We have been following the international outrage over the arrest of Loujain al-Hathloul, 25, for driving as a woman. She was arrested with a female journalist. Not only is the Saudi government not backing down, it has extended their jail time by 25 more days to allow for further investigation.
Saudi Arabia continues to enforce an absurd rule against women driving despite the fact that even its most extreme Islamic neighbors in the region like Iran do not follow such a rule. The Saudi clerics believe that driving encourages licentiousness in women. One cleric also told Saudi women that driving harms their ovaries. Another “scientific” Saudi report said that there would be no more virgins in the country within ten years of women driving.
Under the Saudi legal system, the family has not even been told what is the basis for the women being held or the charges for which they are being investigated. It is hard to see why it would require another month to investigate a crime that the women filmed and posted on the Internet.
Despite flogging women who tried to drive, brave Saudi women continue to defy the government in regularly posted video (here and here and here and here).
Source: Yahoo
I hate driving. These women are being saved from a horrific chore and many rages.
Well, I applaud Saudi Arabia for enforcing their laws, no matter how stupid they are. I wish Sheik Obama had the same desire in regard to immigration and other issues.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
I really respect these women. It takes real bravery for a woman to fight unfair laws in the Middle East, but change has to come from within the country.
We need to legalize fracking in every square inch of the United States in order to bankrupt these Medieval ideologues.
What different can be expected coming from a misogynistic society run by male leaders in a country with a fundamentalist religion as the state religion?
The UNITED STATES SHOULD STOP ALL AID TO THE SAUDIS AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY THAT SEEKS TO DIS-INFRANCHISE HALF OF ITS POPULATION.
Saudi Arabia gives new meaning to the term: Women Drivers!
It was not an individual case of Driving While Female that garnered this response from Saudi Arabia, it was the free speech of reporting and encouraging other women that caused the great offense to the government there.
Or wear pants.
Those who believe in the Koran belong in North Korea.
Saudi Arabian women should be gifted with the first self-driving cars.
Western car companies should sell cars to Saudi Arabia equipped to stall when it senses testosterone so that only women can drive.
Reblogged this on Citizens, not serfs and commented:
Where does it say in the Koran that a woman can’t drive a car?
prayerwarrior – the better question would be: where in the Koran does it say anyone CAN drive a car.
Or wear glasses.
Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.
The extra 25 days will keep her off the road, so there is that. 🙂
These are our “allies” to whom we have given billions to “reform” their legal system. These are the men we protect. It is time our government considers what they are protecting.