Comments on: Saudi Woman Killed for Chatting on Facebook

By: lunacy

lunacy — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:06 +0000

Triumph,

The al Maliki in this news story is not the same al Maliki who is in Iraq.

The Saudi is Sheikh Ali al-Maliki.

The Iraqi is Nouri al-Maliki. Sometimes knows as Jawad al-Maliki. But never SHEIKH al-Maliki.

So, no, we didn't let this guy be PM of Iraq.

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Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:25:03 +0000

[...] see by way of OTB, that a Saudi woman was killed for using Facebook to talk to a man. Of course her killer [...]

By: Bithead

Bithead — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:46:43 +0000

Hmmm.
This goes back to a conversation I had here with... well, I forget who, actually... that all cultures are not equal, nor should they be treated as such.

By: Patrick T. McGuire

Patrick T. McGuire — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:51:35 +0000

The sad aspect of this story, which doesn't seem to be out there yet, is that the father will not be prosecuted for this, or if he is, he will be exonerated. In the eyes of the Saudis, the murder victim was the offender, not her father.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:45:04 +0000

al-Maliki has emerged as the leading critic of Facebook, claiming the network is corrupting the youth of the nation.

And to think we let this guy become Prime Minister of Iraq.