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**Heacechig** · 04-12-2012, 08:42 PM

She's a Saudi, her opinion is probably as good as their scholars.

I'm only kidding but seriously, sometimes their interpretations can be pretty warped.

#1. I completely agree. There needs to be a written legal code in this day and age, only interpretation should be left to the judges. This isn't the age of mujtahids.

#2. This sounds like she's complaining about corruption. Divorce is not supposed to be done by bribing the court with thousands of riyals, that isn't Islamic.

#3. I'm not sure I blame her. I wouldn't want to learn fiqh or hadith in KSA either. She might take a different stance if she had a proper education including the philosophy behind each of these subjects. Attention also needs to be focused on these people who send their children overseas to get an education. The King's building universities everywhere and still sends the royal family to Western countries? Why?

#4. Complaining about corruption again. Corruption automatically hits women the hardest in any society where they are dependent on men to provide for them. It increases their dependence on men beyond what is necessary.

#5. Jokes about women driving aside, the Saudi policy is kind of strange. It seems the angle of both camps (those in favor and those opposed) is dependent on the unique culture of KSA. There isn't a problem with women driving in other Muslim countries (it hasn't affected the culture, most of the Muslim world has been becoming increasingly religious and often it's been the women leading the charge). But KSA is very wealthy unlike the rest of the Muslim world. Though in principle I would obviously like to see women being allowed to drive and move about their own cities and areas freely, I do think long term consequences on a culture which seems to have every worldly inclination to turn away from religion could be very bad. However the policy against driving wasn't made in this context, it was made before the country became wealthy, so I'm not giving their scholars the benefit of the doubt here but looking at the ground reality.

04-12-2012, 08:42 PM	#38
Heacechig Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 484 Senior Member	She's a Saudi, her opinion is probably as good as their scholars. I'm only kidding but seriously, sometimes their interpretations can be pretty warped. #1. I completely agree. There needs to be a written legal code in this day and age, only interpretation should be left to the judges. This isn't the age of mujtahids. #2. This sounds like she's complaining about corruption. Divorce is not supposed to be done by bribing the court with thousands of riyals, that isn't Islamic. #3. I'm not sure I blame her. I wouldn't want to learn fiqh or hadith in KSA either. She might take a different stance if she had a proper education including the philosophy behind each of these subjects. Attention also needs to be focused on these people who send their children overseas to get an education. The King's building universities everywhere and still sends the royal family to Western countries? Why? #4. Complaining about corruption again. Corruption automatically hits women the hardest in any society where they are dependent on men to provide for them. It increases their dependence on men beyond what is necessary. #5. Jokes about women driving aside, the Saudi policy is kind of strange. It seems the angle of both camps (those in favor and those opposed) is dependent on the unique culture of KSA. There isn't a problem with women driving in other Muslim countries (it hasn't affected the culture, most of the Muslim world has been becoming increasingly religious and often it's been the women leading the charge). But KSA is very wealthy unlike the rest of the Muslim world. Though in principle I would obviously like to see women being allowed to drive and move about their own cities and areas freely, I do think long term consequences on a culture which seems to have every worldly inclination to turn away from religion could be very bad. However the policy against driving wasn't made in this context, it was made before the country became wealthy, so I'm not giving their scholars the benefit of the doubt here but looking at the ground reality.
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