Archive for October 27th, 2010

…to their faces - as they renewed their wedding vows.

If you don’t want to be humiliated and abused by Muslims on a five-star tropical vacation – and pay through the nose for the privilege – you know what to do:

MALE, October 27 (HNS) – A video surfaced on social networks and popular video sharing website YouTube, showing employees at Vilu Reef Beach and Spa resort mocking a tourist couple renewing their marriage vows as “swine” and “infidels.”

Tourism Ministry and Maldives Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agents (MATATO) raised concerns over the video amid mixed criticisms on social networks for disesteeming local laws, customs and Islam. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Zainabal al-Khatam (video above from last year’s contest):

JEDDAH – A blind woman beat back other pretenders to take the 2010 “Queen of Beautiful Morals” crown in the now-annual Saudi contest of spiritual and filial beauty, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Zainab al-Khatam defeated 10 other semi-finalists in the eastern city of Qatif, where black-burqa-clad contestants paraded not their physical attributes but their commitment to ultra-conservative Saudi family values, Al-Watan said.

Khatam, 24, has remained at home taking care of her family since finishing school, it said. Runner-up Eiman Zain al-Din was a 20-year-old university student in business administration. Read the rest of this entry »