>>>>>>>In the sense of what protection under the law she had (NONE) while there. You do know it's constitution and laws are all based on the Qur'an and Shari'a law, right?
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>>>>Please tell me where it is written in the Qur'an that it is allowed to hammer nails into someone ?
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>>>I never wrote that it was. I stated where the legal system comes from - which is also their religion and custom. Please do not ascribe words or meanings to what is not there. It is a question of protection under the law. In Saudi Arabia, women need their guardian's permission for most medical treatment and elective surgery. They cannot even drive cars or travel without a male guardian. The maid was not allowed to roam freely around the country to see a doctor or to leave.
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>>>I think you should at least read this to understand why I stated (the point of my post) that women have little if any protection under the law and even less for female migrant workers:
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>>>http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2004/07/14/saudi-arabia-foreign-workers-abused
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>>>It is a religious issue as well because everything there: the customs, the law etc and religion are all intertwined. Do you really not understand that? I never wrote that the Qur'an or Shari'a law advocated driving nails into a female maid....
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>>But Leviticus probably has some pretty fierce stuff in case we need it ...
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>No doubt. I've posted it here recently in fact.... :o) Thank goodness our constitution and laws are not based on nor derived from the Bible.

I don't know - I had a lot of friends back in San Francisco who used to say, "Hey, the Bible *says* I should be stoned" <g>