What about the Universities?

Saudi Arabian universities are not immune from Islamic zealotry. All Saudis attending universities must study the compulsory religious subjects to graduate. Obviously, the extent of Islamic studies is not as comprehensive as in schools, but never the less, the university students also have to endure the religious torment perpetrated by the religious department. As it stands now, to graduate, every university student must study at least four subjects on Islamic culture. In an Islamic university a student must complete ‘preserve’ of the Qur’an, or at least one part of the Qur’an (jouza). Needless to say, all such mindless and brainless provisions at the highest level of learning are nothing but the perpetuation of inhuman religious ordeal which had started at schools.  

A few years ago, at Muhammad bin Saad Islamic University in Riyadh, the students were ordered to offer their daily morning prayers in the congregation at the university mosque. This meant that every student must travel to the university mosque very early in the morning to offer his prayer in a group. Individual prayer at room was not acceptable. To enforce this vicious and mindless provision, the Imam of the mosque was empowered to check the attendance after the prayer was over (not before the prayer commenced). If any student was found absent, on three consecutive occasions, without any legal reasons, he was liable to be expelled out of the university accommodation. After a short period, this compulsory provision was withdrawn. This was not due to the mercy of the religious people. It was because, soon after the enforcement of such draconian rule, most accommodations in the university went empty. This became so rampant—the student vacating their university accommodations due to the harsh rule that the university authority had to close down the accommodation facilities. Now, except for smaller universities, the government has closed down all student accommodation facilities. 

But the Wahabis do not care. They are still dominant in many places and are getting what they want. They are absolutely adamant in establishing Islamic Colleges and Islamic Universities for boys and girls everywhere. In a branch campus of the University of Medina, an intending student must execute a written bond pledging not to trim his beard while he remains a student in the university. If the student reneges on this pledge, the university has the right to expel him. On top of all these imbecile rules, in Islamic Universities, students are not allowed to wear infidel’s attire, i.e. jeans and T–shirts. If any student attends a class wearing such infidel’s dress, the teacher is obliged to exclude him from the class. 

Please know that a few years ago, in the Islamic University I mentioned above (i.e. Muhammad bin Saad Islamic University), a post–graduate student received his Ph.D for his dissertation on the infidelity of one hundred scholars and thinkers in the Arabic world. According to this Ph.D holder, many journalists, actors, singers and those people who call themselves as moderate (Muslims, of course) are infidels; so they deserve death sentences.  

Whatever I wrote about our education system dealt with boys or adult men. Now, can you imagine what could be the situation of the girls’ and women’s education in Saudi Arabia? To the civilized world it is simply unimaginable what the religious people do to our girl or women students. Words fail to describe the plight of these wretched Arab women. Here are some examples of how Saudi women (and girls) are routinely harassed by the religious department’s enforcement officers. 

• They have the authority to check any a women’s accommodation, without any permission or notice. They have the power to ban any Televisions, magazines or mobile phones in a woman’s quarter.
• Girls have to hide many simple items needed for their daily requirements to prevent being caught from the vultures’ eyes of the religious department. This might be for the simple fact that the religious officer attached to the girls’ accommodation does not like those items.
• Girls are not allowed to go out of their dormitory under any circumstances. They must stay in their rooms, virtually as prisoners. The only person who could take them out is their mahrams (the owners or the guardians) or the university guardian.
• Girls from remote areas or whose mahram cares very little about her must remain in the university accommodation for the complete term of the academic session. This is akin to life–sentence. There life is s round circle:—boarding the bus—attending university—boarding the bus—returning to dormitory—eating and sleeping—that is all they have for their lives. When they need something they must handover the money to her appointed mahram and totally depend on him for whatever he brings.
• During the term break the girl must board a bus (exclusively for females).  When the bus arrives at the destination she cannot walk on her own to travel to her family house. She must wait for her mahram to arrive at the bus stop and take her home. The girl students have to undergo such mindless ordeals just to ensure that she has no chance to meet or talk to a male person.

When it comes to higher education, it is amazing to note that every Saudi student simply wants to get out of Saudi Arabia. Before he sets out in his overseas trip he usually undergoes a two–week familiarization program to guide him to the depraved life of the infidels. This orientation program is usually organized by the university in which he enrolls for his study. These are what he is grilled about when he is in the infidels’ land. 

• How to avoid infidels and keep a far distance from them
• What good answer he must provide if any infidels asks him about Islam
• The probable embarrassing questions he might face and how to provide good answers to them
• What should he do if he is asked to convert to their religion
• What he must do if any infidels invite him to a party
• What should he do if he is offered a drink by the infidels
• What he should do if offered non–halal food
• How he can complete his education successfully without being polluted by their culture.

In essence, all these tactics are designed for one purpose only—to keep away the Saudi students from non–Muslim students 

At the end of this article, I am attaching a report from a Saudi newspaper (Arab news), which talks about the tolerance of Islam and at the same time shows the efforts of Saudi Arabia against the terrorists. 

 Tuesday, February 14, 2006, (a flower shop owner closed his stores for three days in order to avoid harassment from the moral police. Al-watan daily reported. valentine’s day is favorite target of the committee for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, viewed by the religious police as a holiday that promotes immoral behavior. Red roses often disappear from stores before, during and after the holiday in order to avoid attracting the attention of the police patrols, specially in the kingdom’s capital . 

I personally had witnessed many flower shops remain closed on the Valentine’s Day, because they were fined last year for opening their doors on this day. They must remain closed even when they do not sell any roses at all. The religious police forces this closure because they do not want students and young people to emulate the infidels. These religious zealots are afraid that these young people might fall in love with the infidels. The religious authority does not tolerate any reason to love a non–Muslim. They must promote hatred towards the non–Muslims to erase from the minds of young Saudi any trace of love or compassion for them (non–Muslims). The saddest reality is that they (religious police) are very successful in creating fear and utter disdain for the non–Muslims through coercion, intimidation, terror and through sheer brute force—the almighty force of Islam. 

In summary, I can say that signs of love are a great sin in Saudi Arabia. Music is “Satan’s sound” and loving a non–Muslim is a serious crime, sometimes punishable with severe punishment. All these depravity and inhuman acts are perpetrated right in front of government’s eye. It is, in fact fully supported by the state through money and infrastructure. Please note that all Islamic organizations in Saudi Arabia are supported by the government. The government is a silent supporter of all religious extremism in Saudi Arabia. This silent support for the Islamist bigots is to ensure that no one dares to criticize the royal family. The Saudi royal policy to wards the Islamist terrorists can be summed up in these few words: Burn the whole world if you (the Islamist terrorists) want, but do not say or do anything against us. 

Therefore, who could really believe that Saudi Arabia is against the terrorists? Please do think this over.

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