A Saudi man was arrested on Wednesday after a video of him sexually harassing a foreign domestic worker went viral on Twitter.
The clip uploaded on Wednesday showed Salem Al-Zaharani harassing a domestic worker, whose nationality is unknown. Al-Zaharani was arrested by police in Riyadh a few hours after the video spurred outrage on social media, StepFeed reported.
Netizens praised the police for their quick response to arrest Al-Zaharani. They also voiced anger and said the government should speed up the passing of a law against sexual harassment.
In September, King Salman has issued a royal decree to draft a law that criminalizes sexual harassment and enforces penalties.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), domestic workers in the Middle East are most vulnerable to sexual abuse. In the past few months, there have been several cases of Filipino domestic workers who were reportedly sexually assaulted and raped in the region.
Victims of abuse told HRW their abusers would become violent when they rejected their advances. The abusers also threatened to fire them or that they would lie to their wives to say the women seduced them.
Currently, there are about 2.4 million foreign domestic workers in the Middle East.
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Buti nakunan ng video.. Salamat at naka uwi na siya sa Pinas.. Hindi dapat nagpapadala sa ng maid sa Saudi or Middle East!!
Tama..di lahat ng rules nila nasusunod. Yong akalain mo limang beses magdadasal sa isang araw tpos yong mga ugali daw baboy..
medyo matagal na ako dito sa arab country pero ang turing nila sa asawa nila ALIPIN dhil yon kasalukuyan ang practice nila na PAGSILBIHAN sila… pero totoo nyan dahil sa laki ng PERA at ALAHAS na ibibigay nila sa pamilya ng babae bago pa sila mag aasawa ang nasa isip nila BINIBILI nilla yong babae…
Shame on her,biga biga unya dili makaya ang iyaha obligation.
Fhd Leano Santo ba kayo marami sa inyo ang lumalabag wag kayo mag malinis
Trevor Zemenij bakit Santo ba kayo
Haram daw,ipokreto sila .
Lina Joson Badua
Tama ka kabayan.. nakasaad yan sa kasulatan nila.. give unto your slaves what is due to him..
Kaso ginagawan nila ng sariling pakahulugan ang bawat binabasa nilang nakasulat… mahilig sila mang daya ng mga empleyado nila.. lalo na ng mga kasambahay…
Trevor Zemenij sinabi mo pa kabayan..ang hilig nila mag hain ng mga haram na nkasulat sa qur-an pero sila mismo di sila sumusunod sa sinsabi..lalong lalo na pag dating sa mga katulong nila..sinsabi din sa qur-an "ituring mo ang iyong taga pag silbi ng parang sarili mong pamilya at pag sisilbihan ka nya ng higit pa sa iyong inaasam" diba?
Fhd Leano
Hindi yan hearsay.. gusto mo ng video na ginagawa yan ng karamihan na so called religious? Kahit kapwa ni lalaki ginaganyan nila.. wag maging ipokrito sir.. hindi porket nakasaad sa kasulatan ay natutupad ng religious na tao.. tsk. Tsk tsk..
Avoid hearsay, you must learn before you say something. . . . . .
There are many saheeh ahaadeeth which show that anal intercourse is haraam, such as the following:
1 – It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who has intercourse with his wife in her back passage has disavowed himself of that which was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).” Narrated by Abu Dawood (3904); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
2 – It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a woman in her back passage.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (1165); classed as saheeh by Ibn Daqeeq al-‘Eid in al-Ilmaam (2/660) and by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
3 – It was narrated that Khuzaymah ibn Thaabit (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah is not too shy to tell the truth” three times. “Do not have intercourse with women in their back passages.” Narrated by Ibn Maajah (1924); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn Maajah.
Ganun? Kaya sila malulupit sa mga maids nila.they vent their sorrow unto them.balot na balot mga kababaihan nila dami pa alahas kung tratuhin nila baboy.
Being deprived of the company of women because of their cultural and religious laws, the male population are frustrated and tend to victimize such captive maids.
I know this for a fact and I have been sad to talk to actual victims. I woukd not be surprised if male employees get to be brutalized too.
I have been told by my friends in a local hospital where locals try not to go home too soon after giving birth because the will made to bear being subjected to anal intercourse since they can not do a vaginal one.
Sad, really sad but true.
Hope my country phils. Will ban sending domestic helper or filipino women in that country where sexual and physical abuses are too rampant… lets let them know that they will be no longer our calvary…