Saudi woman to be lashed for defying driving ban

[redred]

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers.

The woman, identified only as Shema, was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in July.

Women2drive, which campaigns for women to be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, says she has already lodged an appeal.

In recent months, scores of women have driven vehicles in Saudi cities in an effort to put pressure on the monarchy to change the law.

The sentence comes two days after the Saudi leader King Abdullah announced women would be allowed to vote for the first time in 2015.

Two other women are due to appear in court later this year on similar charges, correspondents say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15079620

[Muddy]

This is is 2nd closest ally in the region.. They get a pass! :wink:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Dont break the law and you wont get whipped you dumb bitches :twisted:

[Hal-9000]

are these the same folks that just allowed women to vote?


I really wonder what their actual reasoning is in the court, when they tell women they can't drive?

[Hal-9000]

Dont break the law and you wont get whipped you dumb bitches :twisted:

next thing you know, some of them mavericks will be walking...RIGHT BESIDE their husbands

:shock: :shock:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Its anarchy if people dont obey the laws of the land *blazes up*

[MrsM]

So glad I live in Canada :canada:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Dont break the law and you wont get whipped you dumb bitches :twisted:

http://i.imgur.com/AxVhO.jpg

[JoeyB]

The sentence comes two days after the Saudi leader King Abdullah announced women would be allowed to vote for the first time in 2015.


are these the same folks that just allowed women to vote?


I really wonder what their actual reasoning is in the court, when they tell women they can't drive?

Way to read the article Hal.

And to answer your question, women can drive in Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances. Those circumstances are if accompanied by a male relative or their husband. The reasoning is to prevent women from being in public unescorted. Remember, this is an oppressive place where women must hide their faces and male doctors cannot examine a woman.

I've been following this for awhile now, and have signed a petition or two that I'm certain the Saudi government promptly ignored.

But, the important thing is that these events bring international attention and embarrassment to the patriarchal Saudi state.

[Hal-9000]

Way to read the article Hal.

And to answer your question, women can drive in Saudi Arabia under certain circumstances. Those circumstances are if accompanied by a male relative or their husband. The reasoning is to prevent women from being in public unescorted. Remember, this is an oppressive place where women must hide their faces and male doctors cannot examine a woman.

I've been following this for awhile now, and have signed a petition or two that I'm certain the Saudi government promptly ignored.

But, the important thing is that these events bring international attention and embarrassment to the patriarchal Saudi state.

It was a rhetorical question bordering on sarcasm.....way to be a pompous ass Joey :thumbsup:

[JoeyB]

It was a rhetorical question bordering on sarcasm.....way to be a pompous ass Joey :thumbsup:

I was trying to be helpful. Why is it the word 'ass' always appears when we talk, and why do you keep sending me those awkward PM's?

[Hal-9000]

Quit stalking me and turn that literal anal Asperger's stuff down a notch would you? :x


you make me feel weird in the no no place :|

luv, hal

[Deepsepia]

are these the same folks that just allowed women to vote?


I really wonder what their actual reasoning is in the court, when they tell women they can't drive?

Cause the only polling center in Saudi about 150 miles outside of town, down a desert highway . . .

[Hal-9000]

:lol:

[JoeyB]

Well that was fucking surreal, I just checked my email and there was another petition about this in my inbox~!!

Anyone wanting to sign, PM me and I'll send you a link.

[Joebob034]

This is one instance where I agree with Arab customs - not the lashing part, just the taking women off the road part.

[JoeyB]

just the taking women off the road part.

I agree with you, the road is a terrible place to store your women. Use your basement instead.

[deebakes]

:wank:

[Muddy]

I saw some hot Arab porn one day.. It was the women with the head scarf face coverings on and the black robe lifted up to expose shaved tanned hot pussy delight..

[JoeyB]

I saw some hot Arab porn one day.. It was the women with the head scarf face coverings on and the black robe lifted up to expose shaved tanned hot pussy delight..

You should have posted that BEFORE Dee wanked to the thread.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Saudi King cancels lashing sentence for woman driver
By Laura Rozen | The Envoy


http://i.imgur.com/g7540.jpg

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Wednesday overturned a court's sentence of 10 lashes for a woman arrested for driving in the kingdom.

The monarch's decision overturns a court ruling Tuesday against Shaima Jastaina, who was arrested for driving a relative to the hospital, the Associated Press reported.

"Thank God, the lashing of Shaima is cancelled," Princess Ameera Al-Taweel, wife of King Abdullah's nephew Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, posted to Twitter Wednesday. "Thanks to our beloved King. I'm sure all Saudi women will be so happy, I know I am."

The verdict and its reversal followed King Abdullah's decree Monday that Saudi women be allowed to vote in municipal elections in 2015. The aging Saudi monarch also said that women could be appointed to an advisory body called the Shura Council.

On Thursday, Saudi men went to the polls to vote in local elections. The Sept. 29 elections--originally scheduled to be held in 2009 but postponed--mark only the second time Saudi Arabia has held nationwide polls, RFERL reported. Saudi Arabia held its first national ballot in 2005.

"Women don't have the right to vote this time around, but should be able to do so in 2015 after a recent announcement by King Abdullah," the RFERL report said. The Sept. 29 elections "will decide more than 1,000 local council seats."

At present, Saudi Arabia has just 1.2 million registered voters, "out of 5 million men who could be eligible to vote," the RFERL report said.

Meanwhile, women's-rights advocates in the kingdom welcomed the monarch's decision, but vowed to keep up pressure on Saudi Arabia to revoke its driving ban for women. "While we are thankful the sentence against Shayma was revoked, this is a small step rather than a giant leap," a representative of Saudi Women for Driving said in a press release Thursday. "We will continue fighting for our right to drive and exercise our basic rights."

[Godfather]

Awesome to hear. This King seems to be fairly progressive. Women are going to be allowed to vote, run for municipal elections, shop from fellow females in retail stores...

It's all moronic that they're so against women. Mouhamed's first wife was said to be a very great business-woman. And the not-driving thing is meant to keep women from being in the company of strange men... but it just means that they all have drivers who are usually strange, foreign men from poorer countries :lol:

[Hal-9000]

He stopped the lashing but you know ...somewhere in the background she's strapped to a yoke, pulling a plow in a 1000 acre field for her heinous crime and affront against society

[deebakes]

here is her new vehicle:

http://i.imgur.com/iHNcg.jpg