Allowing Women To Drive Would Mean No More Virgins by Spoon 2012/10/04 02:41
Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would mean no more virgins and an increase in homosexuality, according to academics at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, it has been reported in the Telegraph.
More pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.
Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.
Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would mean no more virgins and an increase in homosexuality, according to academics at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, it has been reported in the Telegraph.
More pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.
Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.
Spoon 2012/10/04 02:42
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which bans women from driving.
Professor Subhi described sitting in a coffee shop in an unnamed Arab state where “all the women were looking at me“.
“One made a gesture that made it clear that she was available,†he said. “This is what happens when women are allowed to drive.â€
The report was produced for the country's legislative assembly, the Shura Council. However this institution has no power as Saudi Arabia is ruled by a monarchy with absolute power.
The state’s controversial ban on female drivers last came under attack in September after Shaima Jastaniya was sentenced to 10 lashes just days after Saudi King Abdullah granted women the right to vote. The punishment was overturned after international and domestic pressure.
Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting."
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which bans women from driving.
Professor Subhi described sitting in a coffee shop in an unnamed Arab state where “all the women were looking at me“.
“One made a gesture that made it clear that she was available,†he said. “This is what happens when women are allowed to drive.â€
The report was produced for the country's legislative assembly, the Shura Council. However this institution has no power as Saudi Arabia is ruled by a monarchy with absolute power.
The state’s controversial ban on female drivers last came under attack in September after Shaima Jastaniya was sentenced to 10 lashes just days after Saudi King Abdullah granted women the right to vote. The punishment was overturned after international and domestic pressure.
Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting."
jay6600 2012/10/04 03:00
OMFG thats Absolutely Bonkers! and even if they wernt to be virgins because of driving its their right to drive and their right to choose to stay a virgin or not! i realy didnt think saudi was like that i thought that country had moved forward , i think even in iran the women are allowed to drive
and the Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting." omg if i go saudi i want see some nice womens faces and i hope they have eyes still in them...i just carnt beleive how a country could be so cruel in this time n age its almost 2013 we have an international space station in orbit we have moved on from the bad times
OMFG thats Absolutely Bonkers! and even if they wernt to be virgins because of driving its their right to drive and their right to choose to stay a virgin or not! i realy didnt think saudi was like that i thought that country had moved forward , i think even in iran the women are allowed to drive
and the Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting." omg if i go saudi i want see some nice womens faces and i hope they have eyes still in them...i just carnt beleive how a country could be so cruel in this time n age its almost 2013 we have an international space station in orbit we have moved on from the bad times
Manal 2012/10/04 05:29
Another RACIST TOPIC ABT SAUDI ARABIA,DONT U HAVE NEWS ABT CRAP HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA IF U WANNA KNOW WHY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DROVE WHY DONT U COME TO SAUDI AND ASK THE KING LAWS-HAHA3-
Another RACIST TOPIC ABT SAUDI ARABIA,DONT U HAVE NEWS ABT CRAP HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA IF U WANNA KNOW WHY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DROVE WHY DONT U COME TO SAUDI AND ASK THE KING LAWS-HAHA3-
Manal 2012/10/04 05:33
Tariq A. Al Maeena
In my travels around the GCC, I am often asked a familiar question: Why don’t women drive in your country? I tell them that they are not allowed. The next question they put forward is: When will women be allowed to drive? To that question I usually shake my head and tell them that I honestly do not know.Almost six years ago in October 2005 in his first television interview as King, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia was put forth this question by a TV commentator of a US network: “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world in which women are not allowed to drive. It seems to be symbolic of a women’s lack of independence. Would you support allowing a woman to drive?â€The king’s response to the question at the time was: “I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, and my wife is a woman. I believe the day will come when women drive. In fact, if you look at the areas in Saudi Arabia, the deserts and in the rural areas, you will find that women do drive. The issue will require patience. In time, I believe it will be possible. Yes, I believe we can. But it will require a little bit of time… Our people are just now beginning to open up to the world, and I believe that with the passing of days in the future everything is possible.â€For many women and men in Saudi Arabia, those words flashed across TV screens throughout the kingdom meant a dawn of a new era, one where the rights of women were going to be given impetus and attention by no less than the king himself. Buoyed by the fact that King Abdullah did not reject the notion that women shouldn’t drive or that was an un-Islamic thing to do, many felt that the laws permitting women to drive their own vehicles would soon be put into effect.Rural sightSix years on and many are still left wondering. Is it our religion that forbids such a right? Obviously not, or else we would be damning devout Muslim women who enjoy such rights across the globe into a life of sin. Then what is it? Is it our culture, our social norms? Again, this does not seem to be a credible argument, as some towns and villages have womenfolk driving back and forth in pick-ups to farms and fields to help in the harvest or herding of livestock. The arguments for allowing women to drive today are increasing multi-fold. As more and more women enter the work force, they are being inhibited from getting there in the first place. Add the economic dent to hire a family driver and provide accommodation, especially if one is just starting to earn a living. And then again, the inexperience of some drivers has indeed led to many a sorrowful death. Children shuttled back and forth to school are often at risk as well and sometimes subjected to physical abuse. No one can share a greater concern for the safety of a child then the parents themselves. Not everybody can afford the privilege of a family driver.
Tariq A. Al Maeena
In my travels around the GCC, I am often asked a familiar question: Why don’t women drive in your country? I tell them that they are not allowed. The next question they put forward is: When will women be allowed to drive? To that question I usually shake my head and tell them that I honestly do not know.Almost six years ago in October 2005 in his first television interview as King, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia was put forth this question by a TV commentator of a US network: “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world in which women are not allowed to drive. It seems to be symbolic of a women’s lack of independence. Would you support allowing a woman to drive?â€The king’s response to the question at the time was: “I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, and my wife is a woman. I believe the day will come when women drive. In fact, if you look at the areas in Saudi Arabia, the deserts and in the rural areas, you will find that women do drive. The issue will require patience. In time, I believe it will be possible. Yes, I believe we can. But it will require a little bit of time… Our people are just now beginning to open up to the world, and I believe that with the passing of days in the future everything is possible.â€For many women and men in Saudi Arabia, those words flashed across TV screens throughout the kingdom meant a dawn of a new era, one where the rights of women were going to be given impetus and attention by no less than the king himself. Buoyed by the fact that King Abdullah did not reject the notion that women shouldn’t drive or that was an un-Islamic thing to do, many felt that the laws permitting women to drive their own vehicles would soon be put into effect.Rural sightSix years on and many are still left wondering. Is it our religion that forbids such a right? Obviously not, or else we would be damning devout Muslim women who enjoy such rights across the globe into a life of sin. Then what is it? Is it our culture, our social norms? Again, this does not seem to be a credible argument, as some towns and villages have womenfolk driving back and forth in pick-ups to farms and fields to help in the harvest or herding of livestock. The arguments for allowing women to drive today are increasing multi-fold. As more and more women enter the work force, they are being inhibited from getting there in the first place. Add the economic dent to hire a family driver and provide accommodation, especially if one is just starting to earn a living. And then again, the inexperience of some drivers has indeed led to many a sorrowful death. Children shuttled back and forth to school are often at risk as well and sometimes subjected to physical abuse. No one can share a greater concern for the safety of a child then the parents themselves. Not everybody can afford the privilege of a family driver.
Manal 2012/10/04 05:35
There is public resistance from some fundamentalist scholars towards granting this right to women. But we should not allow ourselves to be held hostage by the narrow views of such groups, whose edicts in the past have all been directed at the subjugation and control of women. Why are they allowed to pawn their ideology on the rest of us as a religious, cultural or social order? Now I realise the Saudi government has a dilemma on its hands. How do you introduce women driving without causing some major problems? Obviously, women drivers initially will be targets of unwarranted attention. In pockets of our diverse culture, women drivers may feel threatened by those who frown upon increased independence. Apply the zero tolerance rules against anyone bothering women, similar to those I have witnessed elsewhere in the Gulf. Males caught in the harassment of women should have their heads shorn and their photos displayed in newspapers, as in some of our neighbouring countries. And I have not witnessed any moral degradation of their societies.The government doesn’t have to move radically. Begin by establishing driving schools for women. Begin hiring females in the traffic section. Initially allow women accompanied by their male guardians to drive. Restrict the age limitation for women drivers to above a certain age, perhaps 25 years. Limit the driving hours for women between sunrise and sunset initially, until it dawns on us males that their time has indeed arrived. Eventually the novelty of seeing an abaya-clad woman whizzing by in her own wheels will indeed wear off. We see it all the time in the rest of the Gulf. This is the 21st century, and until we remove this obstacle, the chances for women to make a positive impact in our society will forever be limited in their dependency on someone getting to their occupation on time and in one piece.
There is public resistance from some fundamentalist scholars towards granting this right to women. But we should not allow ourselves to be held hostage by the narrow views of such groups, whose edicts in the past have all been directed at the subjugation and control of women. Why are they allowed to pawn their ideology on the rest of us as a religious, cultural or social order? Now I realise the Saudi government has a dilemma on its hands. How do you introduce women driving without causing some major problems? Obviously, women drivers initially will be targets of unwarranted attention. In pockets of our diverse culture, women drivers may feel threatened by those who frown upon increased independence. Apply the zero tolerance rules against anyone bothering women, similar to those I have witnessed elsewhere in the Gulf. Males caught in the harassment of women should have their heads shorn and their photos displayed in newspapers, as in some of our neighbouring countries. And I have not witnessed any moral degradation of their societies.The government doesn’t have to move radically. Begin by establishing driving schools for women. Begin hiring females in the traffic section. Initially allow women accompanied by their male guardians to drive. Restrict the age limitation for women drivers to above a certain age, perhaps 25 years. Limit the driving hours for women between sunrise and sunset initially, until it dawns on us males that their time has indeed arrived. Eventually the novelty of seeing an abaya-clad woman whizzing by in her own wheels will indeed wear off. We see it all the time in the rest of the Gulf. This is the 21st century, and until we remove this obstacle, the chances for women to make a positive impact in our society will forever be limited in their dependency on someone getting to their occupation on time and in one piece.
Manal 2012/10/04 05:37
Quote: jay6600: OMFG thats Absolutely Bonkers! and even if they wernt to be virgins because of driving its their right to drive and their right to choose to stay a virgin or not! i realy didnt think saudi was like that i thought that country had moved forward , i think even in iran the women are allowed to drive and the Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting." omg if i go saudi i want see some nice womens faces and i hope they have eyes still in them...i just carnt beleive how a country could be so cruel in this time n age its almost 2013 we have an international space station in orbit we have moved on from the bad times
Lack of info-hahaha-reseach good its better
and the Saudi Arabia is currently considering a law for women to cover up their eyes if they are deemed too "tempting." omg if i go saudi i want see some nice womens faces and i hope they have eyes still in them...i just carnt beleive how a country could be so cruel in this time n age its almost 2013 we have an international space station in orbit we have moved on from the bad times
Manal 2012/10/04 05:42
Quote: Spoon: Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would mean no more virgins and an increase in homosexuality, according to academics at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, it has been reported in the Telegraph.
More pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.
Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.
Look spoon u dont enter to saudi right u dont know why we are not allowed but in fact we can drive any parts of the gulf and desert but ur info that get from CRAP WEBSITE TOTALLY RACIST WRONG! WRONG WRONG!and we have money to pay to our drivers why we should drive-hahaha-only non saudi protest to drive like crazy coz they ara not originality saudi citizenMore pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.
Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.
Spoon 2012/10/04 05:49
its a news report that was in a uk news paper and according to it the info was given by shura council im posting wot was said thats all
its a news report that was in a uk news paper and according to it the info was given by shura council im posting wot was said thats all
Spoon 2012/10/04 05:55
u know i believe u should b able to drive the topic wasnt to say u cldnt by my opinion i think its crap that u cant if u wanted to
u know i believe u should b able to drive the topic wasnt to say u cldnt by my opinion i think its crap that u cant if u wanted to
Manal 2012/10/04 06:00
Quote: Spoon: u know i believe u should b able to drive the topic wasnt to say u cldnt by my opinion i think its crap that u cant if u wanted to
we can drove a car in fact all women here have car and cars,but we followed the rules of the country,but we can drove any parts of the GULF,Saudi deserts and provinces and other country aswell withour international drivers licence....I can drive,im not yet married nor had a sex in real life,so it doesnt mean im not a virgin anymore..how i wish my car is male and had a sex with me-hahaha-its a dream come true
thers english saudi news too...
jay6600 2012/10/04 06:03
Quote: mAnAl: 
uk news paper??????????why dont u read SAUDI NEWS PAPER??????the issue is saudi so why u read uk-hahaha-
its quit obvious why she didnt get it from saudi newspaper ,,Answer is because as YOU YOURSELF Know all 2 well it would never get into saudi newspaper saudi journalists likes their head attached to neck not in a bucket of sand,,,,reading about saudi its gt terrible human rights reccord lets hope it improves soon
uk news paper??????????why dont u read SAUDI NEWS PAPER??????the issue is saudi so why u read uk-hahaha-
Spoon 2012/10/04 06:06
Quote: mAnAl: we can drove a car in fact all women here have car and cars,but we followed the rules of the country,but we can drove any parts of the GULF,Saudi deserts and provinces and other country aswell withour international drivers licence....I can drive,im not yet married nor had a sex in real life,so it doesnt mean im not a virgin anymore..how i wish my car is male and had a sex with me-hahaha-its a dream come true
thats my point so why they telling papers that ridiculous crap that if women drive there will b no more virgins and more homosexals and the rest we all know women drive doesnt do that yet its wot been told by ppl that r supose to b high up. i dnt think 1 person has said that women cant drive they all pretty much saying they shld b able to if they want to and they reason y that group r saying women cant drive over there is purely ridiculous
Manal 2012/10/04 06:09
Quote: jay6600: its quit obvious why she didnt get it from saudi newspaper ,,Answer is because as YOU YOURSELF Know all 2 well it would never get into saudi newspaper saudi journalists likes their head attached to neck not in a bucket of sand,,,,reading about saudi its gt terrible human rights reccord lets hope it improves soon
Hahaha for some people like u that never enter the country doesnt have any idea..hahaha.............just visit then talk!by the why are u British or proxy british????????????????????-peace-
Manal 2012/10/04 06:14
Quote: Spoon: thats my point so why they telling papers that ridiculous crap that if women drive there will b no more virgins and more homosexals and the rest we all know women drive doesnt do that yet its wot been told by ppl that r supose to b high up. i dnt think 1 person has said that women cant drive they all pretty much saying they shld b able to if they want to and they reason y that group r saying women cant drive over there is purely ridiculous
News news news..u believe in news????????????they are media anything they can wrote even if its not true...yes we cant drive arount the City and Highways but we can drove anywhere...Me and myself Have my own car for so many years and i used to drive tru the desert and provinces,nothing happen nor stop me..but in the big cities cannot we cant drove coz it will cause lots of traffic and its not allowed...we just follow the rules why its so big issue for others to be ignorant abt this!
jay6600 2012/10/04 06:15
Quote: mAnAl: Hahaha for some people like u that never enter the country doesnt have any idea..hahaha.............just visit then talk!by the why are u British or proxy british????????????????????-peace-
im ENGLISH born and bred and you yourself dont seem to recognise when another female is simply expressing their view on the opression you yourself are having imposed upon yourself ,maybe you like this because youve known no other way but otheres are simply imforming you how wrong this is appear in most modern countries ,surely youve learned when peole had slaves in past but fortunatly they learned their mistake and CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OF ALL
Manal 2012/10/04 06:24
Quote: jay6600: im ENGLISH born and bred and you yourself dont seem to recognise when another female is simply expressing their view on the opression you yourself are having imposed upon yourself ,maybe you like this because youve known no other way but otheres are simply imforming you how wrong this is appear in most modern countries ,surely youve learned when peole had slaves in past but fortunatly they learned their mistake and CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OF ALL
oh really haha fool others lol
jay6600 2012/10/04 06:28
they say you carnt teach an old dog new tricks ??? i think that sayings relevant here
they say you carnt teach an old dog new tricks ??? i think that sayings relevant here
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