Saudi arrests five women for driving
Updated at: 0630 PST, Thursday, June 30, 2011
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has arrested five women for getting behind the wheel in defiance of a ban on female drivers in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, media outlets and activists said Wednesday.
"A girl...
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI, AP
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) Authorities detained a Saudi woman on Saturday after she launched a campaign against the driving ban for women in the ultraconservative kingdom and posted a video of herself behind the wheel on Facebook and YouTube to encourage others to copy...
Saudi woman seeks to put women in the driving seat
By Michael Buchanan BBC News, Jeddah
Najla Hariri says there is no law against women driving, only society's convention...
DRIVING to the Hereafter
Al - Quran]
Your Lord has not forsaken you; nor does he ever turn away from
you. The life to come is far better for you than this present
life; you will be delighted at what your Lord will give you.
When you were an orphan, did he not enrich you?
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