Posted
6/02/2005 05:45:00 PM
by Douglas
Saudi Arabia just might be the most progressive country in the Arab world. I mean, look what happens when someone even
suggests that women be allowed to
drive: Conservatives, who believe women should be shielded from strange men, say driving will allow a woman to leave home whenever she pleases and go wherever she wishes. Some say it will present her with opportunities to violate Islamic law, such as exposing her eyes while driving or interacting with strange men, like police officers or mechanics.
"Driving by women leads to evil," Munir al-Shahrani wrote in a letter to the editor of the Al-Watan daily. "Can you imagine what it will be like if her car broke down? She would have to seek help from men."
It's good thing that they're not a backwards, Islamic monarchy. We might have to liberate them.
This guy was on
The Daily Show this week pushing his new
book, and it sounded quite interesting.