The good news for Saudi Arabian women is that they will be able to vote and even stand for elections to the municipal council. The bad news is that they will have to wait 4 years for these privileges. These changes were announced by King Abdullah during his annual speech before his advisory assembly [...]]]> http://www.abigmessage.com/saudi-women-to-be-able-to-participate-in-municipal-elections-in-2015.html/feed 0 http://www.abigmessage.com/is-misinterpretation-of-islam-the-basis-of-discrimination-against-women-in-saudi-arabia.html http://www.abigmessage.com/is-misinterpretation-of-islam-the-basis-of-discrimination-against-women-in-saudi-arabia.html#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:12:10 +0000 nuryn http://www.abigmessage.com/?p=6510 Discrimination Against Women In Saudi Arabia

Saudi women are campaigning hard to be able to drive on the roads, to vote in municipal elections, to be able to go to work without having first to get the permission of their male guardians – all things that their western counterparts take as a matter of course. Could the [...]]]> http://www.abigmessage.com/is-misinterpretation-of-islam-the-basis-of-discrimination-against-women-in-saudi-arabia.html/feed 0 http://www.abigmessage.com/saudi-arabia-new-campus-provides-freedom-for-women.html http://www.abigmessage.com/saudi-arabia-new-campus-provides-freedom-for-women.html#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:42:13 +0000 yessir http://www.abigmessage.com/?p=1526 Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country.  There, women do not have freedom of choice or action.  Under a system called male guardianship, Saudi women are not allowed to make any decision on their own. They must obtain permission from a guardian (a father, husband, or even a son) to work, drive, travel, study, marry, or even [...]]]> http://www.abigmessage.com/saudi-arabia-new-campus-provides-freedom-for-women.html/feed 0 http://www.abigmessage.com/guinea-violence-against-women.html http://www.abigmessage.com/guinea-violence-against-women.html#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:59:08 +0000 yessir http://www.abigmessage.com/?p=1505 Following up on yesterday’s post on human rights and discrimination against women in Muslim countries, I came across reports of violence against women in Guinea, a Muslim country.

First, a little information on Guinea.  This was previously a French colony in the African continent, but in 1958 Guinea became an independant country. Guinea has a population of around [...]]]> http://www.abigmessage.com/guinea-violence-against-women.html/feed 2 http://www.abigmessage.com/how-muslim-countries-deal-with-human-rights-and-discrimination-against-women.html http://www.abigmessage.com/how-muslim-countries-deal-with-human-rights-and-discrimination-against-women.html#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:51:39 +0000 yessir http://www.abigmessage.com/?p=1498 Saudi activist Wajeha al-Huweidar’s once said: “All Arab regimes are members of the United Nations and have ratified the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, granting justice and equality, duties and rights to all human beings. However in our male chauvinist countries, women are considered a private property of the family. In all Arab countries, without [...]]]> http://www.abigmessage.com/how-muslim-countries-deal-with-human-rights-and-discrimination-against-women.html/feed 0