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There are many such opinions, apparently, but there is push-back. [Saad al-Hijri, head of fatwas (legal opinions) in Saudi Arabia’s Assir governorate], who sai
by fmihaila 9y ago
There are many such opinions, apparently, but there is push-back.
[Saad al-Hijri, head of fatwas (legal opinions) in Saudi Arabia’s Assir governorate], who said women should not drive because their brains shrink to a quarter the size of a man’s when they go shopping has been banned from preaching.
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In a video this week, Hijri asked what the traffic department would do it if it discovered a man with only half a brain. “Would it give him a licence or not? It would not. So how can it give it to a woman when she has only half?” he said.
“If she goes to the market she loses another half. What is left? A quarter ... We demand the traffic department check because she is not suitable to drive and she has only a quarter.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/23/saudi-cleric-saad-al-hijri-banned-woman-driving-cars-quarter-brain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/23/saudi-cleric-s...