http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/06/saudi-women-use-fatwa-in-driving-bid.html

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"SAUDI ARABIA: Women threaten to breastfeed drivers if they aren't allowed to drive Many were stunned when Saudi cleric Sheik Abdel Mohsen Obeikan recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, calling on women to give breast milk to their male colleagues or men they come into regular contact with so as to avoid illicit mixing between the sexes. But a group of Saudi women has taken the controversial decree a step further in a new campaign to gain the right to drive in the ultra-conservative kingdom, media reports say. If they're not granted the right to drive, the women are threatening to breastfeed their drivers to establish a symbolic maternal bond. "Is this is all that is left to us to do: to give our breasts to the foreign drivers?" a Saudi woman named Fatima Shammary was quoted as saying by Gulf News. Obeikan argued in his decree that if the women give their drivers their breast milk, the chauffeurs would be able to mingle with all members of the family without having to worry about violating Islamic law. Some Islamic scholars frown on the mixing of unmarried men and women. Islamic tradition, or hadith, stipulates that breastfeeding establishes a maternal bond, even if a woman breastfeeds a child who is not her own. Drawing from the cleric's advocacy, the women have reportedly chosen a slogan for their campaign that translates to, "We either be allowed to drive or breastfeed foreigners." The current driving ban applies to all women in Saudi Arabia, regardless of their nationality, and it's been a topic of heated public debate in recent years. The ban on driving was unofficial at first but was introduced as official legislation after 47 Saudi women drove cars through the streets of the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in 1990 in an attempt to challenge authorities. The incident brought harsh consequences for the women, who were jailed for a day and had their passports confiscated. Many of them were said to have been forced to leave their jobs after the driving protest. Still, every now and then, reports of Saudi women driving in defiance of the ban emerge in the media. Two years ago, 125 women in Saudi Arabia signed a petition that called on the Saudi interior minister to lift the ban. One of the Saudi female signatories, Wajeha Huwaider, posted a video of herself driving on YouTube in a direct appeal to the Saudi authorities to allow women to drive. "For women to drive is not a political issue," Wajeha said as she sat behind the wheel. "It is not a religious issue. It is a social issue, and we know that many women of our society are capable of driving cars. We also know that many families will allow their women to drive." "

If you don't let us drive we are going to make you suck our tits.

6/28/2010 8:31:13 PM

I'm hungry

6/28/2010 8:36:04 PM

I think we should condemn the totalitarian state of Israel for something trivial... lets give Saudi Arabia a free pass on this one.

6/28/2010 8:38:08 PM

I like how they manage to work a xenophobia angle into it as well.

6/28/2010 8:46:03 PM

I have no clue what is going on here, nor do I really care.

6/28/2010 9:21:09 PM

6/28/2010 9:54:15 PM

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"The current driving ban applies to all women in Saudi Arabia, regardless of their nationality, and it's been a topic of heated public debate in recent years. "

Well, looks the middle east is doing ONE thing right

6/29/2010 4:17:22 AM

i'll support their cause.. Where do I sign up to suck some nipples?

6/29/2010 4:47:34 AM

Sounds like some Islamic shit to me.

6/29/2010 9:17:39 AM

http://www.breastfeeding.com/social/videos/id_164/title_baby-breastfeeds-upside-down/

6/29/2010 9:22:03 AM

they used to turn a blind eye to foreign women driving (late 70's and early 80's)

6/29/2010 10:33:00 AM

Here is an example of people fighting for their own freedoms when they decide that they want them. America doesn't need to run around the world proliferating freedom, Saudi Arabian women will let dudes suck their titties for it without our intervention.


Brava, Saudi Arabian women, brava

6/29/2010 11:47:36 AM

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"Many were stunned when Saudi cleric Sheik Abdel Mohsen Obeikan recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, calling on women to give breast milk to their male colleagues or men they come into regular contact with so as to avoid illicit mixing between the sexes."

This is the part I'm having trouble with. Feeding random dudes your breast milk prevents "illicit mixing between the sexes"?

6/29/2010 11:52:45 AM

I think they mean that if he takes your breast milk you are claiming that you are a mother to him or something so it's not weird.

6/29/2010 11:55:45 AM

If a woman feeding some guy her breast milk makes contact between the two "less illicit", perhaps it's time the Muslims rethink how they view male-female relationships.

6/29/2010 12:00:55 PM

^

6/29/2010 12:01:07 PM

I've always wanted to visit Saudi Arabia and was just waiting for a sign...

6/29/2010 12:01:21 PM

Are Saudi women constantly lactating or what?

6/29/2010 12:15:27 PM

Haha, I love the comments in this thread!

6/29/2010 12:18:25 PM

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"This is the part I'm having trouble with. Feeding random dudes your breast milk prevents "illicit mixing between the sexes"?"

Islam forbids sexual relationships between a man and any woman who breast fed him. That's the source of this crazyass fatwa. Really odd sorts of logic abound all through that article.

[Edited on June 29, 2010 at 12:44 PM. Reason : ]

6/29/2010 12:43:47 PM

I guess that's pretty much the same logic that makes people think that outlawing guns will reduce gun related violence.

6/29/2010 1:27:51 PM

I like how they manage to work a xenophobia angle into it as well.

6/29/2010 1:31:47 PM

So men traveling with women are gonna skip the drink in a drive through?

6/29/2010 1:36:55 PM

I dont get it... This is as fucked up as it gets, folks...

6/29/2010 1:42:14 PM

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"I like how they manage to work a xenophobia angle into it as well."

Exactly. Apparently nobody has a problem with letting random Saudi dudes suck on tits, but letting foreigners do it...now that's disgusting.

6/29/2010 1:46:24 PM

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"I guess that's pretty much the same logic that makes people think that outlawing guns will reduce gun related violence."

Duh, of course that works!

Just like sucking on a woman's tits will stop you from trying to initiate anything ever after, or even from looking at her in a sexual way... it's totally innocent!

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"but letting foreigners do it...now that's disgusting."

Dude... foreigners are filthy and lowly in Saudi, didn't you know?



More gold comments since last time I posted! Keep'em coming



EDIT: To be fair to the crazyass scholar though, he suggested giving the milk (in a nice glass), not physically suckling! Still mind-bogglingly cuckoo. (and perverted) (and TOTALLY ILLOGICAL)


[Edited on June 29, 2010 at 2:23 PM. Reason : ]

6/29/2010 2:21:58 PM

Soo, do Saudi chicks just keep milking their breasts from breastfeeding their first born until they dry up and she dies?

Otherwise... How the fuck are chicks supposed to even pull that off?

6/29/2010 4:35:06 PM

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"Just like sucking on a woman's tits will stop you from trying to initiate anything ever after, or even from looking at her in a sexual way... it's totally innocent!"

1. Just reiterating this point, just in case anyone has missed that this is the crux of the fatwa. Fucking crazy wahhabis.

2. I wonder if I could get anywhere with using this tactic next time a girl puts the brakes on my advances? [i]I understand, you're saying "Stop, no, and don't"...so, ahh, how about I put those succulent breasts of yours in my mouth, just to make sure?

6/29/2010 5:39:04 PM

just kill the entire fucking government and start fresh again

6/29/2010 6:52:13 PM

^ with love?

6/30/2010 2:09:00 PM

the pixels

6/30/2010 2:10:45 PM