This is how Saudi citizens treat South Asian expat workers in Saudi Arabia
This brief post describes horrible treatment of an expat worker (a Bangladeshi Taxi driver) in Saudi Arabia. The poor taxi driver is being humiliated and physically abused by a racist Saudi citizen, who seems to be a loyalist to the ruling Saudi-Wahhabi establishment. The taxi driver’s body language in the video needs no interpretation. The video was reported to be found on the memory of a lost cell phone in the Jeddah area of Saudi Arabia.
Muslims from developing countries, particularly from Pakistan, Afghanistan etc keep shouting about an imaginary Muslim Ummah and the pan-Islamic unity. However, in reality, Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc workers in Gulf countries are treated as slaves by their Arab employers / visa providers. They are verbally and physically insulted and abused, frequently termed as miskeen (beggar), thieves and basta**ds. When will converts learn that for Wahhabi Saudis, only Arabs are real Muslims?
Overall, the video shows that expat workers particularly those from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other developing countries remain subject to an ongoing humiliation and abuse by Saudi citizens particularly those who are a part of the Saudi-Wahhabi religio-political establishment. This also shows how Saudi-Wahhabis believe in Arab supremacism and use Islam as an eyewash to spread an Arab-Wahhabi ethnocentric view of religion. They have no respect for other cultures which they treat as inferior and biddah (innovation).
We urge the government of Saudi Arabia to issue an apology to the Bangladesh government, provide urgent relief and compensation to the abused taxi driver, and locate and punish the racist Saudi abuser. We also urge Saudi government to immediately reform their labour and human rights laws in order to provide protection and equality to expat workers. Human rights groups and international organizations too need to conduct a full inquiry into this particular incident and the overall state of expat workers in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries.
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English translation supplied by Live Leak user “Kookidd”
Victim: For my son’s future
Vitcim: God can see, If God wills you to
Victim: For my son and the future of my mother and son
Victim: That’s it im sorry
Abuser: Why are you saying that the Saudi government isn’t any good?
Victim: No i never said that Saudi Government is not good!
*Smack*
Abuser: Why are you saying that the Saudi government isn’t any good?
*Smack*
Abuser: You think Saudi Arabia is scared of America you animal?
*Smack*
Victim: I .. I .. I am only making a future from here… I am only making a future from here..
*Smack*
Abuser: Why are you saying that the Saudi government isn’t any good?
Victim: Finish
Victim: I never talked about Saudi Arabia, I see a National as a National (I guess hes trying to show respect by saying that)
Abuser: Kiss
*kiss*
Abuser: Kiss
*kiss*
Abuser: Is Saudi Arabia good or not good?
Victim: Good! Good!
Abuser: Saudi Arabia is your father you dog!
Victim: My Father.
Abuser: Your Government “Same Same” the dog of Saudi you dog!
*Smack*
Abuser: The dog of Saudi Arabia!
*Smack*
Abuser: You dog!
*Smack*
Abuser: You dog!
*Smack*
Abuser: You dog!
*Smack*
Victim (Crying): Its alright!
Abuser: Whats your name?
Victim: Abdullah
Abuser: Abdullah, who is an animal?
Victim(Continuing): Akdar Ali (I think that’s his family name)
Abuser: Akdar Ali?
Abuser: “Toof” (Spitting)
Abuser: Oh you Akdar Ali you animal!
Abuser: Saudi Arabia is like an animal huh?
Victim: No No!
Victim: 100%, 100% (Trying to say it’s definitely not)
Abuser: What is Saudi Arabia?
Victim: You see, the best!
*Interrupted*
Abuser (Shouting): What is Saudi Arabia?
Victim: You see, the best country in the world!
Abuser: The best country in the world?
Victim: The Land of peace and blessing!
Abuser: The Land of peace and blessing..
Abuser: and you? what are you?
Victim: That’s all, you see I’m a muslim
*Interrupted*
Abuser: You, what are you?
Victim: Thanks be to God, I am Bangladesh
Abuser: You are an animal.
Abuser: You are what?
Victim: An Animal
Abuser: Kiss, you animal
*kiss*
Abuser: Is there anything else u wanna say about Saudi Arabia?
Victim: No, No
*Smack*
Abuser: Huh?
Victim: 100%, 100%
*Smack*
Abuser: The government of Saudi Arabia, is on top of your mother’s head you son of a dog!
Victim: Finish
Abuser: Huh?
Victim: Finish please, yes ok
Abuser: Is there anything else you wanna say about Saudi Arabia?
*Smack*
Victim(Crying): No
*Smack*
Abuser: Saudi Arabia is scared of America, you dog?
Abuser: Huh?
Victim: No
*Interrupted*
Abuser(Shouting): The whole world is afraid of Saudi Arabia you animal!
Victim: Yes, yes you’re right, finish
Abuser: Huh?
Victim, Yes, yes you’re right, finish
Abuser: I swear to God if you say anything about Saudi Arabia another time!!
*Smack*
Victim: No ill never speak about Saudi Arabia
Abuser: Kiss here.
*kiss*
Abuser: Go on then move you animal
LUBP’s fake video and cheap tactics
MartyrsNudieBar
This video was aired by Aljadeedtv about four days ago somebody was kind enough to translate it,we trying to find out how the tv station got hold of the footage.
Fucking bully. And like all Saudis Wahhabis he is a pathetic coward. When did anyone ever hear of a brave saudi? NEVER!!! They are only brave when bullying the weak. Whenever you put a Saudi next to a real man he pees his pants then gets a hardon.
If I was Saudi I would lie and tell people I was from somewhere better like Chernobyl
Pakistani’s and Bangladeshi’s can not get citizenship in any of the Arab countries, they are denied it as they are considered ” the lowest Indians”. Wahhabism is an Arabic sect and no matter where you are from, if you are not Arab, you will never be as good as Wahhabis. It’s an Arab supremacist sect, created by Arabs, for Arabs. Look at this man, forced to kiss the left hand of this worthless Arab whilst begging for his livelihood and that of his family. How low are the Saudi Wahhabis
Those stubborn who r saying its fake… they should rather try to work their… check what labor or workers rights are available… There are no rights specially for the lower class labour.. the condition in which they live only they can understand…
YES vido is fake.
OBL was fake.
Killing of OBL was fake(Munawwar hassan’ statement).
9/11 hijacker Atta talked to his father 2 days later.
(see our honset media reports)
The slavery of Gulf workers: Why we don’t give a damn!
by Lakshmi Chaudhry
Jun 8, 2012
Last year, an Indian worker jumped off the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower, a glittering symbol of Dubai’s prosperity. Little attention was paid to his death in the Indian media.
Guardian writer Nesrine Malik, however, took note:
The man, apparently an Indian cleaner who had been denied a holiday, was scraped off the floor on which he landed on and life went back to normal. Tourists and expats lapped up the luxury and sunshine, while workers from south Asia, little moving dots on the facades of the buildings under construction throughout the city, were ferried in buses to and from their living quarters. A couple of days later, another Indian man jumped from Jumeirah Lake Towers.
It’s hardly news that far too many Indian workers in the Gulf are subject to horrific working and living conditions. A new UN report confirms that the lot of women (who constitute nearly half of the Indian migrant population) is no better than the men.
“The working conditions and the nature of occupation of the women laborers in contemporary Gulf migration expose them to a variety of vulnerabilities which are not dissimilar to those faced by women in the 19th century plantations,” claims the authors.
Gulf countries treat Indians like modern-day slaves. And yet this situation provokes little outrage.
AFP
“There are over 5.5 million Indian workers in the Gulf, of which about 1.75 million live and work in UAE alone. We are very grateful to the UAE Government for the warm welcome they have received in the country,” gushed President Pratibha Patil on her visit to the UAE.
The awful truth is that we have our own double standard on racism. We care little about the plight our fellow citizens in the Gulf, and for a number of reasons that don’t reflect well on our government or on us.
One, they’re not PLUs. We are quick to take offence when a student is attacked in Australia or a techie is killed in Britain. We rush to condemn the Norwegian government when a nice, middle class couple loses custody of their kids. And yet the ongoing exploitation of ayahs and construction workers in the Gulf barely registers in the national consciousness.
Such indifference is bred by our own attitudes toward the working poor. Anything that goes down in Dubai is just as likely to occur in a household in Delhi. If they don’t deserve protection within our borders, why would we protest on their behalf abroad? Besides, didn’t they choose to put themselves in this position by working in the Gulf? Of course, the very same argument can be made for students and software professionals alike, but never mind.
Two, we’re ashamed of them. The only kind of NRIs we want to acknowledge are those who do us proud: scientists, corporate tycoons, engineers, actors, politicians et al. Any time a person of Indian heritage – we don’t care if you’ve never once visited the country – does something of note, we scramble to bask in their reflected glory. The blue collar drones, on the other hand, are a national embarrassment, a reminder of an India that is still poor, whose citizens are the mazdoor to the world.
Our own government has an elitist NRIs We Like criterion. As Firstpost contributor Minal Hajratwala observed, at a black-tie event designed to woo NRIs, the officials touted the high levels NRI investment, while carefully to avoiding all mention of its largest contributors: “This narrative of success relies, of course, on a very broad definition of NRI that includes labourers in the Gulf (27 percent of remittances). None of them, as far as I know, made it to the ballroom.”
And that brings us to reason number three: it’s all about the money, baby. Those Gulf workers may be a wee bit embarrassing, but they’re the reason why Indian foreign remittances ($54 billion) are the highest in the world. There’s no way the government is willing to sacrifice this cash cow — either by putting pressure on the Gulf states or by restricting the export of labour.
When the Gulf economies crashed in 2009, the returning Indian workers were greeted with dismay, especially in states like Kerala which had grown fat off their slave labour. A Guardian article unintentionally connected the dots:
The concern is not just that mass unemployment will lead to unrest, but that local economies will suffer as remittances from expatriates dry up. About two million people from Kerala work abroad, almost 90% of whom are in the Gulf and in Saudi Arabia. Many are poor, semi-skilled labourers who… work 12-hour days… earn between £500-£1,000 a month, and send most of the money home. Every year migrant workers remit some £5.5bn to Kerala, money that has helped transform the state…
For all our chest-thumping, we’ve come to rely on these workers and their indentured labour.
So, we’ll give you 24-hour hotlines, pre-departure orientation workshops, and arbitrary bans on female workers under 30. None of it will help – as the UN report underlines – because we know you are desperate to earn a decent wage just to ensure a decent life. And that’s just fine with us.
As a parting shot, here is a Times of India editorial opposing efforts to crack down on female trafficking to the Gulf:
That’s not to say that Indian women employed abroad may not encounter harsh work conditions such as nonpayment of salaries, long work hours, poor living conditions,physical and sexual harassment, refusal of leave or exit permits. But such conditions are not restricted to Gulf countries or to women, let alone women below a certain age. The way out is to educate migrant workers about the risks they face abroad and raise their awareness about the conditions they may actually encounter. After that it is up to them to make an informed choice.
It’s a free world, after all – except for some of us.
http://www.firstpost.com/world/the-shameful-slavery-of-gulf-workers-why-we-dont-give-a-damn-336787.html
Anyone who has lived in Saudi know what all Bengalis do over here. They are the most hated lot along with the cunning Egyptians. Name a crime and u have a Bengali. know a bit of Arabic u will understand he had passed remarks against Saudiis and was being made to repent. Anyone would do that. Now I wait for the ignorant to jump in anger.
Suppose he said that Saudi Govt was not good.Does is give Saudi right to say him dog, son of dog, spit on his face, make him kiss his feet and beat him?
Saudi initially treated him as a Pakistani(even though it should not matter)saying “hukum manta” (obey the orders!/?)
Has this been done in any Godless western country with such evidence, that person would have lost job,may be in jail and lot of damages to victim.Let us call an indiot racist an idiot racist and not defend the criminals.Seems you have lived there.Do they treat Pakistanis any differant???
I am not defending anyone. U have good and bad people. Before defending the rights of the Bengali we should know that the term” wahabi” is racist too like being called a “paki” in the perfect western society. Btw the Saudi made the man kiss his his hand which is a sign of respect here. As far as Pakistanis are concerned the Bengali is lucky….. The Saudi called him names, made him kiss his hand and let him go. The Pakistani might have killed him. I hope u saw a demonstration of that at the Islamabad airport.
Saudis are 100% racist and vile… if it weren’t for expats and foreigners and the hard working people from these ‘alien’ lands this ‘glorious’ Kingdom would not survive… Saudis are still learning to wash their own backsides can they ever do a hard graft like the foreigners? i dont think so…
It was not hand.It was foot, at least, at the end.See when it is close to rear view mirror.Yes he was also showing love when spiited on his face also.
Lol I see Saudis in Toronto all the time … Recently they have been coming in large numbers… You can tell who they are … Lol I caught one trying to record a girls up skirt with his phone… I lived in Saudi … Riyadh when I was young lol they do not act the same proud way they do over there in Saudi… Cause they know if they even tried they don’t have their police to protect the. Lol they have no balls … Apparently during the gulf war american soldiers were laughing at how Saudi soldiers ran away at the sound of Iraqi bullets lol … Tsk Tsk… They sided with the British to bring down the last caliph of Muslims and they confuse us by showing us they such zealous Muslims when In reality they only do that so the Muslim world can’t claim Makkah and Madina… They don’t care about Muslims or Islam… Of course I’m talking about the majority … But then again there is alway good in every bad nation…
Mecca and Medina are for Hijzai Arabs and yes , Muslim world can’t claim it over the Arabs and Arabs will not except them. you go do your religious duty and go home.. its better care for you own lands and problems. No wonder Saudis hate you.
Umbrella was banned for decades, because it is UNISLAMIC as per Saudi Islam.Then new Wahee came and was made ISLAMIC, similar to JI ISLAM(elections were unsislamic, then islamic, and many more)
I’m normally not the emotional types but this video when I saw it first time, made me well up with tears. This poor man, you can see it in his eyes, his inability to retaliate, not because he doesn’t want to, but because his hands are tied up deeply in debts. He probably has a huge family to support in Bangladesh, you can almost feel the enormous burden on his frail shoulders. The fact that he’s willingly allowing himself to be degraded by this pathetic Saudi pig, it really breaks your heart when you think of it. Indeed, this world is full of animals in the form of human beings. You find bullies and abusers everywhere and they quickly rise to a position of power and influence.
Adding to my above post, I’ve heard there are some good Saudis out there but I’m yet to meet one 🙂 They hold the world hostage by their monopoly of petroleum and think can get away with anything. Less than a century ago these people were riding camels and living in makeshift tents. What makes them feel so superior?
Yeah. We Bangladeshi’s are all bad. We do all the crime. But, what are you doing here? Calling a weak poor guy a dog? Abusing him physically? This is your brotherhood? trust me, I am a Muslim, and Muslim aren’t like what you are at this moment. Islam says to respect all cultures, religion. It never allows one to physically or verbally abuse anyone. You claim to be the superior, the soldiers of Allah, but you are Mushriks, if you weren’t, you would not have does this violent acts. If Bangladeshi was guilty, you could have taken him to the police station and do whatever you like. But, beating him? No, sir, that;s just not Islam. So, keep your legs on the ground, and behave. Superior? None are. Atleast, the Rasul (sm) preached so.
They are extremely inhuman people and do not deserve a praise.Take the example of OBL. He instead of operating from Saudi Arabia chose Afghanistan and look at what kind of destruction he brought to that country and Pakistan.BUT THE FAULT LIES WITH NON OTHER THAN OURSELVES.We take them for best muslims on earth while in reality they do not deserve to be called human beings.
We south Asians are complaining about how backward arabs are!…here in south Africa Indians own half of the country.75% of they indans in south Africa are either rich or middle class,and these Indians totally discriminate against they black africans.these racist Indians have the same behaver in the following countries Guyana,trinidad,suriname,kenya,unganda,tanzania, mauritus and the list goes on !
First of all, I’m from what you call saudi arabia but I consider myself as a muslim arab cause I hate al-saud family and I’m not their slave.
Second , not all of us treat emigrants in that way in all countries we find scumbags like the one on the video you should’nt generalize the whole people for a mistake that they have never commited.
After that, if somebody comes to my country and disrespect me or anyone else I’ll fight him back.
Finally, you’re racist cause you take it from one side only that’s because you’re racist most workers that come to my country come holding grudge against my people and my country and act like bas*@#ds so I have the right to fight back . I did’nt come to your country and insult you if I did that how would you feel? Won’t you fight back?
Honestly don’t give a flying f*** about what you think or hate. But one thing I can tell you is that you are in no way allowed to fight against people who come to your country as workers or tourists. If you think they have done something ILLEGAL, you can report them like civilized people and take the matter to Court. But the fact that you want to physically hurt them because you dont agree with them shows you are exactly a vile littel racist. You are talking about being onesided. What the hell are you doing? You are one sided and you just claimed that foreigners all behave the same. A person if fully allowed to come to your f******* country and talk badly about your country and your people. They will base that on their experiences. If you harm them, which saudis do daily, then they are not going to have a great image of you. Secondly Saudis are mostly racist. Do Saudis marry interracially? Not really but they are happy to buy and rape poor girls from third World countries or developing nations like India, Pakistan and Africa. Your Laws specifically prohibit Saudi women to marry outside of their own ethnicity, arab. The human rights record on Saudis mistreating, raping, beating and denigrating their foreigners and workers is already documented. Go talk to Amnesty etc. So dont play wise. You havent got a leg to stand on. I pray that Allah will bring havoc to you and your kind, with such vengence that you wont know what hit you. And the fact that you call yourself Muslim and proud is laughable. Mainly because Muslim I strongly doubt you are able to be with your disgusting Words and way of thinking and proud, well pride is reserved only for Allah. Not a measly human subordinate servant like you. Got it? And for the record, I live in a European country and arabs here talk trash about this country, their women daily in public and nobody says “I will beat that bloody arab to pulp for talking badly about my country that gave them shelter, basic humans rights, wealth, education, a great life -all for free”. Maybe they should but then you arabs will scream bloody murder and call it islamophobia. Y’Allah you Arabs are such a joke and hypocrisy runs through your veins. Saudi, Palestinian, Lebanese, Kuwaiti, Emerati – you are all the same. You treat your minorities in your countries with such contempt and brutality. How can the World expect otherwise from Savages? One day your oil will run out. One day Allah will shut your asses down. Despite what you think, you arabs are not untoucables. You are made from the same clay that Asians, Africans, Europeans are. Yet Arabs lead in racism worldwide. Shame on you. Change yourself then you can expect change in others.
How is the cab driver fighting you or the pig Saudi in the video? I see a poor migrant worker minding his business and the vile Saudi being a disgusting racist to him. And you are excusing him by saying you will do the same. So in conclusion you proved all Saudis are racist.
Saudis are going to get a beating in my Country. Filthy dirty stinking Arabs. If any of you are dirty Arabs are on this post let it be known that because you are vile dirty animal within Islam, wherever you cowards are in the world you will be beaten.
They take beat from us and vent of frustration at immigrants.
Shahzad Khan
This should not even be news, anyone who has ever visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or UAE has encountered these arab inbreds who think that because they have oil and USA, not Allah, watching over them they are lords of the muslims. Look what these tribal imbecile arabs have done to Mecca and Medina, converetd them to giant money minting endeavors. How can a poor pilgrim from a third world muslim country afford the 4 and 5 star hotels that have replaced the affordable hotels near the two grand mosques? these arabs are shameless and evil personified not to mention munafiqs. May Allah SWT curse them. Instead of being leaders of the muslim ummah these arabs are working diligently to spread their sickening version of Islam. My question to the various pseudo-Islamic political parties like Jamaat Islami is that if Pervez Musharaf is a kafir because he helped the USA attack Afghanistan, a muslim country. then what are the Saudis, Kuwatis, Qataris, Emiratis and Omanis who helped USA attack a muslim country Iraq, twice?
Why are these evil arabs, not muslims, but arabs financially helping the fringe looney so-called jihadists to create unstability in places like Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Mali, libya and so many other places? If USA is supposedly our enemy because it is attacking mostly muslim countries then why are the arabs so close to the USA and the west?. Finally this poor muslim taxi driver is not an exception rather a norm. The animal arabs treat all the weak ones in similar way, if this man had a USA or a British passport then he would have been greeted with “Marhaba or welcome” with a customery kiss on the butt cheeks that arabs do whenever they see a white person.
The best way to correct them is to turn Jews your friends. Arab-Jew animosity will last for ever —- the fight is over a small piece of land common to two cousins —- so enemy of enemy is a friend. Use this contradiction.
Saudis are animals. They should all be beaten black and blue wherever they are found. If i see any saudi in my country. I swear, i will kick them.
I am a muslim and i hate saudis. i will never visit saudi except for hajj or umrah.
Many companies offered me job there i told them i don’t want to work with animals.
Ale Saud is the worst of the worst of our time. Insha Allah this family will be destroyed like Quom-e-Aado Sumood.
The video is real.
So for all those in denial or those trying to downplay the severity of the Arab racism, go get a reality check. I hope an Arab orders you to kiss their boot at gunpoint soon. Then come back and share your view. I fear even then you will blame yourselfs for having provoked the incidents.
Fact: Arab countries mistreat their migrant workers from poor countries in Asia, Africa and their violations of human rights are well documented by the press but in partcular human rights organizations.
Fact: Arab countries don’t give out citizenships to Asians (read: Brown people)
Fact: Arabs don’t marry Asians/Africans even though the person is Muslim. They will prefer a White woman or preferably a fellow Arab preferably from their own country. Saudi Arabia (KSA) has legally banned Saudi Arab women from marrying interracially.
Fact: The Arabic language contains racist derogatory slurs directed at Asians or Brown people and Africans. So namecalling based on race is instutionalized and rife even in the new generation who should know better.
Fact: Poor countries in Asia and Africa often sell off their Young daughters to rich sheiks who will keep the girls as sex slaves. Not marry them. But just keep them to do whatever they like with them. Money talks and integrity walks. This is of course off the record as human trafficking is officially forbidden but unoffically the rich Gulf states practise it and nobody bats an eye. Our governments, customs, police – nobody.
Fact: Arabs have exported their racism when they settle in the West. I see Somalis and Palestinians hang out. But will they ever marry?
There is an active movement online to derail or whitewash all topics/debates/attempts to highlight Arab racism. So my only recommendation is, when/if you experience it, talk about it and scream it from the roof tops online and offline. Let people know. Truth will prevail. Only by open discussions and calling the perpetrators out on their racism, can thinks change (hopefully). This race superiority complex islamically or otherwise is disgusting and must not be hidden and whitewashed. It is not ok. No person should be allowed to treat another person like this.
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