Ban on Saudi Men Driving in the EU?
Bismillah Arrahman AlRaheem: In the Name of Allah The Most Beneficient The Most Merciful
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This European MP (member of Parliament) is starting a campaign to prevent Saudi men from driving in the EU. Would you take his stand and try to help Saudi women to start driving, or do you think he's out of his mind?
RvN
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http://www.rogerhelmer.com/saudi.asp
Call for driving ban on Saudi men
Friday, 31st March 2006
In a remarkable move today, four MEPs, including East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer and Anna Zaborska, Chairman of the European Parliament's influential Women's Committee, have launched a campaign to ban Saudi Arabian men from driving in all EU countries.
They have done so to highlight the continuing ban on Saudi women driving in their own country, which the MEPs claim is a blatant example of discrimination, an attack on women's rights, and totally at odds with civilised values. They argue that a move to ban male Saudi nationals from driving in the EU would help the Saudi authorities to understand the very strong condemnation evoked in Europe by the Saudi ban on women drivers.
The MEPs have sponsored a "Written Declaration" in the European parliament in Brussels, a motion which is available for all MEPs to sign, and which becomes a formal resolution of the parliament if at least half of all MEPs (316) sign up to it.
The sponsors of the Declaration are Anna Zaborska (Christian Democrat, Slovakia), Roger Helmer (Conservative, East Midlands); Ashley Mote (Independent, South East); and Jim Allister (Democratic Unionist, Northern Ireland).
Speaking at the launch of the declaration, Mr Helmer said
"The nationals of authoritarian countries assume that they can come to the West and enjoy our freedoms, while maintaining discrimination and denying basic human rights at home. This initiative should help to convince them that freedom is a two-way street and that their own people are also entitled to basic human rights".
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This European MP (member of Parliament) is starting a campaign to prevent Saudi men from driving in the EU. Would you take his stand and try to help Saudi women to start driving, or do you think he's out of his mind?
RvN
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http://www.rogerhelmer.com/saudi.asp
Call for driving ban on Saudi men
Friday, 31st March 2006
In a remarkable move today, four MEPs, including East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer and Anna Zaborska, Chairman of the European Parliament's influential Women's Committee, have launched a campaign to ban Saudi Arabian men from driving in all EU countries.
They have done so to highlight the continuing ban on Saudi women driving in their own country, which the MEPs claim is a blatant example of discrimination, an attack on women's rights, and totally at odds with civilised values. They argue that a move to ban male Saudi nationals from driving in the EU would help the Saudi authorities to understand the very strong condemnation evoked in Europe by the Saudi ban on women drivers.
The MEPs have sponsored a "Written Declaration" in the European parliament in Brussels, a motion which is available for all MEPs to sign, and which becomes a formal resolution of the parliament if at least half of all MEPs (316) sign up to it.
The sponsors of the Declaration are Anna Zaborska (Christian Democrat, Slovakia), Roger Helmer (Conservative, East Midlands); Ashley Mote (Independent, South East); and Jim Allister (Democratic Unionist, Northern Ireland).
Speaking at the launch of the declaration, Mr Helmer said
"The nationals of authoritarian countries assume that they can come to the West and enjoy our freedoms, while maintaining discrimination and denying basic human rights at home. This initiative should help to convince them that freedom is a two-way street and that their own people are also entitled to basic human rights".
posted by Raven at 9:21 AM
9 Comments:
this is a newspaper article wila ?
hmmm, not really sure wut to say, but there argument doesnt make complete sense. i honestly dont think they should or will pass this law cuz itll affect their relations with saudi arabia and maybe their economies if saudis dont go to the EU anymore. ya3ni itll end up making a mess.
Bella,
I believe so.. the link is to his site, but I think he published it in some places..
Lil fishy,
That makes sense, it could of course develop into a more serious matter where not only travel is boycotted, but economic and government intervention might rise..
LOOOOL... HAHAHAHA :D
hope they SUCCEED with this campaign ... wohowww.. believe me they DESERVE IT..
Europe is gonna be MUCH BETTER without them.. h3h3h3
i hope when i get there 1 day that i don't see any saudi faces.. they're just ruining the lovely italia streets.. :(
i'm with them in this campaign to BAN Saudi Arabian men from driving in all EU countries 100%.. ^_^
KGB,
You're really enjoying this.. I agree somewaht with you, yet I don't like the lagafa sense that these Britons have.. Because it is more a "superior/inferior" mentality.. not something constructive..
RvN
Faroooha,
I agree.. Change has to come from within, my intro to Saudi Arabia "effort to educate the world's ignoramuses"
http://ravenzreflektionz.blogspot.com/2006/03/effort-to-educate-worlds-ignoramuses.html
tackles that issue specifically in the Saudi case..
You are right also, it is discriminatory, this person probably doesn't realize how much money Britain makes annually from Saudis, and how this would affect the European economy, especially after America lost it's prominence as the typical vacation getaway post 9/11..
As for the tram, I've heard and heard, but haven't SEEN anything yet.. i'm very optimistic but i'm losing patience!
But do you really think those who are extremely against women driving will let their wives and daughters board a tram? Unless there are female compartments and they see that it is effectively separated, they'll probably prevent them also.
RvN
It makes me mad how Saudis abused the name of religion and gave Islam a bad image in doing such things...now if women drive every one is going to be like :O OMG and the truth is there is no problem with it...everything in Islam is 7alal unless there is something in the Quran or Sonnah that says its not...I dont remember anything like: women were not allowed to ride horses :S...
man I remember this guy sending me a "fatwah" about women driving saying its 7aram :S and I couldnt hold myself from answering him back...OMG the guy was so hard headed and kept saying 3olama2 knows more than you do :s....idiot I have a brain and I know what makes sense and what doesnt...give something stating that!!!
GOD HELP US
Do Europe want to go on bicycles again?
lol its a funny article...
crazy as it is, it would be funny if they did it, so then the saudi kings etc can get female drivers whilst in EU. hahahahaa. Im muslim and this is my opinion. They deserve it,they should live like a women and what its like parading brothers/dad/uncle around when u need to do little things like stretch a leg.
Women should drive in KSA. Not only that, they should be given all their ISLAMIC RIGHTS!
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