From the Life Under Sharia Department. From AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti:
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi female users of personal computers are facing the danger of privacy intrusion by men due to the lack of maintenance shops run by women in the conservative kingdom.Amina, who had desposited her computer for repairs in a shop in Riyadh, was "shocked to receive a phone call from the shop owner asking her about the identity of some women appearing in photos saved on the hard disk," the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said Saturday.
He told her that she should save her photos somewhere else "because they are tempting," the paper said, adding that "he offered her a booklet of Islamic fatwas (religious edicts) as a present when she collected her PC."
Noura, a university student, discovered that some files were missing when she retrieved her laptop from a repairs shop.
"A few days later I was amazed to find a message in my e-mail inbox including some of the missing files ... signed by the shop owner," the daily quoted her as saying.
I managed to pull this off the repair shop server. I believe this is one of the missing files...
Temptation #1
St. James-
LOL & ROFL!
Thanks for the link to the secret Muslim image!
(I always do, myself, depending on the laws of the municipality, of course.)
In the words of the prophet (Moliere):
"Presentez toujours le devant au monde."
(Always show your front to the world.)
It is indeed comforting to know that the local pc repairman is looking out for himself (tempting photos) and his Muslima in keeping with the tradition of Islamic fatwas.
Or was this warning an inducement towards this Muslima something of a more sinister and diabolical machination?
Extortion? A threatened report to the religious police could induce a sweet response for this "keeper" of the status quo.
Also-
I'm surprised they even let women have computers.
Aren't there some pork products used in the making of microchips?
(And thank Allah the repairman didn't find her emails to Kevin Bacon.)
Selah!
Wow!And Murderous Mo was such a debauched old Raver himself ... Obviously P.C's are a source of corruption and the KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE DESTROYED BY FUNDAMENTALISTS BECAUSE OF INFIDEL
TECHNOLOGY! [ha,HA]
Sid:
It's not like Spencer not to answer e-mails. He's been having a lot of trouble with the mail system lately and a whole host of messages have gone missing (he even posted an article about it). Try again - try him both at director@jihadwatch.org and spencer952@hotmail.com. He gets hundreds of e-mails per day, but he is diligent about answering them all.