{"id":5063,"date":"2008-02-17T00:50:01","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2008-02-17T00:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-16T19:20:01","slug":"vice-virtue-and-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/vice-virtue-and-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice, Virtue and Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice<\/a>? Well, Aadisht has an informative post<\/a> on them, which informs us, to begin with, that the correct term for them is the Committee<\/i> for the Propagation<\/i> of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice<\/a>. Aadisht then shares glimpses of their history with us.<\/p>\n

It turns out that they once banned pets<\/a> in Saudi Arabia because they were considered a Western influence.<\/p>\n

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“One bad habit spreading among our youths is the acquisition of dogs and showing them off in the streets and malls,” wrote Aleetha al-Jihani in a letter to Al-Madina newspaper. “There’s no doubt that such a matter makes one shudder.”<\/p>\n

“Then what’s the point of dragging a dog behind you?” he added. “This is blind emulation of the infidels.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is harmless, but not what they did in 2002<\/a>, when they “stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.” Fifteen girls died.<\/p>\n

I can just imagine the following scene:<\/p>\n

Eight members of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice are walking along the road. From the opposite side, a young man approaches. The young man is walking a dog. The dog is clad in a burqa.<\/p>\n

The Committee goon stops him. “Hey boy,” he says. “How dare you walk a dog? Do you not know that is vice?”<\/p>\n

The young man says: “I am not walking a dog, I am walking my sister. She is short. Being a good Saudi girl, she is all covered up. That is virtue.”<\/p>\n

The Committee goons look at each other.<\/p>\n

The young man continues: “Do you want me to prove it is my sister? I’ll have to remove her burqa for that?”<\/p>\n

The Committee goon says, “Eh, no, no, no, continue. It’s okay. Have a good day.”<\/p>\n

The young man moves on. The Committee goon’s sidekick looks at the Committee goon and says: “Did you hear his sister bark?”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice<\/a>? Well, Aadisht has an informative post<\/a> on them, which informs us, to begin with, that the correct term for them is the Committee<\/i> for the Propagation<\/i> of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice<\/a>. Aadisht then shares glimpses of their history with us.<\/p>\n

It turns out that they once banned pets<\/a> in Saudi Arabia because they were considered a Western influence.<\/p>\n

\n

“One bad habit spreading among our youths is the acquisition of dogs and showing them off in the streets and malls,” wrote Aleetha al-Jihani in a letter to Al-Madina newspaper. “There’s no doubt that such a matter makes one shudder.”<\/p>\n

“Then what’s the point of dragging a dog behind you?” he added. “This is blind emulation of the infidels.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is harmless, but not what they did in 2002<\/a>, when they “stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress.” Fifteen girls died.<\/p>\n

I can just imagine the following scene:<\/p>\n

Eight members of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice are walking along the road. From the opposite side, a young man approaches. The young man is walking a dog. The dog is clad in a burqa.<\/p>\n

The Committee goon stops him. “Hey boy,” he says. “How dare you walk a dog? Do you not know that is vice?”<\/p>\n

The young man says: “I am not walking a dog, I am walking my sister. She is short. Being a good Saudi girl, she is all covered up. That is virtue.”<\/p>\n

The Committee goons look at each other.<\/p>\n

The young man continues: “Do you want me to prove it is my sister? I’ll have to remove her burqa for that?”<\/p>\n

The Committee goon says, “Eh, no, no, no, continue. It’s okay. Have a good day.”<\/p>\n

The young man moves on. The Committee goon’s sidekick looks at the Committee goon and says: “Did you hear his sister bark?”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nVice, Virtue and Saudi Arabia - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/vice-virtue-and-saudi-arabia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vice, Virtue and Saudi Arabia - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Remember the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice? 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