Saudi Arabia warns women not to join protest against ban on driving

[DrLeftover]

23 Oct

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Thursday issued a warning to women not to get behind the wheel in defiance of the kingdom's men-only road rules after a renewed social media campaign to challenge the law by driving in public.

The announcement comes ahead of the anniversary on Oct. 26 of a demonstration last year in which dozens of Saudi women said they had taken to the road in protest at the ban on female drivers, leading to some arrests.

In recent weeks, campaigners have been pushing on social media for women to drive themselves and post pictures or films online, as they did in the run-up to last year's protest.

"The Interior Ministry emphasizes it will firmly apply the laws against anyone who participates (in a protest by female drivers)," the ministry said a statement carried by state media.

Any such attempt by women to drive in public in breach of the law was "an opportunity for predators to undermine social cohesion", the ministry said.

http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-warns-women-not-join-protest-against-141113384.html;_ylt=AwrBJSDPKUlUqUIAxWrQtDMD


Question: How does letting women drive "undermine social cohesion" under Islam?

 

[Webster]

Question: How does letting women drive "undermine social cohesion" under Islam?

Good question...
Here's another one: other than oil, why the hell are we still defending Saudi Arabia? Don't they have enough resources to defend themselves?

 

[DrLeftover]

They used to be certain that the US and then NATO would do it.

Now they are a little worried because "Our Dear Leader" cannot be trusted. But they're still not too worried because Europe has stepped up against ISIL in a meaningful way.

 

[seasidemike]

Because clearly the inferior gender is not capable of driving right???

 

[Webster]

Because clearly the inferior gender is not capable of driving right???

*deadpans* Well, there's a clear and cogent thought there...

 

[+paradox]

and they're our ally...

what makes them better than any other country/group?

 

[Webster]

and they're our ally...

what makes them better than any other country/group?

Convenience...and crap-tons of oil underneath the Arabian sands.