From: minhaszt@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Zafar T Minhas)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Is SEX work or pleasure (joke)
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:33:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Oct8.135620.21963@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu> rached@sample.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rached Zantout) writes:
>If there is anything good I learned from USA is to distinghish jokes from racist
>remarks.
>Unfortunately, this network does not have the mechanism to prevent such racist
>remarks.
>I am sure if this joke was about a Jew or a black man the one who told it will be
>prosecuted.
>
>Arabs are not all lazy, money dripping bums. Pakistanis and Indians are not at
>all cheap labor to be moked of. If the condition of living in their coutries are
>forcing them to accept low payind and humiliating jobs in the Gulf, We should not
>add to that aggravation by making jokes of such dedicated and hardworking people.
>
>Some of those pakistanis and Indians have built Nuclear Reactors and are working
>for the benefit of their countries and bretheren (Muslims or Hindus or what have
>you). They far more better than some racist bum like the original poster who sits
>there and transmits filth.
>
>To the original poster,
>When you take the trash to the dumpster, you are stuck with some of it. As I see
>it you've just dumped a bagfull of garbage on yourself. Good luck in getting
>clean.
>
>
>rached
Br. Rached, As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi We Barakatuhu!

You are right that not all Arabs are racist, but where are they? I can tell
you some horror stories about what happened to my relatives in the Arab
countries because of the RACISM that exists. I will tell you how the Arabs 
treat Pakistanis when they come to Pakistan. They like to harass our Muslim
women and get their men to harass their male relatives if any resistance is 
shown. I have known of many cases where the women were kidnapped and then
kept as sex slaves, with little chance to be seen again. 
Little children are kidnapped and made to ride on camels in for sport.
The children are afraid and scream so they frighten the camel to run faster.
The Arabs who engage in such sport know that it is an abominable act, that is
why no Arab children are made to do such things. Foreign labor is definitely
cheap. Indians and Pakistanis are given the lowest wages, well maybe a bit
more than Phillipinoes (after all, they want to treat their Muslim Brothers
a little better!).
I went to Saudia Arabia some time ago, and even though my uncle lived there
for over 20 years and contributed all of his architectural talents to the
government and the people of Saudia Arabia, he is still not allowed to own 
his own house. He is still not allowed to travel from one city to another
without a special permit, he still can not walk the streets with out being 
called majnoon. His children (my cousins) are not allowed to stay in the 
country during the summer break.
In another case, another one of my uncles passed away, His wife was given
3 weeks to get all of her papers to get out of the country. This is the 
treatment of what happened to my family, however the racism that caused this
sort of treatment is typical. You may say that these are gulf Arabs and they
are not good people, however similar laws exists in all Arab countries and
similar attitudes as well. With maybe the exception of Algeria and Sudan,
all of the laws and attitudes are similar. You might not be racist when you
are here but what happens to you (not you personally) when you go back to 
the old country?

something to think about 

zafar