Death Threats for Contemplating Women Drivers ?

Capt'n Midnight

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/98C77F4B-CA7D-4836-A22C-00871BF86FEF.htm

A Saudi man's call to lift a decades-old ban against women driving - the only prohibition of its kind in the world - has been met with death threats and opposition.

Mohammed al-Zulfa's knew his proposal last month to Saudi Arabia's appointed advisory council, of which he is a member, would stir controversy. Even so, he was taken aback by the reaction.

Some people said he should be booted off the all-male Shura Council, which has the power to change old laws and draft new ones. Another made death threats against him and his family.

Victor

Maybe they could build separate roads for the women drivers?

murphaph

Saudi is fcuking backward joke amongst many of the middle eastern states. I know a lebanese guy who reckons you can tell a saudi in his 4x4 because he'll be the one leaning out the window cracking a whip against the side of it like he's riding a camel!!

seamus

It's about control. People have this tunnel-vision when it comes to control, and when you try to disable their control, they will absolutely anything to keep it.

sceptre

murphaph wrote:

Saudi is fcuking backward joke amongst many of the middle eastern states. I know a lebanese guy who reckons you can tell a saudi in his 4x4 because he'll be the one leaning out the window cracking a whip against the side of it like he's riding a camel!!

I laughed like a silly laughing thing at that

DubTony

I'm so disappointed. I thought this thread was about threatening the lives of women who were contemplating taking up driving.

cyclopath2001

DubTony wrote:

I'm so disappointed. I thought this thread was about threatening the lives of women who were contemplating taking up driving.

Me? I though it was about threats to women drivers who were praying....