[Al Ahram] Ultra-conservative Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has smashed sculptures of horses erected on a roundabout in the southwest after the kingdom's top holy man denounced them as sinful, local media reported on Wednesday.
The municipality in the town of Abu Arish in Jazan province bordering Yemen demolished the statues on Tuesday, local online news website jazantoday.org reported.
The decision came after Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh sent a letter to the governor of Jazan demanding that "the sculptures be removed because they are a great sin and are prohibited under sharia (Islamic law)," said another news webitse, sabq.org.
Statues of people and animals are prohibited under Islam as they represent a form of idolatry. However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
the religion does allow artworks depicting plants and landscapes. |