Tuesday, July 31, 2007
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Mick Hartley: The Religious Policemen - 'We've heard about the Iranian crackdown on un-Islamic dress, but of course Saudi Arabia were there before them: long before them, in the 1920s, with the founding of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, better known to the world as the Muttawa, or religious police. Their proudest moment came five years ago when they prevented 15 schoolgirls leaving a burning building in Mecca because they weren't wearing the correct Islamic dress. Men trying to help were warned that it was sinful to approach. The girls died in the blaze...'
