Saudi women told to fight driving ban

[PsychoDad]

Saudi women told to fight driving ban
Saturday 11 February 2006, 15:45 Makka Time, 12:45 GMT
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EEDC17BE-995F-404B-AE57-D361560C785D.htm

Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving on the kingdom's roads could be overturned by legal challenges in local courts since there is no federal prohibition, a top Saudi government official has said.

Speaking at the opening of the Jedda Economic Forum, Iyad Madani, Saudi minister of culture and information, on Saturday urged would-be Saudi women drivers to try to overturn the ban.

"There is nothing in the written laws of the country that prohibits women from applying for a driver's licence," Madani said, responding to a question on women's voting rights from British Baroness Emma Nicholson, a member of the House of Lords.
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The political atmosphere in Riyadh, however, is opening somewhat, and Madani urged women to seek more representation on non-political groups as a prelude to running for office

Peace

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Do you know of any hadith

that could be interpreted to say that women are not to do their own driving? I believe that even the Prophet's (saw) wives rode and drove their own camels.