Arrested for DRIVING WHILE FEMALE....where else but Saudi Arabia!!!

[웃 910]

Saudi woman arrested for challenging driving ban

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities arrested a female activist on Sunday who launched a campaign to challenge a ban on women driving in the conservative kingdom and posted a video on the Internet of her driving, activists said.

The YouTube video, posted on Thursday, has attracted more than 500,000 views and shows Manal Alsharif, who learned to drive in the United States, driving her car in Khobar in the oil-producing Eastern Province.

"Police arrested her at 3 a.m. this morning," said Maha Taher, another female activist who launched her own campaign for women driving four months ago to spread awareness of the issue.

An Eastern Province police spokesperson declined to comment and an interior ministry spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.

Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy that does not tolerate any form of dissent and applies an austere version of Sunni Islam in which religious police patrol the streets to ensure public segregation between men and women.

Women in the country are not allowed to drive and must have written approval from a designated guardian -- a father, husband, brother or son -- to leave the country, work or travel abroad.

The campaign Alsharif launched is aimed at teaching women to drive and encouraging them to start driving from June 17, using foreign-issued licences.

While there is no written law that specifically bans women from driving, Saudi law requires citizens use a locally issued licence while in the country. Such licences are not issued to women, making it effectively illegal for them to drive.

"When the police stopped her they told her she violated the 'norms'. There is no law that says women can't drive in Saudi Arabia and this arrest is unjust. She is a role model for a lot of people and the arrest will provoke her supporters. Now more women want to drive," Taher said.

http://af.reuters.co...E74L12X20110522

Edited May 23, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[Samoray 165]

She asked what if my Husband/Brother had a heart attack in the middle of no where, i wouldn't even know how to drive to save his life.

The authorities even made her make the video unavailable to the public any more.

[thongd4me 69]

I think I once saw a movie about a planet where only

women could vote and hold political office but the

men had to display their penises before purchasing

food at the supermarket.

The women still had childbirth but the men had all the pain

[Samoray 165]

I think I once saw a movie about a planet where only

women could vote and hold political office but the

men had to display their penises before purchasing

food at the supermarket.

The women still had childbirth but the men had all the pain

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I bet the streets sidewalks are a lot safer in Saudi Arabia.

Edited May 23, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[Darnell 8,478]

Arrested for DRIVING WHILE FEMALE....where else but Saudi Arabia!!!

Qatar? Or was that repealed last year?