Saudi academic to be first Arab member of NASA research team Saudi academi

[Kompromat]

too bad she is not allowed to drive a car.

 

[VelocuR]

February 26, 2012

Islamic culture in a non-Muslim state

A Saudi cleric contends that what Americans practise are religious principles that are ignored in his own country

This is a true story that revolves around a Saudi student who went to the United States to work on his MBA. He was accompanied by his wife and two children, a daughter aged eight and a son who was six years old. The family initially settled in Richmond, Virginia not far from where the husband had to pursue his studies.

It was not long after that the husband's abusive nature towards his wife began to manifest itself. Initially it was verbal abuse, but it wasn't long before it turned to physical assault. On more than one occasion it caused bodily harm.

The wife's cry for help during such times would invariably draw the attention of their Saudi neighbours, who would try to intervene and play the role of peacemakers, appealing to the husband to refrain from such violence towards his wife.

After completing one semester at his present institution and to avoid what he felt was the bothersome meddling of his Saudi neighbours in his private affairs, the husband then moved his family to an isolated house in a suburb in a city in Ohio where he had enrolled in another university for the remainder of the term. The change in location however did not provide any relief to his forlorn wife.

The verbal abuse and the physical battering continued, only this time there weren't any sympathetic neighbours around. After one such incident where he had left her in pain, she called her father and brothers in Saudi Arabia, only to be told that she had to sort this out with her husband, and that a wife had to put up with her fate, whatever it was. Alone and desperate, it was then that she mustered up enough courage to call the local police.

Within minutes, five police patrol cars were around the house. After the cops were satisfied that this was indeed a case of domestic violence and the husband was an unrestrained abuser, they decided to take him into custody. They also moved the wife and children to a nearby hotel where they would not be isolated.

As the wife could not drive and had no means to sustain herself, the next day, the police arranged for one of the patrol cars to take the children to school and back. They even arranged with the social welfare services to provide food, some spending money and other necessities for the family while the husband was being held for questioning.

The Saudi mission in Washington soon arranged for the bail of the student who was ordered by the police to stay away from his wife and children until the judge had made his ruling. The wife was advised to appoint an attorney to represent her interests. When she found out it would cost over $6,000 (Dh22,020), she simply broke down. She had no money, her family back home was unsympathetic to her requests for help, and she did not want to lose her children.

Divorce granted

Two attorneys who happened to be in the building upon hearing of her plight volunteered to fight her case. The trial affirmed her allegations of abuse and the judge granted her request for a divorce from her husband and full custody of her children.

The social services soon moved the family to a small house in a pleasant neighbourhood. Her children were exempt from paying tuition fees. Soon after that, helping hands arranged a job for her that paid her $3,000 per month, enough to sustain herself and her two children. Based on her request, her visa was then changed to immigrant status to enable her to obtain US citizenship if she so pleased.

Saudi cleric Ayedh Al Garni, once a hardliner now turned reformist, had sometime back written a piece titled I wish I was American on the plight of this particular Saudi woman caught in an abusive marriage and far away from home. He contends that what the Americans practise are the principles of Islam that somehow we choose to ignore in our own country.

In his piece, he expresses surprise that the codes and ethics ingrained in their laws are so similar to the doctrines of Islam. He refers to the many cases in Saudi Arabia involving domestic violence that are so often ignored by families or social services and the plight of abused women is swept under carpet or dusted away, contrary to what is practised in that non-Islamic society.

Some 1,400 years ago, Omar Bin Al Khattab, the second of the four khalifas (Caliphs) of Islam upon hearing of domestic abuse by a husband went with his sword to the culprit's house and rescued the hapless woman, threatening the husband to straighten up his ways or else! In a land that gave birth to Islam, one wonders where such people are today. And are such noble deeds only to be found in America?

Tariq A. Al Maeena is a Saudi socio-political commentator. He lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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[Maira La]

@ silko. I thought you were smarter than this. Arab countries are secterian and tribal. To even assume that anything good will come out of this "uprising" in Syria is idiotic. One dictator will replace another. One ideology will replace another. One tribe will replace another. This is how it's in Arab countries and Afghanistan. In Syria's case, a secular dictator will go and a group of Al Quida's will replace him. Good luck with Al Quida on your borders. We don't share a border with them, but you do.

It's morally impossible to condone what Assad is doing at the moment, but then again the alternative could be equally as bad in the long-term, if not worse.

All in all, changing leaders won't help Arabs. They need a cultural revolution, a social renaissance to wake them up and make them see themselves from a vantage point beyond their sectarian, tribal and religious views.

 

[Abii]

LOOOOl, How dare you talking about dictatorship and terrorism and you have the cruelest dictatorship terrorist regime in the world!
Japan has recently banned exporting winch trucks to Iran because its oppressive regime using them to execute the opposition.

So we execute people. yeah we do, and we're proud of it. You're trying to embarrass us for something we're proud of? We'll happily execute enemies of the state.

And we make our own winch trucks, so good news for our manufacturers.

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It's morally impossible to condone what Assad is doing at the moment, but then again the alternative could be equally as bad in the long-term, if not worse.

All in all, changing leaders won't help Arabs. They need a cultural revolution, a social renaissance to wake them up and make them see themselves from a vantage point beyond their sectarian, tribal and religious views.

It's not actually. The country is at war. I've chosen my side, others can choose theirs. To bring morality into it is just funny. Morality? Whose morality? Both sides are killing and destroying. Neither side can claim the moral high ground. So, I say again, I've chosen my side based on the fact that Assad is a much better leader for Syria than Al Quida.

 

[silko]

srsly?
I have a hard time believing that there were no Arabs in NASA before. If true than that's just sad.

@ silko. I thought you were smarter than this. Arab countries are secterian and tribal. To even assume that anything good will come out of this "uprising" in Syria is idiotic. One dictator will replace another. One ideology will replace another. One tribe will replace another. This is how it's in Arab countries and Afghanistan. In Syria's case, a secular dictator will go and a group of Al Quida's will replace him. Good luck with Al Quida on your borders. We don't share a border with them, but you do.

i only answered him because he keeps saying the same off topic BS...

i don't care if women can't drive. this is about women achieving something in NASA and he still talks about driving.

if you are to comment atleast stay ontopic, this guy has done the same not once now. that is why i replied back to him.

and just to make this clear, FSA ain't siding with al qaeda.

it is a desperate attempt by al qaeda to gain some votes from Syria, as far as i can tell. no major or minor terrorist captured has been from Syria.

so i won't drop a tear of swet if assad is gone. it will only be better.

 

[Al-zakir]

Astagfirullah!!! I am sick and tired of this bickering among ourselves when we all prays to Makkah. We can not even congratulate our sister achievement with a smile. Lanat on us.

Urdu poet Allama Iqbal said following about mussalman. And we wonder, why muslims are being killed and treated like sheeps.

Manfaat Aik Hain Is Qaum Ki, Nuqsan Bhi Aik
Ek Hi Sab Ka Nabi (S.A.W), Din Bhi, Iman Bhi Aik

Harm-e-Paak Bhi, Allah Bhi, Quran Bhi Aik,
Kuch Bari Baat Thi Hote Jo Musalman Bhi Aik!

Your nation’s weal, your nation’s woe, In common you all share,
Your Prophet (PBUH) and your creed the same, the same Truth you declare;

And one your Kaʹba, One your God, and one your great Quran;
Yet, still, divided each from each, Lives every Mussalman.

 

[Mosamania]

Astagfirullah!!! I am sick and tired of this bickering among ourselves when we all prays to Makkah. We can not even congratulate our sister achievement with a smile. Lanat on us.

Urdu poet Allama Iqbal said following about mussalman. And we wonder, why muslims are being killed and treated like sheeps.

Manfaat Aik Hain Is Qaum Ki, Nuqsan Bhi Aik
Ek Hi Sab Ka Nabi (S.A.W), Din Bhi, Iman Bhi Aik

Harm-e-Paak Bhi, Allah Bhi, Quran Bhi Aik,
Kuch Bari Baat Thi Hote Jo Musalman Bhi Aik!

Your nation’s weal, your nation’s woe, In common you all share,
Your Prophet (PBUH) and your creed the same, the same Truth you declare;

And one your Kaʹba, One your God, and one your great Quran;
Yet, still, divided each from each, Lives every Mussalman.

I just come here supportive of our Woman's achievement but Iranians as usual feel the need to negate any good thing from KSA because they are the ones who are supposed to be the cool and oh so awesome ones in the region.

 

[RazPaK]

Good job.

I want to see a Shiekh in space. That would be great.

 

[Serpentine]

Congrats to this woman,hope more like her find their way to success.

I just come here supportive of our Woman's achievement but Iranians as usual feel the need to negate any good thing from KSA because they are the ones who are supposed to be the cool and oh so awesome ones in the region.

Mosa do i need to remind you how you show up trolling in almost every thread about Iran?
Abii didn't say anything offensive,but as for your paranoia,you see every comment from an Iranian as an insult to yourself or your country.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Congratulations to Dr. Majdah Aburass, she will surely be a great addition to NASA.

 

[Mosamania]

Congrats to this woman,hope more like her find their way to success.


Mosa do i need to remind you how you show up trolling in almost every thread about Iran?
Abii didn't say anything offensive,but as for your paranoia,you see every comment from an Iranian as an insult to yourself or your country.

Oh the Tribal thing? And him basically saying "Arabs are retards" was not offensive?? Maybe to you is simple facts, But again to you and everyone like you that is.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Women can be on a NASA research team, but as long as women cannot drive cars saudi arabia will still be in the stone age no matter how much they accomplish. Mind I also remind there are two sets of rules one for the Corrupt House of Saud and the population, Gay Saudi Prince look that Up.

 

[Kompromat]

Women can be on a NASA research team, but as long as women cannot drive cars saudi arabia will still be in the stone age no matter how much they accomplish. Mind I also remind there are two sets of rules one for the Corrupt House of Saud and the population, Gay Saudi Prince look that Up.

Letting women not to drive is less evil then taking their right to live altogether which your so called leader "Asad" whom i usually refer to as a "cur" is doing in Homes to begin with , and now in entire Syria.

 

[Deno]

GREAT JOB SISTER!!! WELL DONE!!!

Women can be on a NASA research team, but as long as women cannot drive cars saudi arabia will still be in the stone age no matter how much they accomplish. Mind I also remind there are two sets of rules one for the Corrupt House of Saud and the population, Gay Saudi Prince look that Up.

Honest Translation of SyrianChristianPatriot: Saudis are so bad Actually I just want to get away from the reality of that my great butcher leader who I have boy-crush on is going down I just can't stop trollin

You should apprichate this woman rather than trying be troll...

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Letting women not to drive is less evil then taking their right to live altogether which your so called leader "Asad" whom i usually refer to as a "cur" is doing in Homes to begin with , and now in entire Syria.

The difference is a women can drive her Car in Syria, also she does not have to walk behind her husband or need his permission to leave to go to the store. Again Saudi Arabia is a tribal place where the top tribe the house of saud rules spending money on gold cars, Mansions and oh yes the gay princes two sets of rules one for them one for the population.

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GREAT JOB SISTER!!! WELL DONE!!!



Honest Translation of SyrianChristianPatriot: Saudis are so bad Actually I just want to get away from the reality of that my great butcher leader who I have boy-crush on is going down I just can't stop trollin

You should apprichate this woman rather than trying be troll...

No not really, a country that beheads women for witchcraft and other things I leave it at that.