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| Saudi FM says 'be patient' on women's rights |
| 2016-02-13 |
| [DAWN] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's foreign minister defended his country's treatment of women on Friday, saying it had made progress on female education but would take time to let them drive cars. "When it comes to issues like women's driving, this is not a religious issue, it's a societal issue," Adel al-Jubeir told an audience at the Munich Security Conference. He said it was unfair to fixate on the issue of women drivers, given the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom's efforts to educate girls. "We went from no schools for women in 1960 to universal education, to where today 55 percent of college students are women," said Jubeir. "Some of our top doctors and engineers and lawyers and business people are women. The issue is one that is evolving just like it is in other countries." He compared Saudi Arabia to the United States, arguing that it took 100 years after America's independence before women were given the right to vote, and another 100 years for it to elect its first female parliamentary speaker. "I'm not saying 'Give us 200 years'. I'm saying 'be patient'," said Jubeir. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "perhaps in 2376" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-13 10:50 |