Hello friends,
Imagine if you were a school girl in a school here in Saudi Arabia, anxious to have that new gymnasium built on your campus, as you realize you and your friends would soon have sports to play, exercise machines to use or simply to have a class called Physical Education. Well, guess what? Tough luck! Because Saudi Arabia has not given permission to the schools to build gymnasiums in any of the girl's schools in the Kingdom. No Physical Education for Schoolgirls! What a blow to the young school girls! I mean, come on, being in an all girls' schools, playing sports in an enclosed building, what does that have to do with violating the religious laws here. "Two days ago the Ministry of Education stated that it “would not introduce physical education in girls’ schools” and requested that the media “respect religious, literary and national responsibility.” I mean, come on, give me a break!
Ironically enough, on the same front page of Arab News, there was news of a Saudi woman making waves because she was elected to be a member on the 10-member board of the Saudi Engineers Council. To read this piece of news seemed so funny because on one hand we see the immense progess women are making in various fields of social life in the Kingdom, which is in stark contrast to know that young schoolgirls will not get the opportunity to even participate in sports. An anonymous spokesperson from the Education Administration in Makkah said, “Religious men have a great influence on our education and the ministry listens only to those with certain views about women and their role and place in society."
It may be one step forward for this particular woman to be elected to the board, but it's two steps backwards for the schoolgirls of this nation! (I cannot help but think of the schoolgirls who were killed in the school fire in the city of Makkah, as the Religious barred them from leaving because they feared the physical contact between the girls and the firemen would be akin to a huge sin!)
Mansur
2 comments:
well god forbid that anyone should lose their viginity while vaulting in the gym.
I canont believe the Saudi "religious men" would think of this way. It makes my blood boil to think they come up with a ruling like this in the "name of islam!" when it really should be in the "name of Saudi culture!" Everyone knows women raced and rode camels 1400 years ago. I mean, they are talking about girls physical education in GIRLS only schools!! These dumb brains will never understand!!!!! screw this man--- its just saaaaaad and I am about to go out and kill one of these so called religious men with my own bare hands, and do some karate on him to show how women should be allowed to do sports.....and how men should not oppress women by not letting them dp sports, while the men can go crazy and enjoy life watching and celebrating football wins.....SCREW THIS MAN!!! I am outta here....LOSER KSA- Kingdom of Sick Assholes!
Female Twae Kon Do expert....ha! (whoever challenges me be prepared to come under my chopping moves! haha!)
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