From the Arab News:
Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid has urged US
authorities to review the case of Homaidan Al-Turki, a
37-year-old Saudi student who was found guilty in a Colorado
state court of 12 counts of ***ually assaulting his Indonesian
maid. . . .
Al-Turki, a former Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado,
maintains that he did not ***ually assault the woman, whose
identity has not been disclosed due to the nature of the alleged
crime, and has accused US officials of persecuting him for
"traditional Muslim behavior." . . .
Al-Turki, who had been a graduate student in Colorado for nine
years, was sentenced in August 2006 to 20 years for the rape
charges and eight years for theft of the maid's wages.
Memo to our friends the Saudis: If you're trying to improve the image of
Islam
in the West, invoking "traditional Muslim behavior" to defend a rapist is
probably not a good idea.
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