The sheer quantity of nonsense in this thread boggles the mind.
Using anecdotes to paint 1.5 billion people with the same brush is nothing more than an attempt to justify prejudice.
It's pathetic.
Before you color me with your sanctimonious paint brush a few facts are in order:
In Saudi Arabia "the primary source of law is the Islamic Sharia derived from the teachings of the Qu'ran and the Sunnah (the traditions of the Prophet)". According to the European Court of Human Rights it found "that sharia was incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy... It considered that sharia, which faithfully reflects the dogmas and divine rules laid down by religion, is stable and invariable. Principles such as pluralism in the political sphere or the constant evolution of public freedoms have no place in it". According to the Court, it was difficult to declare ones respect for democracy and human rights while at the same time supporting a regime based on sharia, which clearly diverged from Convention values, particularly with regard to its criminal law and criminal procedure, its rules on the legal status of women and the way it intervened in all spheres of private and public life in accordance with religious precepts."
http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyre..._Cancado_Trindade_BIL__opening_legal_year.pdf
This situation is a reflection of a country who abides and is controlled by sharia law. Sharia law is backward, barbaric and inhumane.