Scot,
This is sad and isn’t surprising in the least. Your observation is accurate.

This is really disappointing. If I were apart of the WTA I would definitely suspend UAE. They have to do something other than just say that they disagree with the UAE.

Shouldn’t Sony Ericsson suspend it’s sponsorship of the tour until WTA announces it will find a new venue for future events unless UAE reverses it’s decision? Otherwise why would I want to buy Sony Ericsson’s product.

Boo, hiss.

As fundamentalist Islam is responsible for more and more travesties like this, perhaps the naive world will awaken. How Nazi-esque-1936-Olympics of them.
Derek Leman

This is horrible to say the least,but we have to just realize that we are living in the last days,and we will be faced with a lot of adversity. We will need to continue to lift Israel up in prayer. For we know that every good and perfect gift comes from above.

If this were an Arab or an African, there would be an outcry.

I have to reject any argument that takes the form of “Imagine the outcry if it had been a conservative/liberal/Muslim/Christian” or “No one would be complaining if this had happened to a man/woman/black person/white person.” You can’t prove a point with a hypothetical unless you back it up with some evidence. If you want to argue that the situation would have been handled differently if an Arab or African had been denied a visa, give specific and recent examples that illustrate the disproportionate outrage. (These examples don’t necessarily even have to involve visas.) Otherwise, you don’t have an argument.
Also, who’s to say that people are not or won’t be outraged by Peer’s story? The story broke on Sunday, and I read about it on multiple blogs (all of which expressed outrage) on Monday.

In order to avoid an international incident, it was necessary to deny Peer a visa. If she had played in the tournament, it would have been impossible to have guaranteed her safety or the safety of those around her given the high level of anger at the time. She may have been willing to risk her own life to play, but to ensure the security her fellow players and others she should have withdrawn from the tournament