Adil Najam
Here is a rather gruesome ad from the Punjab Anti-Narcotics Force, warning prospective pilgrims going for Hajj to Saudi Arabia of the dangers of drug trafficking.
The painted bill board ad makes the point, rather graphically and quite clearly that anyone caught bringing drugs into Saudi Arabia will face death. One wonders, however, if that point is being made a little more graphically than necessary.
The wording on the billboard (seemingly quite large and on an outdoor public location) says:
Don’t unknowingly invite death.
By taking someone’s else luggage or unnecessary foreign or local medications do not put your own life at risk.
Taking narcotics or addictive elements to Saudi Arabia will result in a certain death penalty.
Anti-Narcotics Force (Punjab).
How, I wonder, does a parent explain to a child who sees this billboard why the Arab-looking man is beheading the Pakistani-looking man with such gusto.
One wonders who it is that really gives Muslims a ‘bad name’? The message for the prospective drug smuggler to Saudi Arabia is quite clear. But, what is the message for the rest of us? And the rest of the world?
Adnan
I never claimed that everything is rosy in the west.Like I said, not defending the actions of the west. But would defened freedom of speech, religious freedom and human rights of west when compared to saudi arabia.
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If USA impose same or similar punishment in US then you would start reading news about them as well .[/quote]
For last three hundered years from the time of its independence it has not done so, nor it will do in future.
See you don’t have a basic undertanding that America’s foriegn policy is different then its public policy. They do overlap 50 % of the time I agree. 50,000 Pakistanis come are legally every year and 1/2 that number illegally. By the way america also donates $10 million in wheat to Pakistan every year. Propaganda is a tool used by media of all countries not just US.
Sajid Bhai coming back to you,
The pilot and the majority of people did not want to fly. Its not a law that if you are a Imam and you pray in the airport you can’t fly. You can say they were discriminated against by some people, but i will say people are scared of flying for what happened on 9/11 and I don’t blame them.
As for SAUDI loving people who trying to blame America for Iraq, why has saudia always been silent on this issue? Because they supported the US in toppling Saddam, not because they can’t do anything. And we know how much saudi govt hates Hezbolla and IRAN. After all, BABA BUSH came to the rescue in IRAQ-Kuwait war. Din’t Saddam fire some scud missles on Jeddah and Riyadh? American patriot missles came to the rescue.
Nodoubt that “Of the many forms of patriotism, denial is one of the most powerful.â€
“China is the most powerful nation on face of earth.”
….really ??? ….shouldn’t there be a policy against making ridiculous comments?
I love when countries who get rich selling to the American consumer are all of a sudden declared as competing powers, threats to American dominance. I remember it was the same way with Japan ten years ago. Where are they now?
Shukriya. Abb baat samajh mein aa gaye.
So your point is that everyone should commit human rights violations and block freedom of speech so that we can all become ‘great nations’ like Saudi Arabia and China!
[quote post=”456″]Saudi govt does not allow such freedom of expression and most of their internet is highly scrutinized or blocked! Go figure[/quote]
In China,
Google censored
Wikipedia blocked
Video sites like Youtube etc etc
China is the most powerful nation on face of earth. Go figure!
[quote post=”456″]I would trsut the justice system in West rather than the Saudi system any given day[/quote]
Majnoo ko Laila k galee ka kutta bhe pyara thaa. ;)