Saudi women finaly get the vote!
Took a long time coming - but finaly a move in the right direction..
The decision to allow women both to vote in and contest municipal elections is an unprecedented gesture towards equality in Saudi Arabia.
In what could prove an even more significant step, the king also announced that women would be allowed to serve in the Shura Council, whose role is purely advisory but which nonetheless constitutes the most influential political body in the country outside the royal family. Until now, women had only been given a symbolic presence on the council.
Saudi scholars are saying that elected women will not be allowed to mix with men during debates.. So how will it work.. Women's views will be ignored or women representatives can debate separately and what if there is only one elected woman.
Municipal elections.... Its a way of making people believe they are actually making a difference.....
They are only standing for municipal elections ..
Women get voting right only when a politically overambititiouis royality is born in (unfortunately) feminine form........go , read the history.......... rest everything is for benefit of Royal literature .
Sorry, but isn't Saudi a Monarchy ruled country? It has a king - and his advises - I am almost sure he aint gonna take the word of the women in his country as to who his keeps or loses.Nice words, follow up with actually elections and we might believe you.
They are actually signs of a society trying to resist change which is inevitable.
These are all signs of beginning of the end of this world.
And today a Saudi woman gets 10 lashes for driving in Jeddah.. Take that with the right to vote.
I think it's a farce, a make-up. Will they be able to elect the next king?
I've been watching this thread to see if anyone on here saw this as being anything other than a positive move................... gratified!!
Finally a wise step taken after many yeasrs....
Was happy to read this in the news yesterday...Alhamdullilah. May Allah's blessings and guidance be on the ruler and all the people of Saudia..Aameen. Hope Inshallah this step will bring them much success. Afterall even in the past women of the salaf have made valuable advisers to their governors and military heads!
They should have the right to vote..great news.
Hopefully by 2015 they will be able to drive themselves to the polls. :)
and hope they will get more rights..
I was about to post the news in the morning but avoided frearing of turning the thread into KSA bashing...
in 2015
hope they can drive first so they can deliver the voice !!!
They haven't got it yet, 2015 is long way away.