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		<title>By: Friday Links &#8212; January 9, 2009 &#187; Muslimah Media Watch</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-24666</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Friday Links &#8212; January 9, 2009 &#187; Muslimah Media Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] of Muslim girls in London.Cycads writes about anti-feminism in Malaysia.Saudi Jeans predicts that Saudi Arabian women will bring the country&#8217;s rights for women forward after studying abroad.Muslim women in Jaipur, India, earn money by making kites.According to The [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] of Muslim girls in London.Cycads writes about anti-feminism in Malaysia.Saudi Jeans predicts that Saudi Arabian women will bring the country&#8217;s rights for women forward after studying abroad.Muslim women in Jaipur, India, earn money by making kites.According to The [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mixup &#171; Saudi Jeans</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-21355</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mixup &#171; Saudi Jeans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] women, but apparently the same rules don’t apply to his wife. This kind of hypocrisy, however, nothing new. It is a typical symptom of the double standards many Saudis practice in their lives [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] women, but apparently the same rules don’t apply to his wife. This kind of hypocrisy, however, nothing new. It is a typical symptom of the double standards many Saudis practice in their lives [...]</p>
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		<title>By: saudigirl</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-20563</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[iwas have chance to study abroad my parents order me to go and my father promise to help me and go with me there as mehram but i refuse to go ...

i hope when they back bring useful change and freedon but not in our religioun

Khair i agree with you in many things]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>iwas have chance to study abroad my parents order me to go and my father promise to help me and go with me there as mehram but i refuse to go &#8230;</p>
<p>i hope when they back bring useful change and freedon but not in our religioun</p>
<p>Khair i agree with you in many things</p>
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		<title>By: hafster</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-18036</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your behaviour as an adult is dependent on your upbringing. The absent fathers and the shopping-mall mothers are to blame for the lack of morals and the rampant hypocrisy in Saudi society. When children are looked after by detached housemaids, and the children are allowed if not encouraged to hurl abuse at their maids, it&#039;s little surprise they grow up to be the b******* they are. 

I teach at an expat school, and we have around 100 saudi students; With the exception of 1 boy, all of the Saudi students are rude and indifferent to the feelings of others. They litter the room and laugh when the Bengali worker complains. They chatter all day in class, and are deaf to criticism and threats of &#039;i&#039;ll phone your father.&#039; The usual response is &#039;I don&#039;t care - because they know nothing will happen.&quot;

The cause of this is the lack of training in basic Islamic morals. If students were to learn basic axioms which encapsulated Islamic morals, and if their parents behaved more responsibly, they might not turn out to be brats. Most Saudi kids swoon the moment they see some female flesh, and when they&#039;re out of parental and social supervision, they facade is really destroyed. 

God help the Najdis, for they have done more harm to the Muslims than anyone else.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your behaviour as an adult is dependent on your upbringing. The absent fathers and the shopping-mall mothers are to blame for the lack of morals and the rampant hypocrisy in Saudi society. When children are looked after by detached housemaids, and the children are allowed if not encouraged to hurl abuse at their maids, it&#8217;s little surprise they grow up to be the b******* they are. </p>
<p>I teach at an expat school, and we have around 100 saudi students; With the exception of 1 boy, all of the Saudi students are rude and indifferent to the feelings of others. They litter the room and laugh when the Bengali worker complains. They chatter all day in class, and are deaf to criticism and threats of &#8216;i&#8217;ll phone your father.&#8217; The usual response is &#8216;I don&#8217;t care &#8211; because they know nothing will happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>The cause of this is the lack of training in basic Islamic morals. If students were to learn basic axioms which encapsulated Islamic morals, and if their parents behaved more responsibly, they might not turn out to be brats. Most Saudi kids swoon the moment they see some female flesh, and when they&#8217;re out of parental and social supervision, they facade is really destroyed. </p>
<p>God help the Najdis, for they have done more harm to the Muslims than anyone else.</p>
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		<title>By: Malaysian Girl</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-17722</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malaysian Girl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 08:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am totally appalled by Khair&#039;s post. I am a Muslim Malaysian girl and to see that he uses my country as a bench mark to argue about not giving the equal rights and freedom for women in Saudi has put quite a notching knot in my stomach.
My mother is one example. She is an extraordinary woman and has raised 6 kids on her own and she retired as one of the top official here in Malaysia. 
Having a father who has taken a second wife, I cant imagine how my life would be like if my mother was not financially independent enough to provide us with proper education. Needless to say, our father, a Muslim man who argued that he married another to follow the sunnah coudlnt support his first family due to having to feed too many mouths. 
I am thankful and grateful to be born a Muslim and having a mother who is able to provide all of us with proper education and all us - the children managed to graduate and work to support ourselves and the family. 
I for once was sent to a private institution and able to study abroad in Australia. and I have been able to work in a great job that allows me to globe trot and see the different cultures and have an open mind. ( I travel around 6-7 times/year).

If we, the women were not given the equal rights as men here in Malaysia, i dont know what will happen to me and my family because my father abandoned us at one point in his life.

What i am trying to say here is, there is pros and cons to everything. I am an example of a Muslim Malaysian woman who has been given the freedom all my life but I am still on the right track,Even with the freedow bestowed on me, I have been able to limit myself.
True enough, there were some bad judgement calls in the past but it has shaped me to be a much better person, stronger believer to my religion.

at the end of the day, you are given the choices whetehr you want to be a slut, a drug addict or whatever. it is not a matter of having parents who are not around to guide you. (FYI, my mom wasnt around that much as she was constantly busy working and traveling. And please dont ask about my dad as he was busy with his other &#039;family&#039;). I managed to grow up and become a very responsible human being.

And how do you explain those Saudis who were brought up in a very conservative way and to lead a double life when they were not in KSA? They drink, have tattoos, sleep around etc. Saudi men have very bad reputation here and most locals girls were warned against having any relationship to Saudi men, let alone marrying them!
I was doing my research online to see how it is to marry a Saudi men and im sorry to say that all of the articles/forum i found advises us against it.
and the irony is, i am engaged to a Saudi man and I am scared out of my wits as what will happen when we finally marries and move back to Saudi. Im sure I am going to have a very difficult time if everyone over there has the same mindset as our dear friend Khair.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am totally appalled by Khair&#8217;s post. I am a Muslim Malaysian girl and to see that he uses my country as a bench mark to argue about not giving the equal rights and freedom for women in Saudi has put quite a notching knot in my stomach.<br />
My mother is one example. She is an extraordinary woman and has raised 6 kids on her own and she retired as one of the top official here in Malaysia.<br />
Having a father who has taken a second wife, I cant imagine how my life would be like if my mother was not financially independent enough to provide us with proper education. Needless to say, our father, a Muslim man who argued that he married another to follow the sunnah coudlnt support his first family due to having to feed too many mouths.<br />
I am thankful and grateful to be born a Muslim and having a mother who is able to provide all of us with proper education and all us &#8211; the children managed to graduate and work to support ourselves and the family.<br />
I for once was sent to a private institution and able to study abroad in Australia. and I have been able to work in a great job that allows me to globe trot and see the different cultures and have an open mind. ( I travel around 6-7 times/year).</p>
<p>If we, the women were not given the equal rights as men here in Malaysia, i dont know what will happen to me and my family because my father abandoned us at one point in his life.</p>
<p>What i am trying to say here is, there is pros and cons to everything. I am an example of a Muslim Malaysian woman who has been given the freedom all my life but I am still on the right track,Even with the freedow bestowed on me, I have been able to limit myself.<br />
True enough, there were some bad judgement calls in the past but it has shaped me to be a much better person, stronger believer to my religion.</p>
<p>at the end of the day, you are given the choices whetehr you want to be a slut, a drug addict or whatever. it is not a matter of having parents who are not around to guide you. (FYI, my mom wasnt around that much as she was constantly busy working and traveling. And please dont ask about my dad as he was busy with his other &#8216;family&#8217;). I managed to grow up and become a very responsible human being.</p>
<p>And how do you explain those Saudis who were brought up in a very conservative way and to lead a double life when they were not in KSA? They drink, have tattoos, sleep around etc. Saudi men have very bad reputation here and most locals girls were warned against having any relationship to Saudi men, let alone marrying them!<br />
I was doing my research online to see how it is to marry a Saudi men and im sorry to say that all of the articles/forum i found advises us against it.<br />
and the irony is, i am engaged to a Saudi man and I am scared out of my wits as what will happen when we finally marries and move back to Saudi. Im sure I am going to have a very difficult time if everyone over there has the same mindset as our dear friend Khair.</p>
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		<title>By: outcast</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-17473</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an Atheist, I am not evil, and I do care about humanity in general. A good term for this is Humanism. I will never be a Jew, a Christian, or a Muslim. All religions are full of lies, hypocracies, and is often used as a tool for oppression. 

Add to this, there are many fundamentalist Jews, Christians, and Muslims who believe not only the end of days will come within their lifetime, but they also welcome it. This is a threat to humanity itself. Religion must be destroyed and replaced with something more humane and suitable for this century.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am an Atheist, I am not evil, and I do care about humanity in general. A good term for this is Humanism. I will never be a Jew, a Christian, or a Muslim. All religions are full of lies, hypocracies, and is often used as a tool for oppression. </p>
<p>Add to this, there are many fundamentalist Jews, Christians, and Muslims who believe not only the end of days will come within their lifetime, but they also welcome it. This is a threat to humanity itself. Religion must be destroyed and replaced with something more humane and suitable for this century.</p>
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		<title>By: Daud</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-16850</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daud]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men&#039;s and women&#039;s rights are defined by Allaah and His Messenger (salallaahu alayhi wa salam), and explained to us by the scholars.  

I&#039;m an American revert to Islaam.  I fear for all of you who live in KSA, because I&#039;ve seen you scholarship men and women.  I see how you scholarship students behave here in America.  I see what you hope remains hidden from your parents and government.  Most of you who claim to want &quot;reform&quot; in the KSA just want to imitate the disbelievers and their evil ways you’ve adopted.    I&#039;ve seen most of you lose your Islaam here in America.  I rarely see you brothers in the Masjid because so many of you have abandoned the Salaat.  I see you brothers running around america with kuffar girlfriends who you are fornicating with.  I&#039;ve been in college classrooms with you sisters, and witnessed you absorb western kuffar ideas, and witnessed you abandon Allaah’s command that you wear proper hijab; and then become activists who call to kufr.

You have become pawns in what Shaykh bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said is part of the “Ideological Attack” on Islaam.  When asked about the means the kuffar employ in the ideological attach, the shaykh said,

“They attempt to conquer the minds of the Muslims youth.  They do this by infusing in them Western values and concepts so that they believe that the best way to adopt in any matter is that of the west…”

Western values and ideas are good only in managing dunyawiyy affairs; NEVER in matters of the Deen or governing the affairs of the people in Muslims societies.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s rights are defined by Allaah and His Messenger (salallaahu alayhi wa salam), and explained to us by the scholars.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m an American revert to Islaam.  I fear for all of you who live in KSA, because I&#8217;ve seen you scholarship men and women.  I see how you scholarship students behave here in America.  I see what you hope remains hidden from your parents and government.  Most of you who claim to want &#8220;reform&#8221; in the KSA just want to imitate the disbelievers and their evil ways you’ve adopted.    I&#8217;ve seen most of you lose your Islaam here in America.  I rarely see you brothers in the Masjid because so many of you have abandoned the Salaat.  I see you brothers running around america with kuffar girlfriends who you are fornicating with.  I&#8217;ve been in college classrooms with you sisters, and witnessed you absorb western kuffar ideas, and witnessed you abandon Allaah’s command that you wear proper hijab; and then become activists who call to kufr.</p>
<p>You have become pawns in what Shaykh bin Baaz (rahimahullaah) said is part of the “Ideological Attack” on Islaam.  When asked about the means the kuffar employ in the ideological attach, the shaykh said,</p>
<p>“They attempt to conquer the minds of the Muslims youth.  They do this by infusing in them Western values and concepts so that they believe that the best way to adopt in any matter is that of the west…”</p>
<p>Western values and ideas are good only in managing dunyawiyy affairs; NEVER in matters of the Deen or governing the affairs of the people in Muslims societies.</p>
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		<title>By: Sparky</title>
		<link>http://saudijeans.org/2008/11/01/saudi-hypocrisy-empowered-women/#comment-16793</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sparky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have issue with any country or government that treats women like property. And if any man were to walk up to a woman and punch her in the face...most people would be appalled. If any man were to snatch her purse out of her arms and run off, most would run after him to retrieve what was stolen. What men are doing to women in essence is punching them in the face and robbing them of their identity. There is a such thing as &quot;identity theft&quot; and that is exactly what is done in Saudi but in a different way. Identity theft is a crime...

I define myself and create my own identity and how dare someone steal it and use it?

Nobody can wipe my slate; nobody can rob my identity; 

For I, intend to write it with bold colors. Woe to he or she who stands in my way. Yawaylik]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have issue with any country or government that treats women like property. And if any man were to walk up to a woman and punch her in the face&#8230;most people would be appalled. If any man were to snatch her purse out of her arms and run off, most would run after him to retrieve what was stolen. What men are doing to women in essence is punching them in the face and robbing them of their identity. There is a such thing as &#8220;identity theft&#8221; and that is exactly what is done in Saudi but in a different way. Identity theft is a crime&#8230;</p>
<p>I define myself and create my own identity and how dare someone steal it and use it?</p>
<p>Nobody can wipe my slate; nobody can rob my identity; </p>
<p>For I, intend to write it with bold colors. Woe to he or she who stands in my way. Yawaylik</p>
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		<title>By: Letter to Amenah &#171; Saudi Jeans</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Letter to Amenah &#171; Saudi Jeans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] I have said that censorship does not work anymore, censorship is still a reality of our lives in this part of the world. Unfortunately, censorship by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By: Friday Links &#8212; January 9, 2009 &#171; Muslimah Media Watch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Friday Links &#8212; January 9, 2009 &#171; Muslimah Media Watch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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