{"id":191,"date":"2012-07-14T22:52:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T22:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=191"},"modified":"2012-07-15T02:11:42","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T02:11:42","slug":"is-there-any-reason-saudi-women-shouldnt-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/07\/14\/is-there-any-reason-saudi-women-shouldnt-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Shouldn’t Saudi Women Drive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Arab News<\/I><\/A>, transportation costs consume half of a woman’s income in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

What possible reason could there be in the 21st century to forbid women to drive? <\/p>\n

From an American perspective, it looks like a thinly disguised make-work project to employ men as chauffeurs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Arab News, transportation costs consume half of a woman’s income in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. What possible reason could there be in the 21st century to forbid women to drive? From an American perspective, it looks like a thinly disguised make-work project to employ men as chauffeurs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-saudi-arabia"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Shouldn't Saudi Women Drive? - Islam In America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/07\/14\/is-there-any-reason-saudi-women-shouldnt-drive\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Shouldn't Saudi Women Drive? - Islam In America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the Arab News, transportation costs consume half of a woman’s income in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 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