christophe thinks out loud

The Religious Policeman

On the web, like everywhere else, things that are too good to be true usually are. That being said, The Religious Policeman, a blog that is (supposedly) written by a Saudi about life in, as he puts it, "the Magic Kingdom," is hilarious.

Such a blog has an internal contradiction: If Saudi Arabia is such a closed, repressive society, how he is managing to get away with it? I can’t quite decide if it has the ring of truth or not, but it’s entertaining regardless.

(It’s amazing that we consider such a country a close ally. Of course, the geopolitics behind this are very complex, no doubt.)