There Are Days Not To Read The News

I won't go into my dislike of the local English papers in Saudi, or even Bahrain because that could be a very long boring post for most. On any given day I'm disappointed when I read the news, not so much as to what is in it as to how it is written. But there are days when I read the news and ask myself if I should have done it because it is filled with stories that make me consider what the world is coming to. I am sure I'm not alone in this and many news paper readers can feel the same way when they read their locals papers so it isn't a Saudi thing.

The first story is a warning to all the guys wanting to go out on a date with a girl. I posted a while back while girls shouldn't go out dating in Saudi I think it only fair that men also reconsider trying to meet someone for dinner.

Honeytrap rape Arab News

RIYADH: Police arrested two men and a woman who were involved in the rape of a man who was then blackmailed into paying cash to the trio, Al-Riyadh newspaper reported. The man developed a relationship with the woman over the phone, which led to the pair going on a date to a restaurant. The man was, however, met by two huge men instead of the woman and taken to an apartment where he was filmed being raped by the men. The man reported the incident to the police.

If this doesn't make some guys reconsider following that sexually luring voice on the other end of a phone I don't know what would. Here this guy thought he would go out for dinner and possibly get some desert and he is raped by two guys!! WTH??

The Mutawwa may be of some good or maybe not...

MAKKAH – The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have foiled an attempt by four youths to kidnap a girl in Makkah.

The gang, of whom the Hai’a has detained two members, attempted to grab a girl in the Al-Uteibi market area after repeated efforts to convince her to get into their car.
The four drove at walking pace alongside the girl and reportedly showered her with lewd remarks, but when they were met with a firm refusal the driver got out of the car and grabbed the girl, lifting her off the ground, and tried to force her into the vehicle.

At that point the gang spotted a Hai’a patrol nearby and released the girl before attempting to flee the area.

The crowds in the marketplace were such, however, that the Hai’a managed to detain two of the gang.

The Makkah head of the Hai’a, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bin Hamad Al-Du’eilij blamed the guardians of the girl for letting her go alone in the marketplace area. “Girls are open to insult and kidnapping and such as happened to this girl,” Al-Du’eilij said. “These youths committed a grave crime by intruding on a woman’s sanctity.”
He added that a greater police presence in crowded shopping areas would serve to prevent immoral and other forms of crime

Bravo they actually stopped an attempt by four guys to kidnap a girl. They do some good after all and it is a good thing they were around. Although I am kind of wondering why any of the public who made up the 'busy market place' didn't stand up and come to the aid of the girl. My big mouth would have had a crowd in no time. I wouldn't be blaming the girl, nor her parents for actually letting her outdoors but I would blame these guys who had nothing but evil intentions.

In a weird way this totally debunks Katie and the idea that women don't go out alone.