Sharia Alert, and a practical demonstration of the lack of limitations on the scope of sharia law. As it gains a foothold in Europe and the U.S., where will the "Total System" stop? "Saudi Arabia: Asian immigrant forced to clean mosques for 'skipping prayers'," from Adnkronos International, November 18:
Riyadh, 18 Nov. (AKI) - A Saudi civil court has ordered an Asian immigrant to clean mosques next month during this year's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca after religious police caught him skipping Friday prayers several times, Saudi daily al-Watan reports. The man will have to clean five mosques along the highway into Mecca twice daily for eleven days, the court ruled.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs will be tasked with checking if the immigrant obeys the court order. If he fails to do so, the court has warned that he will be tried before a criminal court.
Instead of handing out custodial sentences, a number of Saudi judges have recently ordered minor offenders to clean buildings and cars, memorise the Koran (the Muslim holy book) or do community work.
Earlier this month, a judge ordered a young man to memorise part of the Koran and 40 sayings of the Prophet Mohammed as a punishment for appearing in public with a woman who was not a relative.
Earlier this month, a judge ordered a young man to memorise part of the Koran and 40 sayings..
That's torture.
Earlier this month, a judge ordered a young man to memorise part of the Koran ..."
- “That's torture.”
Sure it is torture of the most refined sort because he had to memorize verse 2:256 of the Qur'an: "There is no compulsion in religion".
Well, I suppose the "judge" could have had him beheaded.
Whoever has been to any Middle-Eastern country (Israel being the exception) knows that mosques are the only clean places to be seen. Everywhere else looks like a big open-air dumpster because of littering.
Could that be because there might be a chance that throwing garbage in cans is haram?
Proudkafir: But the women's rooms in those lovely clean mosques don't look too good. Very shabby and uninspiring, and ignominious for the women, but maybe they are used to it. Perhaps the cleaners are not allowed in...