UPDATE: Al-Arabiya insists that this story is false — after it has been reported all over the world by innumerable news sources. (Thanks to Amirul.)
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Vividly enforcing women’s second-class status under Sharia. “Saudi Arabia: Riyadh designs a women-only city,” from AGI, August 13 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
(AGI) London – Saudi Arabia, the cradle of Wahabism (the strictest Islamic doctrine), will soon build a women-only town.
Its purpose is to reconcile female carrier aspirations and a strict sex division. According to Sunday Mail, the city has already a name, Hafuf, will be built in the east of the country, and its construction work is scheduled to start next year. . .