On Monday, Saudi Arabia beheaded Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar. She was found guilty of practicing sorcery. Yes, sorcery. In Saudi Arabia they like to party like it's 1692. She was arrested by the religious police after claiming to be able to heal the sick. She was apparently charging people $800 to do so. So at worst this woman was a scam artist. Maybe she really thought she could heal people, who knows?
What I do know is that Saudi Arabia is a tough place to be a woman. In 2006, the Saudi Labor Minister, Ghazi Al-Qusaibi, said the following:
"...therefore no woman will be employed without the explicit consent of her guardian. We will also make sure that the [woman's] job will not interfere with her work at home with her family, or with her eternal duty of raising her children..."
So, let's say you are a woman and you need money for some reason. There's a 30% chance you are illiterate, you may have been married off as early as age nine, you have only limited property rights, you aren't allowed to drive, and you are basically at the mercy of your closest male relative. Yeah, think about that. You could be completely under the control of your dickhole brother. Sweet! So, anyway, you need some money. What are your freaking options? Running a little hustle is kind of understandable under these circumstances.
It certainly makes me grateful to live where and when I do.
You can read the full story on the Telegraph here.
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