[roberto]

Facebook girl beaten and shot dead by her father for talking online

A woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for talking online with a man she met on the website Facebook.

The case was reported on a Saudi Arabian news site as an example of the "strife" the social networking site is causing in the Islamic nation.

It said the man shot his daugther after discovering she had been chatting online to a young man she had met on Facebook.

“Security sources assured Al-Arabiya.net that the father beat up his daughter and then shot her dead,” it said.

A leading Saudi preacher told Al-Arabiya.net that Facebook was a "door to lust" for women and called for it to be blocked to prevent social "strife".

Sheikh Ali al-Maliki said women were posting "revealing pictures" and "behaving badly" on the site, which has become popular with young Saudis.

Internet engineers said that young Saudis were using Facebook to flirt and make "web-cam calls".

Saudi Arabia imposes an austere form of Sunni Islam which prevents unrelated men and women from mixing, bans women from driving and demands that women wear a headscarf and cloak in public.

One female Saudi Facebook fan told The Mail that blocking the site would be pointless because people would simply switch to similar sites.

The 27-year-old woman, who did not want to be named, admitted many young Saudis used Facebook to get in touch with members of the opposite sex.

“In Saudi Arabia, we live more of a virtual life than a real life. I know people who are involved in on-line romances with people they have never met in real life,” the woman said.

“And many of us use Facebook for other things, like talking about human rights and women's rights.

"We can protest on Facebook about the jailing of a blogger which is something we couldn't do on the streets."

Engineers also told Al-Arabiya.net that there were Facebook pages for homosexual and lesbian relations. Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia and is punished by flogging, jail or even death.

The Saudi authorities block access to websites they deem sexual, pornographic, politically offensive, "un-Islamic" or disruptive because of controversial religious and political content.

But Syria is the only Arab country so far to have blocked Facebook.

When the ban was enforced in December, Syrian media said it was to prevent Israeli users from infiltrating Syrian social networks.

Facebook girl beaten and shot dead by her father for talking online | the Daily Mail

[wheelworks]

Hmmm were you the guy the girl was talking to?

[Unity]

Why are you bringing social issues in
relation to islam?
Saudi has taken islam to an extreme.
And just in case you don't know, the Saudi
govt, itself, is full of hypocrisy. I would
appreciate you not mixing Islam with
the cultures/societies of the world.
Thanks.

[Ilikemyscarf]

Omg. Inna lillahi wa ina ilayhi rajeoon.

[roberto]

Originally Posted by Unity

Why are you bringing social issues in
relation to islam?
Saudi has taken islam to an extreme.
And just in case you don't know, the Saudi
govt, itself, is full of hypocrisy. I would
appreciate you not mixing Islam with
the cultures/societies of the world.
Thanks.

If you wish for this thread to be transfered to the "Culture & Society Forum" it's okay by me, or as an alternative, just don't read it

[wheelworks]

Originally Posted by roberto

If you wish for this thread to be transfered to the "Culture & Society Forum" it's okay by me, or as an alternative, just don't read it

Lol

P.S I'm laughing at you not cause of your comment

[m_ali_qazi]

Originally Posted by wheelworks

Hmmm were you the guy the girl was talking to?

then there wouldnt be a murder, there'd be a suicide

[Rambo]

This is what happens when a clash of culture occurs

[m_ali_qazi]

Originally Posted by Unity

Why are you bringing social issues in
relation to islam?
Saudi has taken islam to an extreme.
And just in case you don't know, the Saudi
govt, itself, is full of hypocrisy. I would
appreciate you not mixing Islam with
the cultures/societies of the world.
Thanks.

saudis practice islam as it is true to their own traditions and culture, to say that they take islam to an extreme is passing a moral judgment on people that you dont know

its just like if a saudi was to say that all american women are whores because they wear shorts

[Rambo]

I actually have to agree with saudis on this one, facebook is indeed a door to lust. i know so many people who use it for the wrong purpose.

[infamousbrown]

Beaten and shot? Jeez he could have just picked one.

[Unity]

Islam doesn't condone murder in anyway
unless it's done for the right reasons like
a serial killer or something. You took Islam
and attached it to a super conservative
society that does retarded things under the
name of our religion. It is said in the Quran
that Muslims should always choose the middle
path and not take religion to the extreme.
It was more or less a prophecy cuz if you look
at Saudi and many individuals running terrorist groups,
they've taken Islam to the extreme and beyond.
The Saudi society itself is very conservative and such
flirtatious actions would result in something like that happening
there. Just cuz the society is like that. It's unfortunate that
you associated that with Islam. Please, just try not to attack
Islam because you're on a Muslim forum. Peace.

[roberto]

Originally Posted by Unity

Islam doesn't condone murder in anyway
unless it's done for the right reasons like
a serial killer or something. You took Islam
and attached it to a super conservative
society that does retarded things under the
name of our religion. It is said in the Quran
that Muslims should always choose the middle
path and not take religion to the extreme.
It was more or less a prophecy cuz if you look
at Saudi and many individuals running terrorist groups,
they've taken Islam to the extreme and beyond.
The Saudi society itself is very conservative and such
flirtatious actions would result in something like that happening
there. Just cuz the society is like that. It's unfortunate that
you associated that with Islam. Please, just try not to attack
Islam because you're on a Muslim forum. Peace.

I'm not sure re some of your comment, so to reply would be difficult, an effort I only wish to make if this post is addressed to me. Is it?

[Unity]

Originally Posted by m_ali_qazi

saudis practice islam as it is true to their own traditions and culture, to say that they take islam to an extreme is passing a moral judgment on people that you dont know

its just like if a saudi was to say that all american women are whores because they wear shorts

Well, i respect your opinion but even when looked through a cultural lense Saudi contradicts itself. For instance, it takes its customs seriously and implements laws that prevent Saudi nationals from joining the airline industry as air hostesses while on the other hand it literally imports women from other countries to work for their airlines. Now don't you think that's morally or even ethically wrong? If Saudi cared so much about its culture and traditions, it would not get foreign women to take over jobs that it prevents its
own people from taking. But again, this is just my opinion.

[Jamroll]

Originally Posted by Unity

Well, i respect your opinion but even when looked through a cultural lense Saudi contradicts itself. For instance, it takes its customs seriously and implements laws that prevent Saudi nationals from joining the airline industry as air hostesses while on the other hand it literally imports women from other countries to work for their airlines. Now don't you think that's morally or even ethically wrong? If Saudi cared so much about its culture and traditions, it would not get foreign women to take over jobs that it prevents its
own people from taking. But again, this is just my opinion.

That's a good point, and also they don't let women drive cars which is blatantly racist.