That sentiment is EXACTLY why you couldn't pay me enough money to get involved with an Arab man again. Our cultures are too different, and as another poster mentioned, the men here generally act all nice and sort of liberal/open in the beginning, but give it some time and see their true colors and traditions rear their head...
I agree with the others who have said we don't really know all the facts on this particular case yet, so we should hesitate to pass judgment.
But honestly...having tea with a male friend is adultery? Give me a friggin break...
And Amoud, to offer up one possible answer to your question, I would say she might have admitted to something because she could see that if she didn't, it would simply prolong her children's agony.
Did you ever hear the story about King Solomon and the two ladies who both claimed to be the mother of a baby? King Solomon ruled that each woman could have half the child, and he called for a sword. The real mother of the child quickly relented and begged the king not to kill the child but to give it, alive, to the other woman -- and thus, the kind found out who truly loved the child and was the baby's true mother.
As they say in this part of the world, "God never hits with a stick." I hope her husband remembers this...
That sentiment is EXACTLY why you couldn't pay me enough money to get involved with an Arab man again. Our cultures are too different, and as another poster mentioned, the men here generally act all nice and sort of liberal/open in the beginning, but give it some time and see their true colors and traditions rear their head...
I agree with the others who have said we don't really know all the facts on this particular case yet, so we should hesitate to pass judgment.
But honestly...having tea with a male friend is adultery? Give me a friggin break...
And Amoud, to offer up one possible answer to your question, I would say she might have admitted to something because she could see that if she didn't, it would simply prolong her children's agony.
Did you ever hear the story about King Solomon and the two ladies who both claimed to be the mother of a baby? King Solomon ruled that each woman could have half the child, and he called for a sword. The real mother of the child quickly relented and begged the king not to kill the child but to give it, alive, to the other woman -- and thus, the kind found out who truly loved the child and was the baby's true mother.
As they say in this part of the world, "God never hits with a stick." I hope her husband remembers this...