Saudi Arabia's king issues order allowing women to drive

[LurkerJ]

Talal said:

LurkerJ said:
I like this new Saudi Prince, and I want the western media to get off his back and let him do his job. He's pulling out these crazy radical shaikhs by the root, one by one. He's using religious figures to push for less religionism in his country, those who don't comply are being arrested, and somehow, some of the western media outlets aren't happy about it because it's brutal and against "free-speech".

I say free speech my ass, waiting for that country to find the "light" without such extreme measures is a ridiculous notion. This is what we've been waiting for, I wait for Mohammed Bin Salman to whip some more liberal values into his country. I hope his next assault is on the Burqa, but that dream might bring a religious revolution to his door steps

He really is doing so much. He stripped the "religious police" of all their powers. That was huge. Before him they had the authority to do whatever they wanted and arrest whomever they wanted. 

Maybe you mean the abaya? Because as I replied to another user earlier in the thread burqas are not mandatory. Women are only required to cover hair and body not their face. And honestly I don't think abayas will last that long. The country has already gotten so lenient on that; women are allowed to wear abayas with different colors and styles and some even show the waist etc. Before it was mandatory that it be black and not show body shape. You already see some women not covering their hair anymore because the religious police are gone.

First of all, good to see you around, Talal!

Thanks for explaining the difference, I honestly had to google both the terms just now to learn which refers to which. Yes, I mean the Abaya. If men can wear things other than white thobes, women should be allowed to wear something else. 

As for Salman, I hope he continues at a similar pace, however, the financial problems the Saudi kingdom is facing are hard to overcome, and any potential religious opposition will blame him for those problems, even though, he came to power after decades of national resources mismanagement. I can already hear the religious nuts pinning the economic condition on his "sins". For once, I find myself hoping for oil prices to go up and remain high as long as he's in power