Lighter Skin = Better?

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I don't expect people to change overnight, but outlawing and actually punishing people who act like stone-age barbarians would be a pleasant start.

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Think you can do that here in America and nothing will happen to you?

Depends, are the aggressors white and the victim black?

As I said, they have not been blessed with the fruits of colonialism as some of the other arab countries were. They are experiencing it now, and in time, they will loosen up, though I'd say they'd reach a degree of public freedom that is adequate and yet still in accordance with their values.

Although perhaps I should tell you what actually sparked this. The pre-moslem arabs were yes, people who enjoyed trade and wealth, yet this trade and wealth put them in a position where there was a gap between the noble and the common man, as it was in Europe back then.
Back then, the niqab was...somewhat of a dress of prestige for noblewomen, who disdained the thought of being looked upon by commoners. The common women were not allowed to wear it, and well, as it held a connection of prestige, after the coming of Islam, most women were quick to adopt it. Not so for say, us, the Turks, where it held no such connections, after we formed a secular country, the multitude of the women gladly discarded it. Yet in Saudi Arabia, it is considered not just from a religious point, but from a social point of view for a women to be seen by a man who is not her husband or relative is a grave stain on both her husband, her family, and herself. And since the women there do not really work on the fields, nor perform tasks outside of the house in urban places, they really don't see much of a reason to really fight against it. And well, they could, actually, I don't think that the Saudis can actually put the multitude of their women to death for walking around without a Niqab, as they too have mothers, wives and daughters, Saudi law would eventually yield the way. But it's a matter of time.