Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Saudis Ban "Jewish" Barbies   [Rich Lowry]

Saudi Govt Bans "Jewish" Barbie Dolls



"(Washington) ...September 8, 2003 - SIA News (www.arabianews.org)—



The Saudi government has announced that Barbie dolls are Jewish tools promoting the lewd behavior of the what it calls the perverted Western world, according to a poster distributed to Saudi schools, mosques and hospitals which has been obtained by SIA news.



The poster, titled "The Jewish Doll", is printed and distributed by the powerful Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, otherwise known as the religious police. This is a government agency headed by a Wahhabi cleric with ministerial rank appointed by King Fahd.



The poster includes photos of Barbie dolls that have been confiscated by religious police from local retail outlets, displayed in a special exhibition of goods which are deemed to have violated official religious teachings.



The Permanent Exhibition for Religious Contraventions is located at the headquarters of the religious police in Madina. It displays confiscated goods such as photographs, perfumes, and dolls among other confiscated items.



Saudi spokesman in Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir, refused to comment when SIA news asked him about the poster and the official propagation of religious hatred against Jews, Christians, Hindus and non-Wahhabi Muslims by government agencies and officials.



The power of the religious police emanates from the support of King Fahd and Interior Minister Prince Naif, who fund it generously...."

09/09 10:32 AMShare