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500 Saudi Women: "We Refuse To Drive Cars and Home Is Our Natural environment"
 A group of Saudi Women have expressed their disapproval concerning a statement signed by 500 conservative women and addressed to crown Prince Abdullah Bin AbdulAziz, in which they requested that women should not be allowed to drive.
| Might one be so bold as to suggest that if you don't want to, don't do it? And to let any other women who do want to do it do so? That's probably too complicated for the Arabian mind, though... |
The statement also demanded that editorials in newspapers, which aim to westernize women and bring them out of their homes be ignored.
| Well, see? I you were properly illiterate, then you couldn't read them, could you? On the other hand, even though you are presumably literate, your real gripe is probably with the guy holding the gun to your heads forcing you to read them. |
The letter was signed by 14 academics from the Jeddah and Mecca Universities, the girls' education colleges in the Mecca area, 3 doctors, 7 health workers, 93 teachers, 12 workers, 93 college students, 79 high school students, and 123 educated homemakers. They demanded that the woman should not be allowed to drive a car since this subjects her to harassment in public places, markets, and in front of girls' schools. They also demanded the establishment of a women's ministry run by sharia clerics.
| Right. That'll make things all better. Shoulda thought of that before... |
Saudi businesswoman Raja al-Munif expressed her surprise at the appearance of such statements and said, "These people are crazy demands are strange. How can they demand a ministry for women that is run by men?" She asked, "A woman is a human being. So how can she not manage her own affairs? As to driving a car, she said, "The woman is free and driving will not be a duty imposed on her".
| Bingo! Raja gets it. Of course, since she does, she must be killed. The Women's Ministry (run by mullahs) will no doubt take care of that... |
Commenting on their talk that the woman's place is her house, Raja al-Munif said, "There are academics, doctors, and teachers. Let them leave their work and universities."
| I've long since come to the conclusion that Arabs don't feel silly like we do... |
Posted by: Fred 2005-07-31 |
