Funny way to save someone’s life
Fathers and daughters, Swansea and Jeddah.
A woman who claims her father has kept her locked up against her will in Saudi Arabia must be allowed to return to Britain, a UK judge has ruled.
Amina Al-Jeffery, 21, who was born and brought up in Swansea, was taken to Jeddah in 2012 by her father, Mohammed, who said he did it to “save her life”.
She says he did it because she kissed a guy.
The judge said the father had to let her return and pay her airfare – but he also said there was no way to compel him.
Mr Justice Holman added: “There are no conventions between Britain and Saudi Arabia. The courts in Saudi Arabia would not even recognise the basis of the claim, because it does not recognise dual nationality.”
Some more things Saudi Arabia doesn’t recognize: human rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, secular law, international law…
Why is
ISISSaudi Arabia our ally again? Oh, yeah. Control of vast oil reserves and a ready market for weapons.I hope that Amina gets free.
By “saving her life” I suspect he means saving her life from all the terrible things that he himself would otherwise do to her. This, incidentally, is the only way in which the God of Abraham himself ever supposedly “saved” anyone…
Or even Abraham himself? Though I haven’t read up much on the bibble these last 30 years or so …
Abraham himself was prepared to sacrifice his son on God’s command. The fact that God was only kidding doesn’t make it much better, particularly as this is a story to tell us that we should put religion before our nearest and dearest.
Otoh, wasn’t it Abraham who argued with God that he shouldn’t destroy a whole city without finding out if there were some good people who deserved mercy?