Saudi Arabia's 'religious police' detained and strip-searched a businesswoman 'caught' being in a coffee shop with a non-relative. In view of the many abuses suffered by non-Saudi women, one could be forgiven for concluding that the 5000-strong religious police is below strength.
However, it looks as though abusing foreigners, especially women, is OK in Saudi Arabia. Not surprising, really, after leading Saudi government cleric and author of the nation's religious curriculum, Sheik Saleh Al-Fawzan, said, "Slavery is a part of Islam. Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long as there is Islam".
Men and women from several Asian countries who travel to Saudi Arabia to improve their financial status may face restrictions on their movements, the withholding of their passports, the non-payment of wages, plus physical and sexual abuse. Women from Yemen, Morocco, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Nigeria have been trafficked into Saudi Arabia for commercial sexual exploitation, while non-Saudi women have been forced into sexual slavery after escaping from abusive employers.
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