On 12/31/06, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006, Ray Saintonge wrote:
If you're going to make a comparison with Apartheid, you've got a better comparison looking at Saudi Arabia, where multiple cities require non-Muslims to drive on different roads than Muslims, and non-Muslims are barred from multiple areas of many cities, and are subject to different laws and different punishments for breaking the laws.
<citation needed>
Oddly enough, there's a problem on Wikipedia with people disingenuously slapping on "citation needed" when they very well know something is true, but they're hoping that nobody will cite it, so they have an excuse to delete it.
At least on Wikipedia there's a requirement to cite sources, so they have *some* point, even if they're using the rules in a biased way.
But on this mailing list there should be no need to cite sources for well- known facts. Demanding a citation for something like this is ridiculous. Saudi Arabia's treatment of Muslims is well-known, and nobody who is the least bit informed about the subject can deny it. It's like requesting a source for the Holocaust happening.
Which is why I almost never respond to Ray's posts. Nevertheless:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/country/Saudi%20Arabia/religious%20apar...
Jay.