“As for the believers, both men and women they are allies to one another. They enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid the doing of what is wrong, and are constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle. It is they upon whom God will bestow His grace: verily, God is almighty and wise”
–Qur’an: 9:71
“The rights of women are sacred. See that women are maintained in the rights assigned to them.”
–Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
“Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue”.
–The Honorable James Buchan; Scottish Novelist and Journalist
Twelve Saudis were arrested on October 26-27 for posing a grave threat to Saudi Arabia’s security and masculine misogynist interests. All were immediately charged for the same crime and referred to the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution. The Saudi Ministry of the Interior said it has taken the appropriate measures to prevent such crimes in the future.
Their heinous crime: Driving While Female (DWF)
Sixty courageous Saudi women on October 26 dared to defy this outrageous and Un-Islamic ban on women driving despite governmental threat of arrest and punishment.
These women will be remembered as the Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia who refused to surrender their right to drive and who thus began a civil rights struggle which will take time but with God’s help will eventually succeed. Like Rosa Parks they will succeed in this noble effort during their lifetime.
This driving ban against women is simply a result of the racist and gender bias of a patriarchal and puritanical Wahbist kingdom where women are only wombs and servants to men.
Such sex discrimination goes against the most basic tenets of Islam where men and women are blessed h equal human rights..
Saudi Araba –the only Muslim nation that follows the tyrannical and violent Wahhabi sect.
In face of this oppressive denial of Saudi women driving there arose courageous Saudi women to challenge the all powerful whims and nonsensical fatwas of the Shura Council, a council created to subjugate the masses but avoids dealing with the corrupt immorality of the ruling family.
The most visible courageous face and voice for the right of Saudi women to drive is Manal Al Sharif; a 33 year old wife and mother of a son. She is highly educated and works in the field of computer science and software development. She has won several awards for her professional work and now for her activism to free Saudi women from the iron fist of the Shura Council.
Manal, the driving force behind the campaign to gain Saudi women the right to drive said: “We won’t stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman”.
Below is a Video of Manal Al-Sharif speaking. Her eloquence is incredible.
Saudi women should know that the entire world, Muslim and Non-Muslim, men and women of all ages, races, ethnic groups, and color stand with you and support your rights to live free of all oppression and have the free right to drive in your misguided country.
Islam forbids the oppression of anyone and puts the onus on the Muslim community to fight oppression anywhere and against anyone in the world be it a ruler, a government, or a group regardless of their faith until the oppression ends.
Justice is the paramount goal and objective of a Muslim society as repeatedly addressed in the Holy Qur’an. It is a religious duty and an important part of worshiping God. Thus every Muslim must stand firmly against all injustice regardless of who is the perpetrator.
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Saudi Arabia 'arrests Kuwaiti woman for driving diabetic father to hospital'
Kuwait Times reports that woman had been driving just over the border in Saudi Arabia when she was stopped by police
The arrest comes a
week after Saudi women got behind the wheel to protests against the
kingdom's ban on female drivers. Photograph: AP
Kuwaiti women are free to drive in their country and enjoy far more rights than those in Saudi Arabia, who are not allowed to travel abroad, open a bank account or work without permission from a male relative.
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