23 March
Oh dear;
we are sat watching a show(?) on telly that was recorded last night. I am
horrified by it so far. It is not surprising that Islam is so violent a
religion when the richest and most influential Islamic countries Saudi, is
treating its people the way it is. Films of public executions and punishments,
of women being publicly abused and assaulted while out shopping. Why is all
this happening? Simply put, if you express any member of the royal family, it’s
taken as an insult to Islam. A 17-year old boy has been sentenced to public beheading
for taking part in a riot, yet Saudi became the Chair if the UN Human Rights Commission.
The role
of women in the country is second class, of being lower than men. From an early
on in their lives at school that this is so, the right and natural way of life.
They are taught that Jews and Christians are and evil and polluter the world
and should be exterminated where ever they are found. And on and on it goes.
The top
and bottom of it is brand of Islam known as Maburi Islam, as followed by the
royal family. There’s a claim there is little or no difference in the ideology
between that brand of Islam and ISIS. There’s a claim that Saudi has direct
links to al Qaeda through a domestic through a commission in Bosnia where funds
were funnelled to the terrorist. The Chair if that commission is now the King of
Saudi. The commission offices were raided and they found more links, including
the 9/11 attacks in New York.
With all
this, I do ask why we have such close links to the country. It’s all down to
the money arms manufactures make from them, £5billions for us alone. Add in the
US exports and you can see why Saudi is awash with money. All that money come
from just one source, oil, and lots of it. Oil is vital to us all, so to keep
it flowing our leaders overlook the human rights violations that go on there.
And guess what? There’s another reason to overlook the abuse; Saudi provides
vital intelligence to our security services.
As I said
above, Saudi is awash with money, but where is it. From the show there is
little evidence of it getting down to the general population. They live in real
poverty and in what can only be described slums. Yet look at the palaces of the
royals. That alone shows what they are all about, greed for money and power and
as much as they can get! So what is the answer? Are we so desperate for arms
sales and the intelligence they give? Certainly we need the jobs it provides and
the intelligence. But are we really happy at the moral issues? I’m not, so what’s
next? I am open to suggestions.
We were
due to have Kile from next Monday for a few days; that changed yesterday evening.
He is now coming to us direct from school today and we take him back home on
Saturday. He will come back to us on Tuesday for a few more days. At least that
is the current plan, but they change quite quickly at times. Apparently though,
all the schools are already on holiday for Easter, all that is except Etone,
Kile’s school. Ah well …
Today’s
photo …
The main lad.
Today’s
funny …
Waiter,
waiter. I don't like the flies in here.
Well come back tomorrow sir, we'll have some new ones by then.
Well come back tomorrow sir, we'll have some new ones by then.
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