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Saudi Women In Petition To King Abdallah: We Refuse To Drive

In a petition submitted to King Abdallah, 100 Saudi women expressed their objections to the demand to permit women to drive in Saudi Arabia.

They claimed that doing so would cause mixing of men and women and to the removal of the veil.

Source: www.aafaq.org

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