Friday, October 05, 2012

Saudi academia

"Allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia would mean no more virgins and an increase in homosexuality, according to academics at Saudi Arabia’s highest religious council, Majlis al-Ifta' al-A'ala, it has been reported in the Telegraph.  More pornography would be used if women were allowed on the roads and rates of prostitution and divorce would alo rise, the report stated.
Produced in conjunction with Kamal Subhi, a former professor at the King Fahd University, the study into repealing the ban predicted that there would be no more virgins left in the Arab kingdom in 10 years.   Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which bans women from driving.
Professor Subhi described sitting in a coffee shop in an unnamed Arab state where “all the women were looking at me“.  “One made a gesture that made it clear that she was available,” he said. “This is what happens when women are allowed to drive.”"" (thanks "Ibn Rushd")