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**haittiweerved** · 06-30-2012, 08:18 PM

The Puritans are very rigid on dress codes, sexuality and controlling the personal.

Very true, evidence below -

In the middle of March 2002, Saudi newspapers reported an incident that took place in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad’s birthplace. According to the official count, at least fourteen young girls burned to death or were asphyxiated by smoke when an accidental fire engulfed their public school. Parents who arrived at the scene described a horrific situation in which the doors of the school were locked from the outside, and the Saudi religious police, known as the mutawwa’un, forcibly prevented girls from escaping the burning school and also barred firemen from entering the school to save the girls by beating some of the girls and several of the civil defense personnel. According to the statements of parents, firemen, and the regular police forces present at the scene, the mutawwa’un would not allow the girls to escape or to be saved because they were “not properly covered,” and the mutawwa’un did not want physical contact to take place between the girls and the civil defense forces for fear of sexual enticement, presumably in the midst of crisis. “Not properly covered” meant that the girls were either missing the niqab, a veil concealing their faces, or the ‘abaya, a cloaklike wrap covering their bodies.

The governmental institution that is responsible for administering the mutawwa’un (known as the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) denied that officers had beaten any of the girls or civil defense workers, and also denied that the men had locked the gates of the school and trapped the girls inside.1 But witnesses told Saudi newspapers that the mutawwa’un yelled at the police and firemen to stay back and beat several firemen as they commanded the girls to go back into the burning building and retrieve their veils before they would be allowed to leave the school. Several parents told journalists that they had seen at least three girls being kicked and beaten with sticks when they attempted to argue with the mutawwa’un. Several girls did obey the mutawwa’un and returned to the school to retrieve their veils, only to be found dead later.

Abou El Fadl, Khaled M. (2009-10-13). The Great Theft (pp. 250-251). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

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haittiweerved Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 340 Senior Member	The Puritans are very rigid on dress codes, sexuality and controlling the personal. Very true, evidence below - In the middle of March 2002, Saudi newspapers reported an incident that took place in Mecca, the Prophet Muhammad’s birthplace. According to the official count, at least fourteen young girls burned to death or were asphyxiated by smoke when an accidental fire engulfed their public school. Parents who arrived at the scene described a horrific situation in which the doors of the school were locked from the outside, and the Saudi religious police, known as the mutawwa’un, forcibly prevented girls from escaping the burning school and also barred firemen from entering the school to save the girls by beating some of the girls and several of the civil defense personnel. According to the statements of parents, firemen, and the regular police forces present at the scene, the mutawwa’un would not allow the girls to escape or to be saved because they were “not properly covered,” and the mutawwa’un did not want physical contact to take place between the girls and the civil defense forces for fear of sexual enticement, presumably in the midst of crisis. “Not properly covered” meant that the girls were either missing the niqab, a veil concealing their faces, or the ‘abaya, a cloaklike wrap covering their bodies. The governmental institution that is responsible for administering the mutawwa’un (known as the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) denied that officers had beaten any of the girls or civil defense workers, and also denied that the men had locked the gates of the school and trapped the girls inside.1 But witnesses told Saudi newspapers that the mutawwa’un yelled at the police and firemen to stay back and beat several firemen as they commanded the girls to go back into the burning building and retrieve their veils before they would be allowed to leave the school. Several parents told journalists that they had seen at least three girls being kicked and beaten with sticks when they attempted to argue with the mutawwa’un. Several girls did obey the mutawwa’un and returned to the school to retrieve their veils, only to be found dead later. Abou El Fadl, Khaled M. (2009-10-13). The Great Theft (pp. 250-251). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
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