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Rumpus Book Club10 Lashes for Driving
“‘How come women get flogged for driving while the maximum penalty for a traffic violation is a fine, not lashes?’ Zein el-Abydeen said. ‘Even the Prophet (Muhammad’s) wives were riding camels and horses because these were the only means of transportation.’”
Two days ago we posted an article on Saudi Arabian women gaining the right to vote, but today a Saudi woman has been “sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car.”
September 29th, 2011 at 3:25 am
10 lashes for not updating the story now that the sentence has been repealed.