By Adam Majewski
With in the news recently Saudi Arabia has tried to change the views of their country on having very strict laws and many international human rights violations. Many such things ranging from the protest's against woman being allowed to drive with out a male escort to the most recent act of an Ethiopian woman being beaten to a bloody pulp seem to continually brought forth the truth of the matter of these views on Saudi Arabia.
The most recent, is that of a young Ethiopian woman working in Saudi Arabia, for a family there was hung and beaten by her employers. Beaten so badly she was drenched in her own blood when they were finished.
This act of violence done by a family which claims to be Muslim by all accounts.
Acts like this are not Islam in fact they are far from it. We as Muslims can not condone such violence as this just as we don't as a community didn't condone the Boston Marathon bombing, we didn't condone the 9/11 terrorist attacks and we continue to not condone the acts of some Islamic governments not performing their religious duties to their citizens.
Not much is currently going on with the situation as to if this family has been apprehended for their actions or if the government has chosen to do nothing. How ever for the time being Amnesty international has recently slammed Saudi Arabia for their lack of basic human rights for migrants to the nation. They have reported that many migrant workers and minorities each year face many harsh abuses/cruelties at the hands of authorities and their employers.
From an Islamic stance many should know and understand, that this act of violence is UN-Islamic. This one act of wrong doing does not speak for all Muslim. It is in fact Haram(unlawful) and the individuals should be brought to justice even under sharia law.
With in the news recently Saudi Arabia has tried to change the views of their country on having very strict laws and many international human rights violations. Many such things ranging from the protest's against woman being allowed to drive with out a male escort to the most recent act of an Ethiopian woman being beaten to a bloody pulp seem to continually brought forth the truth of the matter of these views on Saudi Arabia.
The most recent, is that of a young Ethiopian woman working in Saudi Arabia, for a family there was hung and beaten by her employers. Beaten so badly she was drenched in her own blood when they were finished.
This act of violence done by a family which claims to be Muslim by all accounts.
Acts like this are not Islam in fact they are far from it. We as Muslims can not condone such violence as this just as we don't as a community didn't condone the Boston Marathon bombing, we didn't condone the 9/11 terrorist attacks and we continue to not condone the acts of some Islamic governments not performing their religious duties to their citizens.
Not much is currently going on with the situation as to if this family has been apprehended for their actions or if the government has chosen to do nothing. How ever for the time being Amnesty international has recently slammed Saudi Arabia for their lack of basic human rights for migrants to the nation. They have reported that many migrant workers and minorities each year face many harsh abuses/cruelties at the hands of authorities and their employers.
From an Islamic stance many should know and understand, that this act of violence is UN-Islamic. This one act of wrong doing does not speak for all Muslim. It is in fact Haram(unlawful) and the individuals should be brought to justice even under sharia law.
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