Green Energy
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- Saudi Woman Beats Up Virtue Cop
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- Led Zeppelin: Saudi Women To Petition King Abdullah For Right To Drive
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- Women Achieve Equal Rights In Saudi Arabia !!! Human Dignity Alert !!!
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Women Are Too Dirty To Walk On Saudi Sidewalks
From Omri at the Astute Bloggers:
The Saudis are now segregating sidewalks so their men don't get icky girl cooties:
We're tempted to ask something like "what's next - having to sit in the back of a bus?" But we all know Saudi women aren't allowed on buses without male relatives, so no go. And that's before we even get to the Saudis' nuanced views on women in cars. They really do just hate women, don't they?
[Read an extended version of this post at Mere Rhetoric]
The Saudis are now segregating sidewalks so their men don't get icky girl cooties:
Saudi Arabia's religious police are insisting that authorities of Medina,
one of Islam's holiest cities, should build separate sidewalks for women, the
Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said Friday.
The country's Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of
Vice (CPVPV), tasked with enforcing Sharia law, believes men and women should
not be allowed to mix on the streets of the Islam's second holiest place, where
the Prophet Muhammad is buried.
We're tempted to ask something like "what's next - having to sit in the back of a bus?" But we all know Saudi women aren't allowed on buses without male relatives, so no go. And that's before we even get to the Saudis' nuanced views on women in cars. They really do just hate women, don't they?
[Read an extended version of this post at Mere Rhetoric]
- Saudi "morality Police" Chief Says Ban On Women Driving Not Part Of Sharia
Yeah, right, that's what he says: Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving is not mandated by any text in Sharia, the Islamic legal code which forms the basis for most Saudi law, the head of its morality police told Reuters on Thursday. Sheikh Abdulatif...
- Tourist Destinations Where Only Men Are Allowed
There are still some sites in the world today where, due in part to ludicrous religious beliefs of males, females are not allowed to visit. These include some rather predictable locations: Saudi Arabia: If you’re a solo female traveler looking to visit...
- Saudi Woman Beats Up Virtue Cop
Jerusalem Post: It was a scene Saudi women’s rights activists have dreamt of for years. When a Saudi religious policeman sauntered about an amusement park in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Al-Mubarraz looking for unmarried couples illegally socializing,...
- Led Zeppelin: Saudi Women To Petition King Abdullah For Right To Drive
Led Zeppelin, as in that'll go over like a lead balloon: JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they...
- Women Achieve Equal Rights In Saudi Arabia !!! Human Dignity Alert !!!
Tired of male domination, 5 Saudi women change sex RIYADH (Reuters) - Tired of playing second fiddle to men in conservative Saudi Arabia, five women decided if you can't beat them, join them.Al Watan newspaper said the five women underwent sex change...