This won’t get much play in the media, I’m sure. Too offensive to Muslim sensibilities, probably.
According to this, Moroccan Olympic boxer Hassan Saada was arrested for allegedly assaulting and attempting to rape two chambermaids working in the Olympic Village in Rio. Saada has been stripped of his Olympic qualifying status and he’s being held in custody while the police conduct their investigation –
According to Rio Police Saada is accused of attacking the two maids on Tuesday morning.
Police say he invited one of the women to pose for a selfie with him and he asked her if she had a profile on social media.
Then he pushed the woman up against the wall and tried to kiss her, it is claimed.
He is also accused of sexually assaulting the second woman by groping her breasts and made sexually-graphic gestures towards the maid and offered her money to perform a sex act upon him.
There’s no indication of what Saada’s religion is, but seeing as he’s from predominantly Muslim Morocco, one can certainly guess. And it might not be so much the actual religion, but the culture as well that puts women in an inferior position.
But, you know, he’s just a random nutty rapist. Totally isolated incident. Nothing to see here. Move along…