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| Saudi Arabia: King Salman orders driving licenses for women |
| 2017-09-27 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... has issued a historic royal decree granting driving licenses for women in the kingdom as of next June. The royal decree issued on Tuesday also ordered the establishment of a high-level committee of involving the ministries of internal affairs, finance, labor and social development. They will be tasked with studying the arrangements of the edict within 30 days and to ensure the full implementation of the order by June 2018. "The royal decree will implement the provisions of traffic regulations, including the issuance of driving licenses for men and women alike," the Saudi Press Agency said. RELATED: Senior scholars see no impediment to women driving in Saudi Arabia "This is a great victory for many Saudi women. This was the one file and issue which Saudi women have fought not just years, but decades for. Every time we asked, we were told the time was not right. When we asked those previous from this men and women who said we didn’t need to drive, King Salman," Latifa Shaalan, a Saudi female member of Saudi Arabia’s Shoura Council, told Al Arabiya. In a Tweet United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the decision as well as the US State Department commended the Kingdom on the move, calling it a positive step. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Time to launch the Saudwagon Jeddah. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-09-27 16:39 |
| #5 This might be an opportunity for a wife to get rid of a bad and abusive husband. Accidents do happen--She just has to be careful she doesn't back over him repeatedly. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-27 14:43 |
| #4 God help them! |
| Posted by: Crinegum B. Hayes6324 2017-09-27 09:40 |
| #3 Who is going to teach them? Unrelated males a no-no, and no experienced women drivers. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-27 05:49 |
| #2 Never mind religious police, Saudis are not used to women drivers. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-27 05:10 |
| #1 Religious Police go rogue in 5, 4, 3, ... There's always |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2017-09-27 02:52 |