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Saudi Arabia To Allow Women To Drive
Wow, are they finally dragging themselves into the 21st century? Perhaps they'll stop stoning women for adultery when they've been raped. Or is that too much to hope for?
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Sqad....(11:21)....it is my understanding that the majority of Saudi women are not educated to any higher degree at all. Its these women that will have to fight to be able to do the kind of everyday things, that most other women around the world take for granted, like driving.
Its important to remember that this newly announced change has come about by the gracious whim of the Saudi Royal Family, and whether women will be able to drive from June 2018 onwards or not, will still depend of the permission of the elder males in the family.
For that reason, I still can't see that this recent change of heart will actually have much effect.
Saudi Arabia will still be a tightly controlled, deeply misogynistic and backward society.
Its important to remember that this newly announced change has come about by the gracious whim of the Saudi Royal Family, and whether women will be able to drive from June 2018 onwards or not, will still depend of the permission of the elder males in the family.
For that reason, I still can't see that this recent change of heart will actually have much effect.
Saudi Arabia will still be a tightly controlled, deeply misogynistic and backward society.
Sqad
talbot.....i am not sure what the "antics" of one Saudi woman has to do with the overall picture, but i take you point as from where you get your information.
Spend some time on Twitter listening to Saudi women who have escaped the tyranny indeed ex Muslim women who have escaped the tyranny Dina Ali is far from a one off.
talbot.....i am not sure what the "antics" of one Saudi woman has to do with the overall picture, but i take you point as from where you get your information.
Spend some time on Twitter listening to Saudi women who have escaped the tyranny indeed ex Muslim women who have escaped the tyranny Dina Ali is far from a one off.
From Mikey, //whether women will be able to drive from June 2018 onwards or not, will still depend of the permission of the elder males in the family.//
'Elder' is not necessarily right. If there are no older men, women, whether they be mothers, sisters, nieces, etc., will need the permission of males, albeit those perhaps much younger than themselves…. their own sons or brothers for instance.
'Elder' is not necessarily right. If there are no older men, women, whether they be mothers, sisters, nieces, etc., will need the permission of males, albeit those perhaps much younger than themselves…. their own sons or brothers for instance.
"...we have to admit that change IS coming to these backward societies, although not fast enough for us Westerners."
Here is one Westerner who does not give a tuppenny toss how slowly or quickly change comes to some of these backward societies. Westerners should beware of what they wish for. Trying to impose their customs and values on peoples that are so clearly unable to cope with them can only end in tears, as the so-called "Arab Spring" bears testament. Leave the Saudis alone to their medieval ways dictated by their ridiculous religion. Just don't let any of them with those views settle in the UK.
Here is one Westerner who does not give a tuppenny toss how slowly or quickly change comes to some of these backward societies. Westerners should beware of what they wish for. Trying to impose their customs and values on peoples that are so clearly unable to cope with them can only end in tears, as the so-called "Arab Spring" bears testament. Leave the Saudis alone to their medieval ways dictated by their ridiculous religion. Just don't let any of them with those views settle in the UK.
I lived and worked for 3 years in Saudi and the road accidents are the worst in the entire world. There are NO road rules as Sharia did not think of motor vehicles. So it is not illegal for Abdullah to drive his Pontiac TransAm at 100mph the wrong way down a dual carriageway at night with no lights on.
There is NO driving test, as soon as a male reaches 17 years old he can get a driving licence . It is normal for a rich Saudi to buy his son a car , often a high performance US sports car, as a 17th birthday present. All too often they are killed or injured within a few months.
I was one of the few European expats who was prepared to drive a company vehicle, I did over 250,000 Km without even a scratched bumper in my company's 5.5 liter Chevrolet pick up truck. I won 7 safe driving awards. To drive a company vehicle we had to pass the Aramco ( my employer) driving test which is based on the Canadian Highway Police Defensive Driving course. All Aramco vehicles were insured but believe it or not insurance is technically against the law in Saudi.
This is because the Quran says that Allah has a book, and in this book is a page for every person on Earth. Your entire life is set out on your page , down to the minutest detail. So if you have an accident it is Allah's will that it happens, you can not insure against the will of Allah that would be blasphemy.
Will it get worse when women can drive?
There is NO driving test, as soon as a male reaches 17 years old he can get a driving licence . It is normal for a rich Saudi to buy his son a car , often a high performance US sports car, as a 17th birthday present. All too often they are killed or injured within a few months.
I was one of the few European expats who was prepared to drive a company vehicle, I did over 250,000 Km without even a scratched bumper in my company's 5.5 liter Chevrolet pick up truck. I won 7 safe driving awards. To drive a company vehicle we had to pass the Aramco ( my employer) driving test which is based on the Canadian Highway Police Defensive Driving course. All Aramco vehicles were insured but believe it or not insurance is technically against the law in Saudi.
This is because the Quran says that Allah has a book, and in this book is a page for every person on Earth. Your entire life is set out on your page , down to the minutest detail. So if you have an accident it is Allah's will that it happens, you can not insure against the will of Allah that would be blasphemy.
Will it get worse when women can drive?
// Akran Ramadan, who is part of the Libyan community in south Manchester,//
can confirm that the Libyans in Mank dont support terrorism and certainly do not wish to go back to Libya....
co-worker had a brother whose hand had been cut off
and he looked like he wanted to return to Libya like he had a pain in his guts
can confirm that the Libyans in Mank dont support terrorism and certainly do not wish to go back to Libya....
co-worker had a brother whose hand had been cut off
and he looked like he wanted to return to Libya like he had a pain in his guts
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