Saudi King
Salman on Tuesday decreed that women be allowed to drive cars, ending the
conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is
forbidden, CNBC reports. The royal decree ordered the
formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then
implement the order by June 2018.
It stated that the move must
“apply and adhere to the necessary Sharia standards,” without providing
specific details, and added that a majority of the Council of Senior Religious
Scholars had approved its permissibility.
Saudi Arabia has been widely
criticized for being the only country in the world that bans women from
driving, despite ambitious government targets to increase their public role,
especially in the workforce. Women in the kingdom are also
bound by law to wear long robes and a headscarf and require the consent of a
male guardian for most legal actions.
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