Disturbing Facebook Campaign Encourages Saudi Men to Beat Women With Cords
- Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:19pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Following the shocking arrest of Saudi activist Manal al-Sharif for her creation of a social media campaign intended to help women learn how to drive, a disturbing new counter movement has launched. The “Iqal Campaign” is encouraging Saudi men to beat any woman who takes part in an upcoming protest. According to FOX News:
A campaign on Facebook is calling for Saudi men to beat women who plan to drive cars in a protest next month, AFP reports.
“The Iqal Campaign: June 17 for preventing women from driving” advocates a cord be used to beat women who plan to drive. Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia.
Some 6,000 people have “liked” the campaign on Facebook.
The initial protest was planned in response to Saudi Arabia’s restrictive law that prevents women (even foreigners) from operating a vehicle. This new, violent counter-movement may have horrific consequences for those women who do decide to participate. Interestingly, there is no law on the books that actually bans Saudi women from driving.
The restrictions come as a result of religious proclamations (fatwas) that are substantiated and enforced by law enforcement officials. While King Abdullah has pledged reform, the religious clerics‘ views on matters of women’s rights continue to dominate the sociopolitical landscape.
Last week, we reported on the other restrictions Saudi women face:
Women are also barred from voting, except for chamber of commerce elections in two cities in recent years, and no woman can sit on the kingdom’s Cabinet. Women also cannot travel without permission from a male guardian and shouldn’t mingle with males who are not their husbands or brothers.
In case you missed it, you can watch the original video of al-Sharif driving below:
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Comments (113)
darlenekay
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:35pmThis may be their religion, but it is still STUPID. Islam is a backward way of life that needs to come out from under the burka and into the light of day. Muslims who follow these rules should come out into the sunlight and take a look around. We’re not living in ancient Babylon any more.
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:29pmMuslime men are very much like the black “babby daddies” that abuse and use their kind as sows to create more miserable do nothings that destroy our republic.
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:22pmLet women around the world know they are safer in America! BURN THE KORAN DAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:19amHey lightbeam, tomorrow is slap a dumb redneck day. So watch out…
Report Post »brian8793
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:22amHey lightbeam, do you know how many women get raped in America each day? Do you know how many dead-beat dads there are here in America? Do you realize that domestic violence in America is probably 100 times or more higher than Saudi Arabia?
Your hatred of Muslims is childish and ignorrant.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 2:03amYou are so totally stupid!
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:19pmif you believe that then you have to ban all religions, which would be fine with me personally because I think organized religions are for the weak minded but that is another topic
Report Post »threecats407
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:42pmThe weak minded? Well now aren’t you just the high and mighty one! I envy your greatness at never having to have sought comfort or solace in anything more wondrous than yourself.
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:18pmHMmmm beat your wife for not cooking dinner, burning dinner, house being dirty, talking back at you, giving you only female children, sounds like I need to change religions. (sarc) I find it ironic how all the feminists groups “liberated” women in this country, but actually help out in the ME where the men treat their women worse than cattle.
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:16pmBURN THE KORAN DAY!!!! This SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:59amYou have not burn a Q’uran, unless you have done so while living in an Islamic country!
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:14pmTHIS is why we need to have another America Burns the Koran Day!!!!
WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR! Americans do NOT tolerate these kind of hateful, abusive, racist, evil ideological teachings IN THE KORAN….in America!!!
BURN THE KORAN THIS COMING SEPTEMBER 11, 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »BURN THE KORAN THIS COMING SEPTEMBER 11, 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the_ancient
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:18pmYes because book burning is always the right thing do to… Just ask Ray Bradbury or George Orwell I am sure they will agree
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:20pmSPREAD THE WORD …my fellow countrymen! Spread the word!!! North and South….East and West!!!! Show the world we do NOT tolerate these evil pages from hell in America!!! KEEP YOUR BOOK FROM HELL BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKWORD NATIONS!!!!!!!
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:28pmJust gaurding my American brothers and sisters with Patrick Henry style jealousy hier Ancient.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 7:04pmThat’s right, Ancient. Only burning the American flag is an acceptable display of political protest.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:03pmI have posted conservative views on my facebook page without limitation. Maybe one has to be more recognized than I am.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:03pmIt about time that the Women learned their place…..
I cant wait for Sharia Law to come to the USA, then I have have my dream of driving on roads with no women drivers
lol…
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:06pmYou mean all the ones with cell phones to their ears…lol.
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:30pmLaugh it up funny boy…..you think it’s funny?
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:02pmI for one wouldn’t want a bunch of damn women driving around in those burkas. Hardy any peripheral vision.
Screw those Muslim women anyways, they are just as bad as the men. They spurt out baby after baby to increase the Musim population for world domination.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:55pmBarbarians. And your president bows in submission and kisses the rings of the leaders of these hell holes on earth. I hope the American people wake up before it’s too late. It is too late for the majority of the blacks in America. In their continual quest to be victims (fueled by the likes of Jackson, Farakan & Sharpton) they have allied themselves with the barbarians and now openly claim to be muslim. Little do they know, the muslims, once they have used the blacks to their own ends, will not be so kind when they discard them. History will remember this decision of the blacks as the most destructive to their race as that of their own people selling them into slavery.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:09amthey are not barbarians . we are kind and gentle unless your a progressive/lib/mooseslime/or something in that line. then we barbarians get a bit testy :) to everyone else have a wonderful day and have a nice sausage and egg breakfast, BLT lunck, and roast pork for dinner….yumm.
Report Post »needanotherReagan
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:50pmDidn’t facebook play a major role in the revolution in Egypt? Look how that turned out. What are the facebook people really up to? It’s gone far beyond what it was originally intended to be used for. I’m so glad I never used it.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:51pmMakes you wonder.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:50pmQuit worrying about life for the damn muslims…worry about MY life here!
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:41pmHey Rob…..if you let the muslims have what they want, which is to rule the world,….AND they want it with a bloodthirsty evil lust, AND will kill their OWN people if needed…..AND they have already infiltrated AMERICAN soil….how long do you want to wait before you respond? Do you wait until there is no more HERE and no more of MY life? GET REAL!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES!!! WISE UP FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:45pm@ALL SAUDI WOMEN
Report Post »Sorry about your luck, now get back in the kitchen!
lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:18pmBURN THE KORAN DAY!!! September 11, 2011 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »muhamadhater
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 2:47amI burn a quran once a day, I ran out of rolling papers!!!
Report Post »Donald
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:45pmAhhhhhhhhh the religion of love is speaking again.
Report Post »except if you are women, homosexual, or another religion…who knew
Thegreatone2012
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:43pmwho cares let them practice whatver life style they want….this is we get introuble when we are trying to solve every problem that the world has. i say let them beat each other or cute each others throat who cares.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:43pmIf the men get 72 virgins from this nutball religion what do the women get out this????? I guess the posting of this story tells it all.
Report Post »GulfPeg
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:14amWhen a culture depends and thrives on men treating women badly just to feel like they are men, that certainly tells you a lot! They feel they would loose their manhood if they cannot dominate women.
Report Post »johnnyrockett
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:40pmWell Islam is Evil. Its official. I hope no one trys that crap on this soil. Time to put the cowboy hats back on!!!
Report Post »i want the truth
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:34pmThis is what is coming to America! Watch your back and vote for someone who stands with our United States Constitution!!!
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:34pmAlso Saudi men do not need any excuse to beat women it’s what they are and is one of the things wrong with Islam. I wonder where NOW is??? Haven’t heard much from them lately—hmmm?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:32pmYet we throw men in jail for the same thing. When is America going to wake up that Muslims aren’t good for America.
Report Post »lightbeam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:31pmRight now!!!!! BURN THE KORAN DAY ON September 11, 2011…………..Alluh is EVIL!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:07pmI can only afford to burn three more. The cost of TP is going up.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:52amdon’t forget to save your bacon grease for the fire.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 11:42amYou can‘t condemn a religion for having some totalitarianist zealots in it’s ranks. Christianity has had it’s fill (Crusades, The Inquisition -what a show!-, et cetera).
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:32pmWhat do you expect from ‘kids’ who learn to behead animals as a rite of passage! (The Christians take communion, the Jews have a bar mitzvah! The Arabs learn to slaughter animals by beheading, a practice they later use in dispute resolution! Where is their mommy, saying ‘use your words’! She has been beaten by daddy, with a cord (like a rubber hose)! (Leaves fewer marks than a bat!) I don‘t think it is going to be helpful to ’negotiate’ with these people, or ‘apopogize’ for whatever you think someone might have done to them. Smith & Wesson provides a standoff dispute resoluter! Bang, bang, you’re dead–end of argument! You won’t be whipping any more women, and you won’t be practicing your slaughter technique for the news channels either! Bye!
Report Post »Monica2
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:29pmFace it the Wahhabists have created male monsters, sexually oppressed spoiled brats who get a sexual thrill over the thought of beating women. This is the kind of behavior Islam encourages via the Koran, ladies if they beat you with ropes carry large knives. Freedom of Muslim women will come when they beat upon the heads of the savage backward males that have been taught to hate the female form.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:53pmOr the women should just all stand up and walk out of the country. It wouldn’t bother the men. After all, they still have their porn mags.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:08pmYes, but that would require the Arab/ Muslim world to let go of their regressive attitude. This they’re unwilling to do, it’s why they use hatred to compensate for their inferiority.
Report Post »thebarbarian
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:00amthis is nopt going to happen easily.women are the ones who muitilate other womwns genitals over there. the indoctrinating is deep.
Report Post »just grocery shopping yesterday and if looks could kill this mooselime woman gave me the stare down of death. guess looking like a retiree from the army did’nt cotton to her sensibilities :ha sensibilities my a$$.
PatriotSmith
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:29pmWow…any religion or culture that encourages this is a product of the devil…there are no justifications what so ever..
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:43pmWhere is N.O.W. the N.A.G.S..Code pink?
Report Post »Oh thats right,they just hate white conservitives.
let us prey
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:23pmMakes you wonder what they do to their kids when they spill their milk.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:29pmYet Facebook has limited Conservative speech and postings .. amazing what these progressives will protect and defend.
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:31pmFacebook and Google— I don‘t use either one and don’t plan to! Just puts TMI out there!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:32pmWhy not a FB page to encourage women to shoot Saudi men with a loaded gun? That’s self defense.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:39pmwhat we need is more “”Progressive/Liberal Muslims
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_movements_within_Islam
now that i said that will anyone support them ?
Report Post »taxed
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:50pmIn other words, behave as regular followers of Islam? Very classy people.
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:55pmWhy does Facebook not ban this kind of activity?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 5:58pm@6:00 p.m., y’all!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:00pmTo CATB
I see the animals killed a security guard down in St. Pete last week, lets do the numbers for the year,
Report Post »SPPD Sgt. Thomas J. Baitinger
SPPD David S. Crawford
SPPD Jeffrey A. Yaslowitz
TPD David Curtis
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TPB Michael J. Roberts
They are hunting you guys down my friend, Florida is starting to look like Brasil.
Clara88
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:11pmI wonder how the MALE anchors at MSNBC feel about this??????????????
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I hope ALL women will sign…
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13th Imam
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 6:16pmLive by the cord
Die by the cord
I burn about 4 cords per winter. Wonder what the National Association of Gals (NAGS), will say about this. probably nothing. Go Figure
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 7:12pmWhy beat them with cords, kill them softly with a song.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 7:55pmI think that we should all chip in to buy one-way tickets to some of the left-winger ladies like Nancy Pelosi, Claire McCaskill, Kathleen Sebelius and the rest…let them live the life of a woman in an Islamic radical state. Maybe they’ll gain some respect for our Constitutional Republic.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:00pm@ CATB; Ya, no kidding. Some moron throws a strip of bacon on the steps of a Mosque in this country and the FBI crashes down on them with hate crimes and BS. And yet these are the most intolerant regimes on the planet. Beating women for driving, voting going to school?!?! Where’s the outrage Huff-Po et. al. You lefties are a joke. PC is the devil.
Report Post »Ari Ben TZion
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:34pm90% of the women in Egypt that in childbearing ages, have had their genitals mutilated.
Why would it surprise anyone, that women are beaten in a backward police state such as Saudi Arabia? Why?
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 9:36pmsearch the web
Report Post »they do plenty unholy things
horrific things
to their ‘kids’
not necessarily parents
if you get my drift!
shocking…
bet the aclu would be sure to defend their antics..
they seem to be on the wrong side of every decent issue!
feigning outrage!
i wonder if they sleep well at night
either one of these groups…
gastly bunch
is there anything worse than beaten with a cord…horrible!
cyntro
Posted on May 26, 2011 at 10:11pmWill that depends. Do you mean their boys or their girls?
Report Post »WorldDictator
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 1:13amI had a friend who was a Muslim mom,
she had an arranged marriage,
her brothers would stone her if she left her husband,
and she fantasized about her doctor.
This is a sad religion.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 5:31amWhy do all the libs love strict Muslims so much.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:15amGod help the man, Muslim or not, who tries to beat me. My prayers are with these brave women in their fight for independence.
Report Post »PatriotsLikeMe
Posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:17amI wonder how Michelle wraps herself around this one.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:44pmThis is what the sorostards and the democrats are hoping to bring to the US.
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