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Gotta love the Saudis eh?
Apr 29, 7:55 AM EDT
Saudi governor orders haircuts for men who hit on women
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Local media reports say a governor in northern Saudi Arabia has ordered authorities to punish men who flirt with women in public places by cutting their hair.
Several Saudi newspapers, including Al Hayat, say Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered police Sunday to carry out the punishment after seeing a group of men with long hair pestering female students as they left school in the town of Skaka.
Many clergymen in this conservative Gulf country say men should not have long hair because Islam prohibits the sexes from emulating each other.
Saudi Arabia has long enforced a strict Islamic lifestyle in which men and women are segregated in public.
Tuesday's newspaper reports identified Fahd as the governor of the northern region of al-Jof.
I would prefer to vacation in Dubai anyway. Ha!
Kevin
Yeah, they are really bad when it comes to abuse of human rights. Nothing short of a full scale civil war will ever change that. I am sure Dubai isn't any better. Both of those nations are opposed to long hair on men, both are homophobic, both are antisemitic, both of them treat women like dirt. I feel that nations that violate civil rights should be strongly sanctioned. It is a pity that this will never happen because we are addicted to their oil.
Scott
In a country where you can be executed for trying to convert people to other religions, I'd have bigger things to worry about. Leave it to the Saudis to make you feel sympathy for the guys who hand out tracts!
phew, I live in bahrain and im happy its not soo retarded as the other gulf countrys..
By the way how goes the situation at school with your hair?
I'm remembering your thread and are you able to hide it under a hat or something?
Kevin
Its going good, Im wearing hat each time I enter the university and the staff reduced their bothering level, as soon as I get a car I will wear a ponytail in hope to stop their bothering forever..
and thanks for asking dude :D
They are a crazy bunch... No doubt. I spent 6 months in Riad while in the US Army, needless to say I don't want to go back.. Pary in Dubai?? No thanks, although I would like to be able to AFFORD to do that.. I just wouldn't be going near Saudi to spend it..
Tom
Sounds lile the rise in oil prices have gone to their heads!
I think I will be wintering in Guildford this year!
Cheers,
John.B
So what do they do when a group of short haired men pester females?
Good question. Probably chop off something else. And you don't
want to know.
Kevin