Saudi Arabia’s most senior cleric, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin-Abdullah al-Sheikh has defended the kingdom’s ban on female drivers on the grounds that they will be ‘exposed to evil’ if allowed to drive. He said men “obsessed with women” and with “weak spirits” could end up causing female drivers harm and that male relatives would not know their whereabouts.
Although women driving in Saudi Arabia is not against the law, in practice women are unable to obtain driving licences. Exceptions are occasionally made in rural areas if a woman needs to drive for her family life.
Despite stifling conservative norms, the Kingdom has made some progress in women rights, women were allowed to vote for the first time last year.
In February 2015, Saleh al-Saadoon, a conservative historian, sparked an outcry by saying that women in Saudi Arabia should not be allowed to drive on the grounds that they might get raped if their cars broke down.
Western women drove, he explained, because rape was not such a big deal to them.
Some people don’t mind their business but try to castigate other religion, they need to study the other religious book before making a false comment on Islam. Boko Haram is not Islam, in fact Muslims suffer greatly than the other religions followers. Regarding the issue of women against driving, you should respect other peoples culture and religions, what you think is bad may be good to somebody. People should behave maturely, respect other people religions, everybody is free to practice what he believe.
Imu Albarka…. You are delusional and have no idea what u are talking about…
Muslims stop killing u peple will not hear
Muslims u people call Allah everyday. And also kill every minute
I wonder y people create new things in Islam if it was saw then y didn’t our prophet “Muhammad “PBUH refuse women to ride camels coz camels expose women to evil than the cars……. gosh I hate that
@omodia true talk,islam is d most deadliest religion cult group in d world
Bless u Stephen osa’s
@maryam plz remove that am fr ur name so that it can be called mary,that man is sayin notin but d truth,is bcos u not leave ur village talkless of goin to saudi Arabia
@maryam plz remove that am fr ur name so that it can be called mary,that man is sayin notin but d truth,is bcos u not leave ur village talkless of goin to saudi Arabia
Baloney
Thank God I live in Jamaica where women drive some of the biggest and most expensive vehicles. Dwl
Women stop driving cos,evil is in Saudi
this masquerade guys might b bokoharam guys,enjoyin their life in sambisa forest
What a satanic religion where men are devil drives and women are saint passengers what a brainwash followers and blindfolded religion
Hmmm I don’t perder anything about you people
I support the motion grand mufti love you Saudi
Ofomala see your face like person wey dem wan use for sacrifice
ils ne font qu’imiter leur prophete muhammad qui inventait des lois divines au gré de ses envies.
this Will look awkward to you but you cant be the standard and bring out standards to follow.this is the way things are done there and they are far far better thanbyou in every aspect of life. so just shut up. Religion is not democracy okay.
who care about wat happenin in saudi arabia, u nagerians should focus on bringing back our sistas.
I hate Muslim why you do that
Well you people are the decendants of the devil your country uses it wealth to fight wars and hold back the advancement of women
You idiot Saudi Arabia will kill your black ass racism is also very stror …why are u using the internet isn’t it sin because the prophet didn’t have it in his time
Wow that’s a really good excuse to keep women from competing in the economy.
The way of Saudi re not the same way of Africa I really like it
For Saudi u may be right but ISLAM U re who go nd do ur research again OK go ooo
hahahahahahaha… chai islam e no go better for you..
Stephen pls chck my location.i guess its you dat live in d village.look at ur profile pic u look so rough n dirty.so unfortunate
Continue barking dogs….get a life..i wnt curse any1 bcox m nt d product of dog.go ask ur mama’s dey wil tell u more
Finally Muslims in Saudi nd around dy world re mad based on foolish believe
Always report what truth n stop blood lies
Indeed…….. prophet Mohammed succeeded in brainwashed of some groups of people……….
Am agree with him …u go such u r mom womb
U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602 this has to be a joke you men just want to be dominant backward i say
Self made god of Saudi Arabia, with stupid excuses. Nonsense
The would have been the most peaceful place if people learn to mind their own businesses, just look at the comments and see the hatred comments Christians are dropping, nobody mentioned any Christian woman here, and look at how u’r reacting? This is our religion, we know it rules and commandments, we choose it.. Nobody force you to join.. Why all this hatred? Nobody ever imposed an Islamic law on any person that is not a Muslim…
You can’t be blamed for your utterance because that is what you’d been fed with all your life, so now you can’t think of your own . You fill your heart with notion that Jew and christian are your enemies, but have ask your the reason why you think they are your enemies, if your Quran tells you that, then you need to ask why and stop this brainwash belief of yours.
LOL THIS IS #BOOSIT
Yes women don’t drive there. But it’s there culture and norm. Which every nationality have there’s. In Dubai, Doha and other Arab nations, women drive. So just mind your own and desist from hate speeches cos it’s leading you to no where.
I fell off my chair laughing
na for taxi the devil no go enter beat the women abi
mumu man
He must be the Evil spirit they’re expose to! Old an Ancient fashion!
Okay, I wonder y u should b taken panadol on sum1 else headache… Plz I will rather advice u “Nigerians and Christians” most expecially to focus on your own domestic issues rather than poking on odas problems… Christians should act like Christ himself, if we could remember vividly, Christ neva castigated any1 no Mata dat persons belief…#myopiniontho
Oh ye believe! Take not the Jews and Christians for freind.they are friend one together,he among you who taketh for friend in (one) of them lo! Allah not wrongdoing tolk
Who cares if you hate Muslims your religion is more pathetic than Islam you children of shaitan go to hell
Islam is devilish religion. to hell with u Cham Cham
Arabs really need to upgrade. They are just sooo… ridiculous
Too backward. Too evil.
This view is from their tradition not Qur’an teaching the Christian have too if want to no about Islam ask question
No that is not true @cleric
Like seriously? So which means the men are already contaminated with evil spirits since they are the only ones allowed to drive in Saudi .U0001f644U0001f644
Nonsense… Stop that chauvinistic style in the name of religion.
I can c tht friendly ghost old man need his head to b cut off I beg
Why all dis una dey put curse for wetin nor concern una, insulting other religion, is not good, look forward, una don forget d situation wey we dey for dis country, just mind ur tongue,
Nigerian GOD FORBID
Eventhough they said that their daughters allowed behind close door to do it and be pilot too.
Hahahahahahaha …. If you ask me … Na who I go ask U0001f913U0001f913U0001f913 Moslem funny die
Gossip mill would always look for a way to manipulate what people say. Why am I not surprised that most people saying rubbish here are the Christians igbos it’s cos they accept whatever is giving to them concerning Islam in bad ways but if the news were the other way round against the Christians they would simply say it’s a lie… what a shame
Stop lieing… who says Saudi women doesn’t drive? Have u been there before?
Morenikeji S. Dammy, yes Saudi Muslim women don’t drive. They have penalty if their women seen driving a car. So I ask what if the woman is pregnant and maybe her husband or any man is not around to take her to hospital, so she might die there? What a religion and bad rules.
Shut up Saudi Arabia even the one who named moslim cleric, he is not telling the true. saudi Arabia must be slain totally only the innocent people have to stay over. They kill daily innocent people from another countries. They rape the young ladies. They behead the innocent people from another countries to act cool. I am a moslim and I hope one day that saudi Arabia hunted by another moslims. Don’t say we are moslim country and we use Sharia while you are doing rape, behead, and live babies throwing in garbage.
The sad part… they choose this life. It’s one thing to force it on others, but to be raised always thinking that that’s all life has to offer and the grass isn’t greener on the other side? That sucks LOL Oh yeah, as for my freedom of speech… I HIGHLY DISAGREE with Islam. Have a nice day 😉
sick people call lslam
Aye lo se yin
Kkkkk nah which evil spirits go posses women while driving…?
are dey on the steering abi…..
Kkkk lost goat…
Your Allah is the devil from the pit of hell..rubbish
What if the man of the house is sick and there is no man in the house.hahahaha then will they say the woman is heartless by not sending the husband to the hospital? God help your country
BONANZA BONANZA BONANZA!!
Hate speech will not lead us to anywhere, people should write maturely
Women don’t really drive in Saudi
Bro u r selfish o
Even you yourself look like evil spirits… Enemy of progressU0001f473U0001f473U0001f473
kosi wahala, make men dey battle with the evil spirit o
No wonder your among Christian that’s why @ Tatenda Musipo
Hey guys mind ur speech oo u people are joking with something here Allah means God in Islam so please be careful ok
Lol… *farts* and continues eating pop corn
Kenneth Ugwu cristianinty also. So u wanna know how much change is and political / devilish changes has been made? Its clear already when u see many branches doing difrent things right ?