Saudi women allowed to ride bicycles, buggies in public

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...di-women-allowed-to-ride-bikes-in-public.html

Steering away from the debate over women driving in Saudi Arabia, a religious authority announced this week that Saudi women are allowed to cruise on bikes and buggies.

But women will be free to drive under one condition: a male relative or guardian has to be present with them while they ride a bike, Saudi daily al-Yaum reported on Monday. However, the newspaper did not clarify how or from where the men will be supervising the women.

“Women are free to ride bikes in parks, seafronts, among other areas, providing that they are wearing fully modest dress and a male guardian has to be present in case of falls or accidents,” the newspaper reported, quoting an unnamed source from the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.


I do not know if we should laugh or cry ..................
The muslim world is frikken weird

 

I think its great... Reforms are coming steadily..

 

you think Bosnians women mast have male guardian who "has to be present in case of falls or accidents"?
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“Women are free to ride bikes in parks, seafronts, among other areas, providing that they are wearing fully modest dress and a male guardian has to be present in case of falls or accidents,”"joke of the day....

 

It won't be easy to ride in a burqa...

 

why would what happens in Saudi make you think the whole muslim world is weird?

 

Not really this weird. Saudi Arabia takes the cake. Where else have they banned boxes of chocolate in the shape of a heart and teddy bears who say "I love you"?

 

or malays? or Indonesians?

 

Saudi Arabia still allow state executions for witch-craft and sorcery!

 

so how does that make the whole muslim world weird?

 

I admitt. As a free western, some of the Muslim way of life seems weird to me.
I don't know ? Maybe "Ashura" ?

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Maybe are they allowed to wear a motorcycle helmet instead as long as it's tinted?

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It's not the Muslim way of life.. Saudi Arabia just happens to be run by oppressive lunatics.

 

some phillipine ceremonies seem kinda strange to me too but I don't then attribute them to Christians in general!

http://townhall.com/photos/2010/04/..._maundy_thursday_lenten_rites_in_angeles_city

 

It doesn't.. I think you've got me mixed up with the other guy. I'm agreeing with you by pointing out how unique Saudi Arabia is.

 

my apologies

 

Granny says dey's a buncha mutaweenies...

Saudi Religious Police Work to Improve Image
March 27, 2013 - In January 2012, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dismissed the head of the powerful religious police and replaced him with a reported moderate — a move designed to appease growing complaints about abuses of power by a much-feared group known as the mutaween.

 

Isn't Saudi Arabia the place every good Muslim is supposed to visit? Isn't it the center of the Muslim faith?

 

Hey waltky, don't you think your usual Latest World News thread bump is a couple years too early?

 

so after a visit to Saudi, you think muslim women come home and quit riding bicycles unsupervised?

 

the amazing thing is they put these restrictions on the women and say they must be with a man in case they fall off or are injured BUT!!! you know it is not true at all!

If it were they would not buy their little kids quad bikes with no helmets and allow them to race up and down busy roads and the teenagers high powered cars that they race recklessly on the highways unsupervised all day long!

 

Ashura is Shia by the way

It is one of the reasons the rest of the Muslim world think they are crazy.

These are the Christian version of the Shia who were doing THIS last week at their Easter in Filipines



crucifying each other with REAL nails!!!



any comment Roadstar on these Christians? What kind of religion does this kind of madness? Is Christianity mad too in your opinion?

 

the Arabian ikhwan who roamed the deserts killing infidels of Arabia were there long before Egypts MB

maybe the princess needs to read up on her countries history

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in modest dress too

is that a light on the front?

 

Christians choosing their nails last week to hammer into their hands

Roadstar any comment?

 

This tribe in the Filipines does not reflect all Christians.
And Yes, they are crazy same as shia's ashura !!
I wonder how many shias are in the Muslim world ?? ( and i wonder if this small tribe is 30 - 60 people ... )

 

what small tribe?
76 million