Saudi activists rev up women's right-to-drive campaign
The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Oct. 09, 2014
Saudi activists rev up women's right-to-drive campaign
RIYADH: Activists in Saudi Arabia said Thursday they are revving up a right-to-drive campaign using social media in the world's only country that bans women from getting behind the wheel.
An online petition asking the Saudi government to "lift the ban on women driving" has attracted more than 2,400 signatures ahead of its culmination on October 26.
"The issue is not that of simply a vehicle driven by a woman, but the acknowledgement and recognition of the humanity of half of society and the God-given rights of women," the petition states.
It adds the ban is a result of tradition and custom because there is "no single Islamic text" or judicial ruling prohibiting women from taking to the kingdom's highways.... MORE
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