But hey, it’s not all bad: they can vote for Islamic Supremacist #1 or Islamic Supremacist #2! “Saudi woman to be lashed for driving car,” from the Telegraph, September 28 (thanks to E.):
A Saudi woman has been sentenced to to 10 lashes for challenging a ban on women driving.
Amnesty International reported the sentence just two days after Saudi King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run in municipal elections….
Two other women are also believed to be facing charges related to driving, the Amnesty statement said.
Najla Hariri, one of the women facing charges, told Reuters: “They called me in for questioning on a charge of challenging the monarch on Sunday… I signed a pledge not to drive again, although my driving was a result of necessity not an act of defiance.”