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The Middle East. A Confusing, Sad, Place that gets alot of worldwide attention because of the crime, religious practices, terrorism & gender inequality, discrimination etc. There is so many headlines on the news everyday about bombings, killings , deviant groups , mass murders etc.
I abdsolutely hate the Middle East with a passion, mainly because of the crack / messed up / ^%&^&% political bodies that people let run these countries. What gets me is that this is the modern times and we have so many international rights organizations that just sit back and watch as we destroy ourselves. The ones that are helping fight for what is right don't have the means of achieveing alot and is not being taken seriously.
Sometimes i thank god for being born in T&T even though we face some problems such as crime , corruption etc. Atleast its better than there.
I ask myself why is this so? Why not equality! Why are they bringing down their own nations! Why people don't step in and teach them basic common sense! Why don't we hold those in power there and force them to change their ways. Most people attend big semanars and conferences with them and don't even brace them about changing their laws.
Some of the things that i absolutely hate is :
1. Abortion of female children up to 9 months (full term) because of this dowry shit that they have to pay
2. Female Genital Mutilation - Apparently because we are made dirty and we will be modest if we do this
3. Marrying off Girl Children at the age of just a few months to big hard back men that rape them and force them to have children. Some of them die of the bleeding and also during pregnancy/child birth
4. Marrying Animals - Apparently marrying animals SUCH AS GOAT, SHEEP is accepted. Raping
them too and also have to be killed later on because of the trauma endured.
5. Marrying their own family members e.g first cousins , uncles , aunties etc. etc.
6. Oppression: Females Not allowed to drive, females not allowed to go anywhere without a male bodyguard who have to be their family members, single females/males not allowed to talk or be seen together, in restaurants there are family seating and single male/female seating that is barred off.
7. Technology Ban- There is a ban on everything , music , technology, social media , dancing , playing certain instruments etc.
SOME OF THE MESSED UP THINGS THAT APPAULED ME RECENTLY:
1. Saudi Arabian Prince Killed 2% of Bird Species, Houbara Bustards In One Day, Because It is an Aphrodisiac when consumed.
- The prince himself is said to be responsible for the deaths of 1,977 birds, which conservationists warn are on the brink of extinction, while his entourage are claimed to have killed a further 123. So In Conclusion he killed of thousands of birds to make himself feel Horny.
More Readings: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ustards-pakistan-hunting-spree_n_5191113.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0501-dasgupta-houbara-bustards-prince.html
2. A Saudi Arabian Man Is Relased After Raping, Torturing and Killing His Own 5 Yr Old Daughter , After Paying Blood Money. Read More- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...eleased-after-paying-blood-money-8480440.html
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I abdsolutely hate the Middle East with a passion, mainly because of the crack / messed up / ^%&^&% political bodies that people let run these countries. What gets me is that this is the modern times and we have so many international rights organizations that just sit back and watch as we destroy ourselves. The ones that are helping fight for what is right don't have the means of achieveing alot and is not being taken seriously.
Sometimes i thank god for being born in T&T even though we face some problems such as crime , corruption etc. Atleast its better than there.
I ask myself why is this so? Why not equality! Why are they bringing down their own nations! Why people don't step in and teach them basic common sense! Why don't we hold those in power there and force them to change their ways. Most people attend big semanars and conferences with them and don't even brace them about changing their laws.
Some of the things that i absolutely hate is :
1. Abortion of female children up to 9 months (full term) because of this dowry shit that they have to pay
2. Female Genital Mutilation - Apparently because we are made dirty and we will be modest if we do this
3. Marrying off Girl Children at the age of just a few months to big hard back men that rape them and force them to have children. Some of them die of the bleeding and also during pregnancy/child birth
4. Marrying Animals - Apparently marrying animals SUCH AS GOAT, SHEEP is accepted. Raping
them too and also have to be killed later on because of the trauma endured.
5. Marrying their own family members e.g first cousins , uncles , aunties etc. etc.
6. Oppression: Females Not allowed to drive, females not allowed to go anywhere without a male bodyguard who have to be their family members, single females/males not allowed to talk or be seen together, in restaurants there are family seating and single male/female seating that is barred off.
7. Technology Ban- There is a ban on everything , music , technology, social media , dancing , playing certain instruments etc.
SOME OF THE MESSED UP THINGS THAT APPAULED ME RECENTLY:
1. Saudi Arabian Prince Killed 2% of Bird Species, Houbara Bustards In One Day, Because It is an Aphrodisiac when consumed.
- The prince himself is said to be responsible for the deaths of 1,977 birds, which conservationists warn are on the brink of extinction, while his entourage are claimed to have killed a further 123. So In Conclusion he killed of thousands of birds to make himself feel Horny.
More Readings: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...ustards-pakistan-hunting-spree_n_5191113.html
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0501-dasgupta-houbara-bustards-prince.html
2. A Saudi Arabian Man Is Relased After Raping, Torturing and Killing His Own 5 Yr Old Daughter , After Paying Blood Money. Read More- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...eleased-after-paying-blood-money-8480440.html
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A Saudi mother is expected to appeal a judge?s ruling after he once again refused to let her 8-year-old daughter divorce a 47-year-old man,a relative said. Sheikh Habib Al-Habib made the ruling Saturday in the Saudi city of Onaiza. Late last year, he rejected a petition to annul the marriage.
The case, which has drawn criticism from local and international rights groups, came to light in December when Al-Habib declined to annul the marriage on a legal technicality. His dismissal of the mother?s petition sparked outrage and made headlines around the world.
The judge said the mother, who is separated from the girl?s father, was not the legal guardian and therefore could not represent her daughter, the mother?s lawyer, Abdullah al-Jutaili, said at the time.
The girl?s husband pledged not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches puberty, according to al-Jutaili, who added that the girl?s father arranged the marriage to settle his debts with the man, who is considered ?a close friend.?
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The case, which has drawn criticism from local and international rights groups, came to light in December when Al-Habib declined to annul the marriage on a legal technicality. His dismissal of the mother?s petition sparked outrage and made headlines around the world.
The judge said the mother, who is separated from the girl?s father, was not the legal guardian and therefore could not represent her daughter, the mother?s lawyer, Abdullah al-Jutaili, said at the time.
The girl?s husband pledged not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches puberty, according to al-Jutaili, who added that the girl?s father arranged the marriage to settle his debts with the man, who is considered ?a close friend.?
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The six Iranian singers who were arrested for appearing in a viral video dancing to Pharrell Williams? song ?Happy? have been sentenced to six months in prison and 91 lashes.
The group became famous in May when their music video for the hit song circulated on YouTube, racking up more than 150,000 views before attracting the attention of Iranian authorities.
It featured three men and three unveiled women singing and dancing along to the four minute song in the street and rooftops of Tehran, mimicking the style of Pharrell?s official video.
Authorities arrested the group for contravening Iran?s strict vulgarity laws, which prohibit public displays of dancing, and paraded the six on state television, forcing them to express remorse for their behaviour.
The Islamic Republic condemned the video as a ?vulgar clip which hurt public chastity? and in a trial on Wednesday sentenced the participants to a suspended sentence of six months in prison.
The director of the video was handed a suspended sentence of one year, while the whole group was told they would receive 91 lashes each.
?A suspended sentence becomes null and void after a certain period of time,? their lawyer, Farshid Rofougaran, told Iran Wire.
?When it?s a suspended sentence, the verdict is not carried out, but if during this period a similar offense is committed, then the accused is subject to legal punishment and the suspended sentence will then be carried out as well.?
Speaking shortly after the group?s initial arrest, the brother of one of the video?s star told The Telegraph that their confessions on state television were ?outrageous?.
Siavash Taravati, who lives in the US, said: ?The IRIB?s (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) action in showing the ?confession? of my sister and her friends (?) is just outrageous.
?Apparently they first arrest people without any charge or civil right to defend themselves, then interrogate them and then make them confess and finally broadcast their show.?
Pharrell Williams responded to Iran?s actions on his Twitter account in May, saying: ?It?s beyond sad these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness.?
The group became famous in May when their music video for the hit song circulated on YouTube, racking up more than 150,000 views before attracting the attention of Iranian authorities.
It featured three men and three unveiled women singing and dancing along to the four minute song in the street and rooftops of Tehran, mimicking the style of Pharrell?s official video.
Authorities arrested the group for contravening Iran?s strict vulgarity laws, which prohibit public displays of dancing, and paraded the six on state television, forcing them to express remorse for their behaviour.
The Islamic Republic condemned the video as a ?vulgar clip which hurt public chastity? and in a trial on Wednesday sentenced the participants to a suspended sentence of six months in prison.
The director of the video was handed a suspended sentence of one year, while the whole group was told they would receive 91 lashes each.
?A suspended sentence becomes null and void after a certain period of time,? their lawyer, Farshid Rofougaran, told Iran Wire.
?When it?s a suspended sentence, the verdict is not carried out, but if during this period a similar offense is committed, then the accused is subject to legal punishment and the suspended sentence will then be carried out as well.?
Speaking shortly after the group?s initial arrest, the brother of one of the video?s star told The Telegraph that their confessions on state television were ?outrageous?.
Siavash Taravati, who lives in the US, said: ?The IRIB?s (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) action in showing the ?confession? of my sister and her friends (?) is just outrageous.
?Apparently they first arrest people without any charge or civil right to defend themselves, then interrogate them and then make them confess and finally broadcast their show.?
Pharrell Williams responded to Iran?s actions on his Twitter account in May, saying: ?It?s beyond sad these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness.?
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