Newly-discovered Saudi blogger Religious Policeman answers some FAQs.

As you'll see, he addresses skeptics who wonder if he really is a Saudi, and a Muslim. You'll have to decide if he's the real deal, or a CIA plant. Look the blog over, come back daily (it's well worth it), and let me know what you think. I'm leaning toward: for real.

I am a Saudi, living in Riyadh. I am married (to my one and only ever wife), have a family, a Filipino maid, and a driver (her husband). Beyond that, I am not prepared to disclose....I'm a great believer in the Internet, and in the power of information to cast a light into the darker corners of our world. I'm addressing an English-speaking audience, in the hope that they will recognize that on the whole we are good folk, just like anyone else, but caught between an ultra-conservative Royal dictatorship on one side, and terrorists on the other. I am hopeful that this will inform their opinions of us. I would also like to encourage my fellow-countrymen to become fellow-bloggers as well.

...The ruling elite would not look kindly upon my efforts. If found out, I would certainly lose my job, as already happens to those who publish critical letters in the press. I might also become a guest of Prince Nayif, until I 'got my mind right.' However I'm not a super-hero; if I suspect that a net is closing, then I will cease blogging.

...All Saudi ISP's are connected to the outside world thru a bank of servers in the KACST (King AbdulAziz City of Science and Technology), where no doubt much listening goes on. However, like many Saudis, I illegally use a satellite link for my connexion. This materializes who-knows-where in the wider Internet. Maybe there is also some form of relay involved. Who knows.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at April 27, 2004 08:59 AM

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