Source: Reuters
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GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to end discriminatory practices against women, including its pervasive system of male guardianship, and give them full access to justice.

Women walk at a market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 13, 2017. Picture taken December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
After reviewing the deeply conservative kingdom’s record, the independent experts welcomed recent decisions to allow women to launch their own businesses and to lift a de facto ban on them driving a car, set for June.
Saudi Arabia is still one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world. It has no women ministers and retains a guardianship system requiring women to have a male relative’s approval for important decisions.
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Categories: Middle East, Saudi Arabia, The Muslim Times, United Nations, Women
It LOOKS THAT THE WOMEN DO NOT WANT MALE GUARDIANSHIP. Then who’s guardianship they like—name them—–Gays, Lesbians or other gender?
It is obvious that Saudi Arabia women are treated unfair, there is no freedom at all—every thing under control of male. Saudi Arabia clerics still follow the ancient Islamic tradition even there are not the law of God.
Unfortunately most clerics around the world have been deceived by Saudi Arabia’s clerics. What ever come from Saudi Arabia are the true Islamic teaching—
Do women think that if all women wear Black burqa are beautiful?
About 99.00 percent Saudi women wear black burqa and Iran 60 percent women wear black burqa.
Progressive Women reject burqa as Islamic dress code for women. those women who does not wear hijab are considered Progressive women. Islam is a religion not extremist but progressive.
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please dont erase my comment.
Yes, there should be no compulsion in religion. Anyone who wants to wear black should be permitted to do so, and, yes, anyone who does not want to should be permitted to do so too – within the limits of decency.
Rafiq— Now you got it— I agree with you.
Hopefully Ahmadiyyah clerics or leaders do not promote women to wear burqa or Hijab, let women decide what she want to wear—-
Most clerics say that those women do not wear Hijab will not enter paradise. Often I hear that.
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ILOVEMIDRENISLAM
We always said it – there is no compulsion in religion.