After Saudi Arabia beheaded a 54-year old Indonesian grandmother in June for stabbing her Saudi employer to death, Indonesia declared a moratorium on the migration of its nationals for domestic employment in the desert kingdom, effective August 1. Although the two countries were to adopt a bilateral agreement for protection of Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia this year, no such document has been signed.
Ruyati Binti Satubi, a household worker from West Java, was executed for murder after she confessed slaying the man who had contracted her. The Indonesian migrant, who has three children, said she killed her employer because she was denied permission to return to her native land.
Categories: Women Rights
While of course many Employers do treat their domestic workers well there is a sizable minority which treats them very badly, all over the Middle East. Just recently we heard a neighbor beat their domestic worker. Are they Muslims? Are they not afraid of Allah’s punishment? What is the use for them to fast in the month of Ramadan?