This Is What Saudi Arabia's First PSA For Violence Against Women Looks Like

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20. 1. That's a niqab, not a burqa. 2. The hideous IRONY of this ad! Women are FORCED to "cover up"

They MUST wear shrouds at all times out in public in Saudi Arabia (and Iran etc). You don't think men realize this? Its DISGUSTING to play this as a semantic game.

3. The Quran gives men explicit permission to beat their wives. If Muhammed says its okay then its okay for many Muslims. All this ad does is ensure the abuse stays on those parts of the body that aren't exposed.

4. The Saudis have been waging a decades long campaign to institute their version of Salafi/Wahhabi Islam across the planet which strongly advocates for women to be shrouded, for women to be second class citizens to men, for women to be forced into obedience to Sharia law etc etc. In short, the Saudis have been PRIME movers and shakers in the global Islamist movement. And yet this one ad (rife with terrible connotations) is the one they put out to try to right the numerous wrongs they've inflicted on women around the globe??



Ugh. Just awful