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    Saudi woman to get 10 lashes for driving a car

    CAIRO (AP) — Saudi activists say a court has sentenced a Saudi woman with 10 lashes for defying the kingdom's ban on women driving.

    Activist Samar Badawi says Shaima Ghassaniya was found guilty Tuesday of driving without the government's permission.

    No laws prohibit women from driving, but conservative religious edicts have banned it.

    The ruling comes just two days after Saudi King Abdullah announced that, for the first time, women have the right to vote and run in the country's 2015 local elections.

    Najalaa Harriri, who is also facing court for driving, told The Associated Press she needed to drive to take better care of her children.

    Tuesday's verdict is the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Other women were detained for several days, but had not been sentenced by a court.

     

    517 comments

    • ClingPeaches  •  8 mths ago
      Thank You Thank You Thank You the founders of our nation when they wrote the first amendment to our constitution. Government and Religion ARE SEPARATE.
      • dogma 8 mths ago
        It doesn't say that in the first amendment, or anywhere else in the US Constitution.
      • Wesley TX 8 mths ago
        Amendment 1
        Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
      • Gideon 8 mths ago
        The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal not all men and woman.
    • blubuhda  •  8 mths ago
      Say what you may But this is coming to America if the fundamentalists have there way.
      •   8 mths ago
        At least they know the difference between there, their, and they're, you fool!
    • RoseA  •  8 mths ago
      If the Prophet's wives could ride camels back then, surely modern-day Saudi women can drive today. It only stands to reason. Oh. Wait. I used the R word—Reason.
      • Beruwala 8 mths ago
        Those days women on camels used to travel with large groups.

        Now with remote roads and fast cars women can get lost and into loads of trouble in the middle of deserts.

        Every country has its own set of laws for protecting its citizens. And this is just one of those.

        Same like HARSH Singapore executing anyone caught with 15 g of heroin with them.
      • Marillion 8 mths ago
        Beruwala says : "now with remote roads and fast cars women can get lost and intom trouble in the middle of deserts."

        Your statement represents : The age old words and tactics of the oppressor.
    • Cindy  •  8 mths ago
      These people are barbarians.
      • none 8 mths ago
        the Saudi men of the ruling famiy are a bunch of insecure queers
      • Joe 8 mths ago
        BACK TO YOUR KITCHEN WOMAN!
    • Shamrock  •  8 mths ago
      I stand in solidarity with my sister in the middle east. Fight the good fight and gain your FREEDOM!
      • MICHAEL 8 mths ago
        from your safe house am sure
      • First 8 mths ago
        yes fight the fight and never stop trying until you are dead
      • Shamrock 8 mths ago
        She will not be the first to sacrifice all for freedom.
    • Observer  •  8 mths ago
      It's a shame that our country has to spread it legs for them because we need their oil. They must be the most backward inhumane country on earth. Even Uganda looks more civilized than Saudi Arabia and that's not saying much.
    • lori  •  8 mths ago
      How about they give woman the right to beat the hell out of the men. The men in these muslim countries need to gain some respect. Not just for themselves. But for the woman and children. Bring them men to America. Let us have a piece of them.
    • N  •  8 mths ago
      Me Sing,

      Spoken just like an Islamic Coward. Thank you for showing the board what a Muslim Coward sounds like. I'm still waiting for MEN to respond to the Muslim female CRY.
    • Allen  •  8 mths ago
      We have some idiot drivers in this country who, between aggressive driving and talking or texting on cell phones while driving, would maybe get their heads out of their rectums and drive properly if they were given 10 lashes per violation. I feel symapthy for this Saudi woman...
    • sd  •  8 mths ago
      And tell us again Bush/Cheney why we invaded Iraq and not Saudi Arabia?
    • Jules  •  8 mths ago
      What do you say to a Saudi women with a black eye? Nothing, you already told her once.
    • Buck  •  8 mths ago
      "No laws prohibit women from driving, but conservative religious edicts have banned it."

      It doesn't matter WHAT the law says in a muslim society, you do what the Imam tells you to do or else. Americans don't seem to be bothered by this at all. Muslims have taken over Dearborn, MI and nobody seems to care. At least one of our judges has allready OK'ed Sharia law in his courtroom and there is no outcry and more importantly, no judicial investigation into this matter.
      Americans constantly scream "Seperation of church and state!" but seem to accept Mosque and state. We will get exactly what we deserve if we stand by and do nothing. America has freedom of religion but we DO NOT have freedom of form of government. We are a Republic and no other form of government is allowed under law and constitution. Islam is a form of government with religious undertones. Because it is a form of government it has no business here. We don't allow communists to come to America and set up their own government within our borders and we shouldn't allow muslims to do that either. We are asking for a very bloody civil war in about two generations if we don't act now.
    • Reggie  •  8 mths ago
      for thousands of yrs the arabs kept christian slaves, selling the women into slavery, and using the men in their african owned mines, some men were made eunuchs to take care of the masters women and concunbines, in june 1520 in ireland the muslim slave raiders wiped out a whole town and took the towns population and sold them into slavery only two ever made it back to ireland. slavery still exist in saudi arabia. now is mostly women and children from serbia or bosnia or the poor regions of the world. they would not dare take on germany or france or england. definitely not china, many chinese were arab slaves in the early days of islam. so wake up and nuke those slave traders.
    • SIMON  •  8 mths ago
      Yet these babe's want to be Muslim ?
    • 28yearsmilitary  •  8 mths ago
      The fall of the saudi kingdom will begin with the lashes
    • LockdownBG  •  8 mths ago
      Sharia rules for non-muslims:

      Non-muslims must pay a special non-muslim tax.
      A non-Muslim cannot serve in the army.
      A non-Muslim cannot become the leader of the country.

      Non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims and must comply to Sharia if they are to remain safe. They are forbidden to marry Muslim women, publicly display wine or pork, recite their scriptures or openly celebrate their religious holidays or funerals. They are forbidden from building new churches or havinng them taller than mosques. They may not enter a mosque without permission. A non-Muslim is no longer protected if he commits adultery with a Muslim woman or if he leads a Muslim away from Islam.

      Non-muslims cannot convert muslims, but muslims can convert non-muslims.

      If a non-muslim woman marries a muslim man, the children must become muslims.
      If they divorse, the children must remain with the muslim father.
      A non-Muslim cannot inherit from a Muslim.

      A non-muslim can not posses weapons. Non-Muslims cannot curse a Muslim, say anything derogatory about Allah, the Prophet, or Islam, or expose the weak points of Muslims. However, the opposite is not true for Muslims.

      A non-Muslim cannot hold authority over muslims.
      A non-Muslim cannot proselytize among muslims.
      Non-muslims cannot dress like muslims.
      Non-muslim women should not dress lightly.
      Non-muslims should not bring dogs near muslims.
      A non-Muslim cannot hit a Muslim.
      A Muslim will not get the death penalty if he kills a non-Muslim.
      Atheist and polytheist non-muslims are considered to be unclean (along with pigs, urine and faeces) and generally should be avoided by muslims.
      A non-muslim must always show respect toward muslims.
    • Karen1946  •  8 mths ago
      I bet there are lots of men there who would love to be the one to do it. Jackasses.
    • Keep It Real  •  8 mths ago
      Where's Amnesty International? Where's the U.N. Security Council? Where's CNN? Where's FOX News? Where's MSNBC? Where's ABC News? Where's CBS News? Where's Bloomberg News? Where's the National Organization for Women? Where's the American Civil Liberties Union? Where's the National Action Network? Where's Operation PUSH? Why hasn't the governments of the whole world spoken out against this? These groups are all a big bunch of selfish, greedy hypocrites who condone this but severely criticizes Israel for rightfully defending itself against terrorists groups.
    • Shamrock  •  8 mths ago
      ....go for it sister.....!!!!
    • stumpedII  •  8 mths ago
      Is it worth it? US propping up this brutal dictatorship so our oil companys can have a defacto monopoly to rape us at the pumps? Is it worth it to prop up brutal dictatorships that rob their citizens of life liberty and the persuit of happiness? so exxon can make record profits? Has the CIA served us so well that everyone on the planet HATES US? .. hows that corporate profit working out for you? All that money they looting from slaves in other countrys trickling down? USA should make it illegal to trade with dictatorships. No us companys shoudl be allwoed to profit off slave labour, stolen resources etc. USA is the maker of dictatorships and misery.. and now.. that is all coming back to us .. destroying this country.. cus it's rotten to the core.. our govt is criminal.
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