Saudi man jailed for saying men shouldn’t control women

Posted by | December 27, 2016 10:47 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly

He’s been jailed for a year for calling for an end to the country’s guardianship system.

The man, who was also fined 30,000 riyals ($8,000) by a court in the eastern city of Dammam, was convicted of “inciting to end guardianship of women” in statements he posted on Twitter and in public posters, the Okaz daily said.

He was arrested while putting up posters in mosques in Al-Hasa district calling for an end to the globally unique system that subjects women in the ultra-conservative kingdom to male control.

During questioning, police found out that the man was also behind a wide online campaign to end the guardianship, the paper said.

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6 responses to Saudi man jailed for saying men shouldn’t control women

  1. whatthe46 December 27th, 2016 at 12:03

    i’m sure the republithugs would agree with ruling. i can hear ’em now, “well, Muslim’s ain’t all that bad after all.”

    • arc99 December 27th, 2016 at 13:04

      well of course, now that Dear Leader is on the job

      http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/306990-trump-appeared-to-register-eight-companies-in-saudi-arabia

      Trump registered eight companies in Saudi Arabia during campaign

      • whatthe46 December 27th, 2016 at 13:19

        and his stupid ass supporters won’t care. and if they do, they won’t clue you into how stupid they feel so its deny. one woman didn’t even know about his foundation being investigated, but went on to argue that Hillary’s foundation is why no one trusted her. so, i did what every liberal dem would do, i gave her the damn proof that Hillary’s foundation was A rated, and the article about the investigation into tRumps. you know what that bitch said, she said, that’s all fake news. so you see, it doesn’t matter if you prove your assertions, especially if it doesn’t represent their racist-in-chief in a favorable light, they won’t accept it as fact.

        then she talked about it being Obama & Hillary’s fault for ISIS. i kid you not. so again, i gave her the information. it was because of Reagan, Bush Sr., & GWB. her response, “LOL, i’m not even a republican.” what does that have to do with the matter, nothing. she had no response other than that and to say, “i’m a trumpian.” so, my response, it doesn’t matter to me one way or another, you have have right to be an ass if you choose. so, she got mad and muted me. LOLOLOL

  2. Bunya December 27th, 2016 at 13:49

    All three major religions believe in the subjugation of women. The difference is, Muslims and Jews have the cajoles to admit it.

  3. Mike December 27th, 2016 at 14:01

    Good for them.
    I refuse to give up my omnipotent control over women … all must bow before me

  4. robert December 27th, 2016 at 15:41

    Good thing he didn’t start a online blog

    I haven’t heard if the last man survived the 40+ lashings during the gwb admin

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