saudi women are subject to a large prison, has nothing to do with Islam you do not see the west cry about it since king of Saudi is the oil barrel

Saudi Arabia The world’s largest women’s prison
by MEMRI
Monday July 20, 2009 from MEMRI
In an article on the liberal website Minbar Al-Hiwar
Wal-'Ibra (http://www.menber-alhewar1.info), reformist Saudi journalist and
human rights activist Wajeha Al-Huweidar described Saudi Arabia as "the world's
largest women's prison." She added that unlike real prisoners, Saudi women have
no prospect of ever being released, since throughout their life, they are under
the control of a male guardian – their husband, father, grandfather, brother or
son. Huweidar and other women activists recently launched a campaign
against the Saudi Mahram(1) Law, which forbids women to leave their home without
a male guardian. She told the Kuwaiti daily Awan that the campaign, whose
slogan is "treat us like adult citizens or we leave the country," was officially
launched at the King Fahd Bridge, connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, where the
women demanded to cross the border without a guardian.(2) The
following are excerpts from Al-Huweidar's article:(3) Prisoners Can
Be Released From Prison – But Saudi Women Can't"The laws of imprisonment
are known all over the world. People who commit a crime or an offense are placed
in a prison cell... where they serve their sentence. [When they complete it], or
get time off for good behavior, they are released... except in cases [where a
person is sentenced] to life imprisonment or death. In Saudi Arabia, there are
two additional ways to get out of prison early: by learning the Koran or parts
of it by heart... or by getting a pardon from the king on the occasion of a
holiday or a coronation – after which the prisoner finds himself free and can
enjoy life among his family and loved ones. "However, none of these
options exist for Saudi women – neither for those who live behind bars [i.e. who
are actually in prison] nor for those who live outside the prison walls. None
are ever released, except with the permission of their male guardian. A Saudi
woman who committed a crime may not leave her cell when she has finished serving
her sentence unless her guardian arrives to collect her. As a consequence, many
Saudi women remain in prison just because their guardians refuse to come and get
them. The state pardons them, but their guardians insist on prolonging their
punishment. "At the same time, even 'free' women need the permission
of their guardian to leave their home, their city or their country. So in either
case, the woman's freedom is [in the hands of] her guardian."
Prison Inmates Are Stripped Of All Authority Over Their Lives – And So Are
Saudi Women"As is customary in prisons throughout the world, inmates are
stripped of all authority and sponsorship over their own [lives]. All their
movements are monitored and controlled by the jailor. The prison authorities
decide their fate and see to their needs, until the day of their release. This
is also the usual situation of the Saudi woman. She has no right to make
decisions, and may not take a single step without the permission of her jailor,
namely her guardian. But in her case the term [of imprisonment] is unlimited.
"The Saudi Mahram Law turns the women into prisoners from the day
they are born until the day they die. They cannot leave their cells, namely
their homes, or the larger prison, namely the state, without signed
permission... Although Saudi women are deprived of freedom and dignity more than
any other women [in the world], they suffer all these forms of oppression and
injustice in bitter silence, [and with an air of] suppressed anger and
death-like dejection. Saudi women are peaceful in the full sense of the word,
but so far the Saudi state has not appreciated their [noble] souls, their
patience, and their quiet resistance..." "The Clerics, Whom the
State Has Authorized to Oppress the Women, Regard Their Silence And Patience As
[a Sign of] Mental Backwardness""The clerics, whom the state has
authorized to oppress the women, regard their silence and patience as [a sign
of] mental backwardness and emotional weakness... Thus they have [allowed
themselves] to increase the 'slumber' of oppression over the decades... They
suffocate [the women] in all areas of life by means of oppressive laws [enforced
by] the religious police, who follow them everywhere as if they were fugitives
from justice. The laws pertaining to women have turned them into objects on
which sick men can release their violent and sexual [urges]. "These
Saudi clerics deny the Saudi women every opportunity to find a job, get an
education, travel, receive medical treatment, or [realize] any [other] right, no
matter how trivial, without the permission of their jailor, that is, their
guardian – [all] based on oppressive fatwas sanctioned by the male [leaders] of
the state." Our "Mothers and Grandmothers ...Enjoyed Much
Greater Freedom... Saudi Arabia Has Turned Itself Into the World's Largest Saudi
Prison""[It is interesting to note that] the mothers and grandmothers
[of today's Saudi women] had all these rights, and enjoyed much greater freedom
[than today's women] – as did all Muslim women in past eras, such as the wives
of the Prophet. [None of these women] were subjected to this oppressive Mahram
Law, which is not based on the tenets of Islam and in fact has nothing to do
with Islam. "How blessed is Saudi Arabia, the humane kingdom, which
has turned itself into the world's largest women's prison. [This is a land]
which permits any man, without preconditions, to take the role of jailor, and
which has turned its women into prisoners for life, when they have done nothing
to deserve it." Endnotes: (1) Mahram, meaning "forbidden,"
refers to a male relative whom the woman may not legally marry and who can thus
serve as her guardian.(2) Awan (Kuwait), July 6, 2009. It should be noted
that Sheikh 'Abd Al-Muhsin Al-'Obikan, advisor to the king and Shura Council
member, recently issued a fatwa permitting women to travel abroad unaccompanied.
www.islamonline.net, December 25, 2008.(3)
http://www.menber-alhewar1.info/news.php?action=view&id=4364, June 24, 2009.


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