed glasses, a lightening scar and a wand, Harry Potter, is banned in Saudi Arabia. No trains to Hogwarts!

Valentine’s Day
(n.) The day when everything that is red is banned.

Saudi Arabia does not allow celebration of Valentine’s Day. In fact, on this day all the shops and florists are expected to eliminate everything that is red and can be gifted to a beloved. No Cupids please!

Hello 21st century? You there?


And gyms and many other more things are banned in Arabia for women:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/26/saudi-women-sports-ban

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/saudi-olympic-women_us_57a8d0fae4b06adc11f0d743


So, sorry to blast your fake bubble and bringing realities.

Everything that you wrote (copy pasted) is absolutely correct.:rofl:

MBC and Rotana (biggest Arabic media platforms) and countless of Saudi Arabian comedies, series and shows (among the most famous in the entire Arab world) don't exist either.

Also learn the difference between a domestic movie industry and one that has been outsourced due to 1 moronic rule banning cinemas since late 1980's/early 1990's.

As for your list of "banned" items, one can only laugh. And very loudly.

Anyway wasting time on ignorants is problematic especially when interacting with Iranians living in Iran of all places on the planet.

If you visited the GCC your entire worldview would change, guaranteed. You would not be the first Iranian to experience that. Far from it to put it mildly.
 
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They deserve what they are getting because all this year's they didn't say anything and suddenly they remember. Another option The government of Bahrain should deport them to their beloved country for whom they have came puppies...
 
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An unhappy isle
Bahrain is still hounding its Shia

Protesters are cowed, but the repression carries on


http://www.economist.com/news/middl...repression-carries-bahrain-still-hounding-its

A SAGGING rope, haphazard barricades—and fear. That is all it has taken to keep Diraz, Bahrain’s largest Shia village, under siege for the past seven months. Two checkpoints bar access to all but residents. Friends and family members are kept out. Grocers offload their wares at the perimeter wall. And the protesters who once thronged to hear the island’s leading Shia cleric, Isa Qassim, deliver his Friday sermon now stay at home. “Forget the thousands who used to join rallies,” says a cleric in a neighbouring village, recalling the protests which erupted after tanks crushed the mass demonstrations for democracy in 2011. “Today we can’t even find ten. Who wants to risk five years of prison and torture for ten minutes of glory?”

Though small, running out of oil and dependent on larger Gulf neighbours, Bahrain typifies how Arab autocrats have crushed the Arab Awakening’s demands for greater representation. After six years of suppression, the Shia opposition is disheartened. Maligned as the cat’s paw of Iran and a threat to Sunni rule in Bahrain, their movement is battered and broken. More than 2,600 political prisoners are in jail, a large number in a kingdom of just 650,000 people. Many of the detainees are children, says a former member of parliament from Wefaq, the Shia party the government banned last year. Hundreds have been exiled, scores barred from travel, and over 300 stripped of their nationality, including Sheikh Qassim. Even the execution on January 15th of three Bahrainis—the first for two decades—roused only sporadic unrest by the island’s opposition.

The “national dialogue” that was espoused during more turbulent times by the king’s son and crown prince, Salman bin Hamad, is on hold. Many of his erstwhile interlocutors are in jail on implausible terrorist charges. The online edition of the last independent daily newspaper was banned on January 16th. Although the graffiti on village walls declare “Death to [King] Hamad”, few youngsters risk more than a token rally before police start firing birdshot. “We had a revolution and we lost,” says a female protest leader now in exile.

Shia and Sunni subjects should share many grievances. Both resent a ruling family that hoards ministerial posts. The king’s uncle, Khalifa bin Salman, is the world’s longest serving prime minister, having been in place for 46 years. The king himself has ruled since the death of his father in 1999. Although the Al Khalifas monopolise power, they spread the pain of austerity. In line with Vision 2030, an economic programme devised for Bahrain by McKinsey, a consultancy, they have cut subsidies on such basics as meat. Even this is not enough. The oil price would have to double to balance the budget. Last year Standard and Poor’s, a ratings agency, judged the country’s debt to be junk.

The government’s fiscal measures have fallen most harshly on Shias. Fellow Gulf states have given billions in aid to prop up the kingdom, but much has been channelled into building housing for Sunnis and foreigners. New mansions, compounds and high-rise blocks screen rundown Shia villages. Undulating parks along the corniche beautify Sunni parts. The authorities have also chipped away at the demographic majority of the Shias, who once made up 60% of the population. A rash of new Hindu temples, churches and Sunni mosques testifies to an influx of non-Shia foreigners. Unusually for the Gulf, Bahrain has opened its doors to Syrian Sunnis from Jordan’s refugee camps. An acrid xenophobia peppers Shia discourse. Shias gibe that even the ruling Al Khalifas, who came from the Arabian hinterland over the water in 1783, are foreigners.

Communal tension is less fierce in the few places where Sunnis and Shias live together. But sects that once shared the same streets in new towns built in the 1980s are now moving apart. Flags of Shia saints hang from the homes on one side of the main road through Hamad Town; Bahraini flags of loyalist Sunnis fly from the other. Intermarriage, too, is getting rarer, says Suhail Algosaibi, who runs an interfaith group. Alone of the Gulf states, Bahrain still marks Ashoura, the holiest day in the Shia calendar, as a public holiday, but divisions are widening. Though some Sunni grandmothers still bake pomegranate cakes for Ashoura, their husbands who once joined the chest-beating rites now furtively watch from afar. For many Sunnis, Shia villages are no-go areas.

Last month Islamic State put out an hour-long video of a Bahraini ideologue from the same tribe as the royal family appealing for Sunni suicide bombers to attack the island’s Shias. And on New Year’s Day militant Shias broke into a high-security jail, freeing ten dissidents and prompting the opposition to ask if it might be more effective underground. “We desperately need a political process,” says Jasim Hussain, a former Wefaq MP. “The country can’t afford anything less.”
Muslims around the world are deep into their internal problems, facing terrorism, and you are posting this? wow.
Please visit Iran and then you will know what sectarian persecution is called. But I will not talk about that as this is not right time to do it.
 
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An unhappy isle
Bahrain is still hounding its Shia

Protesters are cowed, but the repression carries on


http://www.economist.com/news/middl...repression-carries-bahrain-still-hounding-its

A SAGGING rope, haphazard barricades—and fear. That is all it has taken to keep Diraz, Bahrain’s largest Shia village, under siege for the past seven months. Two checkpoints bar access to all but residents. Friends and family members are kept out. Grocers offload their wares at the perimeter wall. And the protesters who once thronged to hear the island’s leading Shia cleric, Isa Qassim, deliver his Friday sermon now stay at home. “Forget the thousands who used to join rallies,” says a cleric in a neighbouring village, recalling the protests which erupted after tanks crushed the mass demonstrations for democracy in 2011. “Today we can’t even find ten. Who wants to risk five years of prison and torture for ten minutes of glory?”

Though small, running out of oil and dependent on larger Gulf neighbours, Bahrain typifies how Arab autocrats have crushed the Arab Awakening’s demands for greater representation. After six years of suppression, the Shia opposition is disheartened. Maligned as the cat’s paw of Iran and a threat to Sunni rule in Bahrain, their movement is battered and broken. More than 2,600 political prisoners are in jail, a large number in a kingdom of just 650,000 people. Many of the detainees are children, says a former member of parliament from Wefaq, the Shia party the government banned last year. Hundreds have been exiled, scores barred from travel, and over 300 stripped of their nationality, including Sheikh Qassim. Even the execution on January 15th of three Bahrainis—the first for two decades—roused only sporadic unrest by the island’s opposition.

The “national dialogue” that was espoused during more turbulent times by the king’s son and crown prince, Salman bin Hamad, is on hold. Many of his erstwhile interlocutors are in jail on implausible terrorist charges. The online edition of the last independent daily newspaper was banned on January 16th. Although the graffiti on village walls declare “Death to [King] Hamad”, few youngsters risk more than a token rally before police start firing birdshot. “We had a revolution and we lost,” says a female protest leader now in exile.

Shia and Sunni subjects should share many grievances. Both resent a ruling family that hoards ministerial posts. The king’s uncle, Khalifa bin Salman, is the world’s longest serving prime minister, having been in place for 46 years. The king himself has ruled since the death of his father in 1999. Although the Al Khalifas monopolise power, they spread the pain of austerity. In line with Vision 2030, an economic programme devised for Bahrain by McKinsey, a consultancy, they have cut subsidies on such basics as meat. Even this is not enough. The oil price would have to double to balance the budget. Last year Standard and Poor’s, a ratings agency, judged the country’s debt to be junk.

The government’s fiscal measures have fallen most harshly on Shias. Fellow Gulf states have given billions in aid to prop up the kingdom, but much has been channelled into building housing for Sunnis and foreigners. New mansions, compounds and high-rise blocks screen rundown Shia villages. Undulating parks along the corniche beautify Sunni parts. The authorities have also chipped away at the demographic majority of the Shias, who once made up 60% of the population. A rash of new Hindu temples, churches and Sunni mosques testifies to an influx of non-Shia foreigners. Unusually for the Gulf, Bahrain has opened its doors to Syrian Sunnis from Jordan’s refugee camps. An acrid xenophobia peppers Shia discourse. Shias gibe that even the ruling Al Khalifas, who came from the Arabian hinterland over the water in 1783, are foreigners.

Communal tension is less fierce in the few places where Sunnis and Shias live together. But sects that once shared the same streets in new towns built in the 1980s are now moving apart. Flags of Shia saints hang from the homes on one side of the main road through Hamad Town; Bahraini flags of loyalist Sunnis fly from the other. Intermarriage, too, is getting rarer, says Suhail Algosaibi, who runs an interfaith group. Alone of the Gulf states, Bahrain still marks Ashoura, the holiest day in the Shia calendar, as a public holiday, but divisions are widening. Though some Sunni grandmothers still bake pomegranate cakes for Ashoura, their husbands who once joined the chest-beating rites now furtively watch from afar. For many Sunnis, Shia villages are no-go areas.

Last month Islamic State put out an hour-long video of a Bahraini ideologue from the same tribe as the royal family appealing for Sunni suicide bombers to attack the island’s Shias. And on New Year’s Day militant Shias broke into a high-security jail, freeing ten dissidents and prompting the opposition to ask if it might be more effective underground. “We desperately need a political process,” says Jasim Hussain, a former Wefaq MP. “The country can’t afford anything less.”

Firstly, the article has many flaws. The shia cleric Isa Qasim has been summoned to the court on charges of Illegal fund raising, Illegal collection of donations, money laundering, using the collected funds in terrorist activities. His account had a balance of more than 5 million BHD before being frozen. He was supposed to present himself in court a couple of months ago but whenever the hearing date comes by the terrorist mob starts gathering around his house. This guy has been caught red handed and now his terrorist mob is bullying to prevent the inevitable. He has also been stripped of his citizenship as per the law. If anyone is involved in terrorist activities against the state he can be stripped of his citizenship. He was granted citizenship about 35 years ago. For those who might wanna argue about changing the demographics of shia bahrain to sunni bahrain. There has been thousands of naturalized shias be it Iranian, Iraqi, Lebanese etc in the kingdom. Same as the cleric Isa Qasim. But the pretence given is whenever someone speaks about naturalized sunnis no one speaks about naturalized shias. Double standards!

There will be no national dialogue until they stop violence. Clear as that. The terrorists will be responded in the same language they understand.

Not all ministries are held by the royal family. There are some held by prominent shias for eg. Water & electricity etc , some prominent sunnis for eg. Education, housing, health, defense etc and some by royal family members for eg. Interior, foreign affairs, Finance etc.

Half of the fund given by the fellow gcc countries has been invested to build houses for all citizens. The writer is conveniently trying to originate conspiracy where there is none. Thousands are getting housing facilities regardless of their sect. The categorization is based on the governorate one lives in and the waiting time depends on the number of ongoing projects in that particular governorate as priority is given to locals of the governorate in which projects are being built. Bahrain being very small in size some governorates do not have proper space for huge residential projects. Due to which the applicants can end up on the waiting list. Regardless of being on the waiting list, the govt pays a monthly allowance in return until a unit has been allotted.

Lastly, There is no member in ISIS from the royal clan. That's utter BS!

Please tell me what happened? 6 months ago you were pro-Arab (you know what I am referring to here) and sensible in the sense that you were objective and wrote things based on facts but nowadays it seems that you have turned around completely. What occurred?

If your family are a mixed bag, I assume that your family has Arab relatives almost in every branch of the family. Did Arabs ever hurt Baloch people, whom you don't seem to have much of a relation to (no offense but I have not seen you talk about them at all, seen you be able to speak Baloch or write Baloch )? No, Arabs welcomed Baloch people who searched for greener pasture, small minority overall or not, but nevertheless we welcomed them and the rulers in many GCC states gave citizenship to them as well. As far as I am aware of locals never bothered them. Sure the previous Sultan of Oman used some of the man mercenaries centuries ago but that was the times back then. And sure some Arabs settled Africans in Makran. But other than that? Did Arabs commit genocide against Baloch (which we theoretically could have done)?

Today nobody, expect of a few people, even think about who is from where originally and intermarriages between locals and Ajam of all origins, are a common thing and have occurred for over 1 millennia in the case of Hijaz and other parts of Arabia. It will only become more common to the extent that there will be no differences anymore which is already the case with most mixtures.

I cannot recognize you that is all.

The bias in his/her posts is getting evident. Mostly anti Arab/Islam.
 
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