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Saudi Women Know your Place
Mentor. Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:46 pm
While a few Americans might find women’s Olympic sports to be a little less exciting than men’s, likely none would take death over watching their countrywomen participate on the international stage.
That does not appear to be the case in the Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In video provided to The Daily Caller and translated by the non-profit Middle East Media Research Institute, Saudi sports commentator Fahd Al-Raoughui explains in an interview on Saudi Arabia’s Line Sport TV that he would rather be “slaughtered by Allah” than see Saudi women participate in the Olympics.
“Woe betide whoever supports [Saudi women in the Olympics],” Al-Raoughui said.
According to Al-Raoughui, even if the women stick to their religious restrictions it would still be a travesty if they attend the games.
“What religious restrictions?” he said. “These women will mix with strangers… A woman’s beauty lies in her chastity, and in how she raises her children in the private kingdom of her home.”
Indeed, if women do participate it will turn the country into a “laughing stock,” according to the Al-Raoughui.
“Women may practice sports in accordance with the religious restrictions,” he said. “However, if a woman goes to the West, wears pants, mixes with strangers, practices sports, and exposes her nakedness… we may turn ourselves into laughing stocks, but I personally would much rather have Allah slaughter me before I see that day.”
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/23/saudi-sports-commentator-allah-slaughter-me-before-saudi-women-enter-olympics/
That does not appear to be the case in the Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In video provided to The Daily Caller and translated by the non-profit Middle East Media Research Institute, Saudi sports commentator Fahd Al-Raoughui explains in an interview on Saudi Arabia’s Line Sport TV that he would rather be “slaughtered by Allah” than see Saudi women participate in the Olympics.
“Woe betide whoever supports [Saudi women in the Olympics],” Al-Raoughui said.
According to Al-Raoughui, even if the women stick to their religious restrictions it would still be a travesty if they attend the games.
“What religious restrictions?” he said. “These women will mix with strangers… A woman’s beauty lies in her chastity, and in how she raises her children in the private kingdom of her home.”
Indeed, if women do participate it will turn the country into a “laughing stock,” according to the Al-Raoughui.
“Women may practice sports in accordance with the religious restrictions,” he said. “However, if a woman goes to the West, wears pants, mixes with strangers, practices sports, and exposes her nakedness… we may turn ourselves into laughing stocks, but I personally would much rather have Allah slaughter me before I see that day.”
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/23/saudi-sports-commentator-allah-slaughter-me-before-saudi-women-enter-olympics/
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Saudi Arabia finally allows TWO female athletes to compete in London 2012 for first time in Olympic history
Guest Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:03 am
Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to the London Olympics, ending the ultraconservative Muslim country's record of sending only all-male teams to the games.
Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will compete in the +78kg judo competition while runner Sarah Attar will be at the start line for the 800m at the Olympic Stadium.
The Gulf kingdom will also include female officials in their Olympic delegation for the first time, one of the officials said.
While in previous Games, men have been able to wear shorts and singlets, the women will almost certainly have to compete with their heads, legs and arms covered - and most likely in leggings.
Speaking from her training base in the US, Sarah Attar said: 'It's such a huge honour and I hope that it can really make some big strides for women over there to get more involved in sport.'
Competing in the Olympics is such a huge step for women in Saudi Arabia, they are happy to abide by the strict caveats laid out by their country's leaders.
These include dressing modestly, being accompanied by a male guardian at all times and never mixing with men during the Games, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal told the Al-Jazirah newspaper.
Saudi sportswomen may only take part if they do so 'wearing suitable clothing that complies with sharia' (Islamic law) and 'the athlete's guardian agrees and attends with her', he said.
Scroll down for video
Game on: Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will compete in the +78kg judo competition while runner Sarah Attar will be at the start line for the 800m at the Olympic Stadium
Victory Park in the Olympic Village: Competing in the Olympics is such a huge step for women in Saudi Arabia, they are happy to abide by the strict caveats laid out by their country's leaders
LIFE AS A FEMALE IN SAUDI ARABIA
In Saudi Arabia when in public women are required to wear a black abaya and head scarf by law.
They are banned from driving their own cars and they are not permitted to run their own businesses.
Women are also not allowed inside main government buildings.
Travel is very difficult for women in Saudra Arabia.
Regardless of their age, they are not allowed to travel abroad without official permission from their guardians, which has to be authorised by the government.
Two years ago lingerie shops were staffed by men which could prove awkward when women had to discuss underwear sizing with the men.
But it's a year of change and women are now allowed to work in malls as sales clerks in lingerie shops thanks to several campaigns both by officials such as the past labour minister Ghazi Algosaibi and activists such as Reem Asaad.
<p>'There must also be no mixing with men during the Games,' he added.
More...
'The athlete and her guardian must pledge not to break these conditions,' he said.
It comes after months of talks - with Saudi Olympic chiefs at one point insisting no women would be allowed to take part.
IOC president Jacques Rogge described their entry, confirmed by the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee ahead of the July 9 deadline, as 'very positive news'.
He said: 'The IOC has been working very closely with the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and I am pleased to see that our continued dialogue has come to fruition.
'The IOC has been striving to ensure a greater gender balance at the Olympic Games, and today’s news can be seen as an encouraging evolution.
'With Saudi Arabian female athletes now joining their fellow female competitors from Qatar and Brunei Darussalam, it means that by London 2012 every National Olympic Committee will have sent women to the Olympic Games.'
Qatar and Brunei, two other countries that have never sent any female athletes to the Olympics, are also including women on their teams for the London Games.
With the Saudis now following suit, it means all national teams competing in the games will include female athletes for the first time in Olympic history.
About 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in London, representing more than 200 national Olympic committees.
Saudi Arabia has been under pressure from the International Olympic Committee and human-rights groups to include women athletes.
The IOC has been in negotiations with the Saudis for months on securing the participation of women.
They said the two Saudi athletes were entered by the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee by the official deadline of July 9.
Adherence: In Saudi Arabia when in public women are required to wear a black abaya and head scarf by law
Rights groups hailed the decision as a step forward for Saudi women in their quest for basic rights in a country that severely restricts them in public life.
'It's an important precedent that will create space for women to get rights and it will be hard for Saudi hardliners to roll back,' said Minky Worden of the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Good news: IOC president Jacques Rogge described their entry as 'very positive news'
In the Saudi city of Jeddah, Mariam Alawi, a housewife in her 20s, said: 'This is fantastic news and it's about time. Maybe now people in Saudi can see that females are capable of taking the reins. The world already knows that women can do great things - maybe now Saudi can know that too.'
Hashim Adnan, a 28-year-old Saudi man who works at an investment firm in Jeddah, said the athletes were likely to face "heavy criticism" in the country, but that the government should support them.
Saudi King Abdullah has a reputation as a cautious reformer and supporter of women's rights. Last year he announced plans to allow women to vote in municipal council elections and join the consultative Shoura council.
The country's official sports body, the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, only caters to male athletes and women do not take part in sports at state schools. So women athletes have to fund themselves and arrange their own training, mostly abroad.
A Saudi official told Reuters earlier this week Saudi women participating in the Olympics would have to obey the dress code of Islamic law. He did not elaborate, but other conservative Muslim countries have interpreted this to mean a headscarf, long sleeves and long pants.
Saudi Arabia is one of three countries, alongside Brunei and Qatar, never to have sent female athletes to the Olympics but the latter two confirmed earlier this year that their delegations would include women.
Brunei has entered Maziah Mahusin (athletics), while Qatar has entered Nada Arkaji (swimming), Noor Al-Malki (athletics), Aya Magdy (table tennis) and Bahiya Al-Hamad (shooting), who will also be her country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony.
VIDEO: Watch the women train and hear how excited they are to go to the Olympics...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172561/London-2012-Saudi-Arabia-allows-TWO-female-athletes-compete-time-Olympic-history.html#ixzz20UmhuuOd
Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will compete in the +78kg judo competition while runner Sarah Attar will be at the start line for the 800m at the Olympic Stadium.
The Gulf kingdom will also include female officials in their Olympic delegation for the first time, one of the officials said.
While in previous Games, men have been able to wear shorts and singlets, the women will almost certainly have to compete with their heads, legs and arms covered - and most likely in leggings.
Speaking from her training base in the US, Sarah Attar said: 'It's such a huge honour and I hope that it can really make some big strides for women over there to get more involved in sport.'
Competing in the Olympics is such a huge step for women in Saudi Arabia, they are happy to abide by the strict caveats laid out by their country's leaders.
These include dressing modestly, being accompanied by a male guardian at all times and never mixing with men during the Games, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal told the Al-Jazirah newspaper.
Saudi sportswomen may only take part if they do so 'wearing suitable clothing that complies with sharia' (Islamic law) and 'the athlete's guardian agrees and attends with her', he said.
Scroll down for video
Game on: Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will compete in the +78kg judo competition while runner Sarah Attar will be at the start line for the 800m at the Olympic Stadium
Victory Park in the Olympic Village: Competing in the Olympics is such a huge step for women in Saudi Arabia, they are happy to abide by the strict caveats laid out by their country's leaders
LIFE AS A FEMALE IN SAUDI ARABIA
In Saudi Arabia when in public women are required to wear a black abaya and head scarf by law.
They are banned from driving their own cars and they are not permitted to run their own businesses.
Women are also not allowed inside main government buildings.
Travel is very difficult for women in Saudra Arabia.
Regardless of their age, they are not allowed to travel abroad without official permission from their guardians, which has to be authorised by the government.
Two years ago lingerie shops were staffed by men which could prove awkward when women had to discuss underwear sizing with the men.
But it's a year of change and women are now allowed to work in malls as sales clerks in lingerie shops thanks to several campaigns both by officials such as the past labour minister Ghazi Algosaibi and activists such as Reem Asaad.
<p>'There must also be no mixing with men during the Games,' he added.
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'The athlete and her guardian must pledge not to break these conditions,' he said.
It comes after months of talks - with Saudi Olympic chiefs at one point insisting no women would be allowed to take part.
IOC president Jacques Rogge described their entry, confirmed by the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee ahead of the July 9 deadline, as 'very positive news'.
He said: 'The IOC has been working very closely with the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and I am pleased to see that our continued dialogue has come to fruition.
'The IOC has been striving to ensure a greater gender balance at the Olympic Games, and today’s news can be seen as an encouraging evolution.
'With Saudi Arabian female athletes now joining their fellow female competitors from Qatar and Brunei Darussalam, it means that by London 2012 every National Olympic Committee will have sent women to the Olympic Games.'
Qatar and Brunei, two other countries that have never sent any female athletes to the Olympics, are also including women on their teams for the London Games.
With the Saudis now following suit, it means all national teams competing in the games will include female athletes for the first time in Olympic history.
About 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in London, representing more than 200 national Olympic committees.
Saudi Arabia has been under pressure from the International Olympic Committee and human-rights groups to include women athletes.
The IOC has been in negotiations with the Saudis for months on securing the participation of women.
They said the two Saudi athletes were entered by the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee by the official deadline of July 9.
Adherence: In Saudi Arabia when in public women are required to wear a black abaya and head scarf by law
Rights groups hailed the decision as a step forward for Saudi women in their quest for basic rights in a country that severely restricts them in public life.
'It's an important precedent that will create space for women to get rights and it will be hard for Saudi hardliners to roll back,' said Minky Worden of the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Good news: IOC president Jacques Rogge described their entry as 'very positive news'
In the Saudi city of Jeddah, Mariam Alawi, a housewife in her 20s, said: 'This is fantastic news and it's about time. Maybe now people in Saudi can see that females are capable of taking the reins. The world already knows that women can do great things - maybe now Saudi can know that too.'
Hashim Adnan, a 28-year-old Saudi man who works at an investment firm in Jeddah, said the athletes were likely to face "heavy criticism" in the country, but that the government should support them.
Saudi King Abdullah has a reputation as a cautious reformer and supporter of women's rights. Last year he announced plans to allow women to vote in municipal council elections and join the consultative Shoura council.
The country's official sports body, the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, only caters to male athletes and women do not take part in sports at state schools. So women athletes have to fund themselves and arrange their own training, mostly abroad.
A Saudi official told Reuters earlier this week Saudi women participating in the Olympics would have to obey the dress code of Islamic law. He did not elaborate, but other conservative Muslim countries have interpreted this to mean a headscarf, long sleeves and long pants.
Saudi Arabia is one of three countries, alongside Brunei and Qatar, never to have sent female athletes to the Olympics but the latter two confirmed earlier this year that their delegations would include women.
Brunei has entered Maziah Mahusin (athletics), while Qatar has entered Nada Arkaji (swimming), Noor Al-Malki (athletics), Aya Magdy (table tennis) and Bahiya Al-Hamad (shooting), who will also be her country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony.
VIDEO: Watch the women train and hear how excited they are to go to the Olympics...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172561/London-2012-Saudi-Arabia-allows-TWO-female-athletes-compete-time-Olympic-history.html#ixzz20UmhuuOd
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Re: Saudi Women Know your Place
Guest Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:03 am
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/23/saudi-sports-commentator-allah-slaughter-me-before-saudi-women-enter-olympics/[/quote[/url]]Mentor. wrote:While a few Americans might find women’s Olympic sports to be a little less exciting than men’s, likely none would take death over watching their countrywomen participate on the international stage.
That does not appear to be the case in the Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In video provided to The Daily Caller and translated by the non-profit Middle East Media Research Institute, Saudi sports commentator Fahd Al-Raoughui explains in an interview on Saudi Arabia’s Line Sport TV that he would rather be “slaughtered by Allah” than see Saudi women participate in the Olympics.
“Woe betide whoever supports [Saudi women in the Olympics],” Al-Raoughui said.
According to Al-Raoughui, even if the women stick to their religious restrictions it would still be a travesty if they attend the games.
“What religious restrictions?” he said. “These women will mix with strangers… A woman’s beauty lies in her chastity, and in how she raises her children in the private kingdom of her home.”
Indeed, if women do participate it will turn the country into a “laughing stock,” according to the Al-Raoughui.
“Women may practice sports in accordance with the religious restrictions,” he said. “However, if a woman goes to the West, wears pants, mixes with strangers, practices sports, and exposes her nakedness… we may turn ourselves into laughing stocks, but I personally would much rather have Allah slaughter me before I see that day.”
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AS ALWAYS YOU ARE WRONG.
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Re: Saudi Women Know your Place
Guest Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:48 am
Your religion of peace, tolerance and freedom SM....you sort it out.
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Re: Saudi Women Know your Place
Guest Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:52 am
The Prisoner wrote:Your religion of peace, tolerance and freedom SM....you sort it out.
I do Keith.
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Re: Saudi Women Know your Place
Flix Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:28 pm
but I personally would much rather have Allah slaughter me before I see that day.”
Well, I let's hope Allah is wise and merciful and grants his wish.
Well, I let's hope Allah is wise and merciful and grants his wish.
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