The Religious Policeman - a Saudi blogger

One of my usual blog visits is to a Saudi blogger called The Religious Policeman. If you've never been to his site you should pay him a visit.

His blog is dedicated as follows:

In Memory of the lives of 15 Makkah Schoolgirls, lost when their school burnt down on Monday, 11th March, 2002. The Religious Police would not allow them to leave the building, nor allow the Firemen to enter.

He has a link to the BBC report of the tragedy.

With all the political correctness being used in relation to Islam these days, I thought it might be worthwhile to revisit this story.

Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress, according to Saudi newspapers.

They would rather let them burn to death because they were not properly attired.

According to the al-Eqtisadiah daily, firemen confronted police after they tried to keep the girls inside because they were not wearing the headscarves and abayas (black robes) required by the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam.

One witness said he saw three policemen "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya".

They didn't merely "let them burn to death", they actually used force to make them burn to death.

Keep all this in mind when people are trying to be politically correct when discussing Islam and Muslims.
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