By Phyllis Chesler
Today, Britain granted political asylum to a married Saudi princess who had an out-of-wedlock child with a non-Muslim British man. The unnamed princess, married to a much older man, feared that she would be honor murdered, probably stoned to death, back home in the Kingdom.
I recall the 1978 fate of another Saudi Princess, Misha, who dared to fall in love with a commoner. They married secretly, she disguised herself as a man, and was about to flee the country when they were both apprehended; both husband and wife were publicly and gruesomely executed. Two thousands Saudi princesses were forced to watch this sickening spectacle.
Neither Saudi princess was a fighter for others. Each sought personal happiness which, as women, was utterly denied to them. They were - and are - desperate rebels, perhaps even tragic role models.
President Obama has recently promised to allow "battered" women from other countries to apply for political asylum here. If so, I previously wrote, we will soon find ourselves flooded with such applications. Read more ...
Today, Britain granted political asylum to a married Saudi princess who had an out-of-wedlock child with a non-Muslim British man. The unnamed princess, married to a much older man, feared that she would be honor murdered, probably stoned to death, back home in the Kingdom.
I recall the 1978 fate of another Saudi Princess, Misha, who dared to fall in love with a commoner. They married secretly, she disguised herself as a man, and was about to flee the country when they were both apprehended; both husband and wife were publicly and gruesomely executed. Two thousands Saudi princesses were forced to watch this sickening spectacle.
Neither Saudi princess was a fighter for others. Each sought personal happiness which, as women, was utterly denied to them. They were - and are - desperate rebels, perhaps even tragic role models.
President Obama has recently promised to allow "battered" women from other countries to apply for political asylum here. If so, I previously wrote, we will soon find ourselves flooded with such applications. Read more ...
Source: PJM