I read in the news that the top Muslim scholar in Saudi Arabiya (grand Mufti) issued a Fatwa long time ago forbidding women from driving cars.
Is that true?
2007-03-27 08:57:21 · 13 answers · asked by Mostafa Al Banna 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/saudi/briefing/4.html
2007-03-27 08:59:41 · update #1
Yes it is true. If a woman is caught by the religious police driving a car she'll get a ticket and can be arrested and thrown in jail.
2007-03-27 09:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not being allowed to drive is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. I met an American woman in Thailand who was on vacation with her 12 yr old son and husband from Saudi Arabia. She shared her concerns about her son with me. She worked at a American military base but lived off the compound. Everyday she dressed in "regular" clothes then put the traditional womans clothes over it. She was picked up by a car from the base and when she got to work, she took off the outer garments and worked all day, then repeated the whole thing to go home. But as far as her 12 yr old son. Her husband worked all hours and she, being a woman, was not allowed to even walk to a neighbors unattended, so her son had to accompany her. Also she had to have him accompany her to the grocery store and anywhere else she wanted to go or she could'nt go. Even at 12, her son realized the power he had over her and was getting difficut, trying to bargin with her to get his own way. In Saudi Arabiya, boys can drive ar 13yrs and she was very concerned that her son driving would turn the balance of her parenting. Of course, money was the over whelming reason they were there in the first place. Her husband made VERY good money working there and I guess they felt it was worth it. I often thing about her and the choices she had made. I sure would not want my daughter marrying her son in the future, I doubt if what he learned as a child would ever really change. I hope this helped.
2007-03-27 16:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by kattsmeow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the strange thing is : there is no law in Saudi Arabia prohibit women from driving but the government respect the grand mufti fatwa regarding this issue , the women driving issue has been voted twice in Al-shwra counselors and rejected
2007-03-27 18:03:37 · answer #3 · answered by medodedo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is true, but hopefully not for long.
On Feb. 12 of this year, King Abdullah stated that the issue of women driving is a social issue, not a religious one. If he back up his words, women's rights to drive will be reviewed by secular courts, rather than by the mutawwa.
It's a tiny, tiny step in the right direction.
2007-03-27 16:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by marbledog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are far worse things that Saudi arabian woman have to deal with.
read the book "Princess Sultana" it is one of the best non-fiction book sI have ever read (more like a biography)
2007-03-27 16:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a pity that women are not being treated as equals.
The prophet Mohammad (pbuh) would be very disappointed in this, because women are equal to men in Islam.
2007-03-27 16:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where have you been hiding ??
There are more atrocities than driving.!
How can so many fools still believe and follow such insanity as being anything religious.??
It is obvious sexual discrimination and gender domination by inferior male minds.!
Ask your self why would any God impose such nonsense?
2007-03-27 16:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's true. Had a friend who she and her husband went there on business for a year. She couldn't drive. She hated it there.
2007-03-27 16:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes! all true. r u getting hot like I am pretending to be their driver
2007-03-27 16:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is true.
My Aunt and Uncle live there.
Horrible, isn't it?
2007-03-27 16:00:43 · answer #10 · answered by husam 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋