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To: Elroy who wrote (233139)	5/17/2005 1:59:48 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572541

Meanwhile, the ME continues its slow, slow progress toward modernity... Two Saudi Shura members back calls to allow women to drive By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent Riyadh: Two members of the Saudi Shura Council have called, in statements published yesterday, for Saudi women to be allowed to drive. gulf-news.com well, sort of.... Religious scholars issued fatwas (religious edicts) with some saying it is sinful for women to drive and that such acts would open the door to corruption and destruction of family values. And the driving age is proposed to be 40! Dr. Al Zulfa proposed the age for women drivers to be fixed at 40 saying the penalties stipulated in the law should act as a deterrent for those trying to harm women.