Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries

[Yzd Khalifa]

Hearing this from someone came from a country that half of its people live under poverty line is LoLish.
Half of India

Blah, blah, blah and more blah!! Come back to me once you Saudis run out of oil in 20 years time! Then we'll see about your water and poverty. You guys live eat and breathe oil without which you'll just whither away. You have no industries or agriculture worth the name.

Three Saudi journalists, Feras Boqna, Hussam al-Drewesh and Khaled al-Rasheed were detained after a posting 10-minute film, 'We are being cheated' on Saudis living in poverty on YouTube. Authors of the video say that 22% of Saudis are living in poverty without the basic necessities and 70% of Saudis do not own their houses in spite of your oil.

Next!

Three Saudi journalists, Feras Boqna, Hussam al-Drewesh and Khaled al-Rasheed were detained after a posting 10-minute film, 'We are being cheated' on Saudis living in poverty on YouTube. Authors of the video say that 22% of Saudis are living in poverty without the basic necessities and 70% of Saudis do not own their houses in spite of your oil.

To begin with, Boqna wasn't a journalist, nor were his buddies. Mr. Boqna went to the same school I went to so I can speak with the authority on that. What interetsing was that the visit Bogna paid to Um Al-Hamam - The Mother of Dove in English -

The Mother of Dove district happens to be filled with un-documented Saudis i.e. those who overstayed here, which the KSA Gov't granted a permission to settle there for humane causes. Of course these individuals did create a lot of havoc, and I personally had enough on my plate off them, we should strat deporting them all, otherwise things will get ugly in future. These slums must be cleaned at any cost.

 

[Mugwop]

As for Americans, all of US are already lumped into 'stupid', 'lazy', 'Zionist slave', and many other labels.
You Muslims have no problems with that.

First of all I am not a Muslim. Second Americans being labelled "stupid" "lazy" "Zionist slave" is done by alot of people and countries not just Muslims.There's even a Vietnamese person on this forum who is saying those things.

Guys...The Muslims have plenty of these 'moron' clerics. Not just one. Or how about this way: The Muslims have plenty of 'one crazy cleric' specializing in making many one-time boners like this recent one.

They do! So do Christians,Jews,Buddhists and every other religion but that doesn't mean you single out an entire race.

 

[JanjaWeed]

lol.. maybe something to do with the air in Saudi roads. It's quite alright for women to load up a Volvo with lodz of kids & drive on the streets of other countries!

 

[PeaceGen]

RIYADH: A conservative Saudi Arabian cleric has said women who drive risk damaging their ovaries and bearing children with clinical problems, countering activists who are trying to end the kingdom's male-only driving rules.
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Saudi cleric says women who drive risk damaging their ovaries - DAWN.COM

That kinda fear mongering is only going to work on state-loyal, gullible, uneducated people.

Women have been driving cars in many other countries without ANY such risks for a looong time

 

[FCPX]

IMHO the ban on women driving in KSA has more to do with culture and tradition and nothing at all to do with religion.

 

[PeaceGen]

IMHO the ban on women driving in KSA has more to do with culture and tradition and nothing at all to do with religion.

(1) religion is culture and tradition
(2) many muslim clerics would argue that it is not just religious but even divine (for women to be restricted as much as they are in some muslim jurisdictions)

 

[FCPX]

(1) religion is culture and tradition
(2) many muslim clerics would argue that it is not just religious but even divine (for women to be restricted as much as they are in some muslim jurisdictions)

Sorry but I don't agree The simplest definition I can provide is given by Wiki Answers:

Culture is sort of an umbrella term defined by the traditions, language, art, food, and various attributes of a particular group (be it a group of five or an entire country). Religion can be classified underneath the concept of "culture"; however, religion itself is a practice in which one seeks to commune with, and worship a power considered higher than one's Self.

So while there is inter dependency however please don't confuse what is prevalent in a society as culture or tradition with religion. Islam as a religion is spread all over the world and some things done or not done by Muslim's originate from the culture and tradition of the country they live in.

 

[deep.ocean]

And what about the women who rides...

 

[acetophenol]

lol the fucked up part is that some cars (especially high end sports cars) actually do hurt some men's testicles. Some guys have issues with certain car seats. I learned this on Top Gear btw haha

I feel terrible need to urinate whenever I drive for 30 minutes+,now I eat and drink atleast half an hour before I drive!

 

[gambit]

First of all I am not a Muslim.

My apology...

Second Americans being labelled "stupid" "lazy" "Zionist slave" is done by alot of people and countries not just Muslims.There's even a Vietnamese person on this forum who is saying those things.

Yes, and that is my point. Since everyone is so used to labeling Americans, there is nothing unusual about it. But when the table is turned...

They do! So do Christians,Jews,Buddhists and every other religion but that doesn't mean you single out an entire race.

The issue is not merely what a religious leader say, the issue is a bit more complex, as in involving the responses of the people. Whenever a Christian religious leader said something extraordinary, meaning unusual, it is always dissected, then approved or disapproved. Are there any equivalent of the 'moral police' in Christendom? Are women in miniskirts in the streets of Paris or Milan being whipped for exposing so much skin? That is the kind of responses what I am talking about. Approval or disapproval of what the Pope said is up to individual moral consciences among the people, not of the state.

Women driving can cause damaged ovaries. But women RIDING AS A PASSENGER is perfectly fine.

And to think that this man belongs to an elite clique that have the power of a state behind the clique's existence and authority in the country.

 

[Hyperion]

@Yzd Khalifa, heard the same news all over Turkish Radio's as well. Had a good laugh while driving from home!

Mate, you need to jail these idiots........ every other day, there is something so ridiculous out of there, that the whole country has become butt-of-jokes!

 

[ranjeet]

And what about the women who rides...

That depends on what they ride on

 

[Audio]

Maybe he is afraid they will accidentaly sit on the shift stick.

 

[Hyperion]

@Aeronaut @Oscar..... I think two similar threads are running. Anyone of you guys, kindly merge it!

Byes, me gotta go......

 

[forcetrip]

Could someone ask Dr Cleric if the ovaries are safe if the woman "sits" in the car instead of the kitchen?