Nie Trink Wasser
11th September 2003, 06:31 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96961,00.html
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's religious police have declared Barbie (search) dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes of the "Jewish" toy — already banned in the kingdom — are offensive to Islam.
The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (search), as the religious police are officially known, lists the dolls on a section of its Web site devoted to items deemed offensive to the conservative Saudi interpretation of Islam.
"Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful," said a message posted on the site.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's religious police have declared Barbie (search) dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes of the "Jewish" toy — already banned in the kingdom — are offensive to Islam.
The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (search), as the religious police are officially known, lists the dolls on a section of its Web site devoted to items deemed offensive to the conservative Saudi interpretation of Islam.
"Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful," said a message posted on the site.