Islamic law in Saudi Arabia, however, does not offer equality to women. The text of the Quran and Hadith are often subject to individual interpretations that favor the position of ...
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=182

... mutiny against the reform that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz started and against Saudi women who are being victimized because of such decisions," he said. Saudi Arabia's Islamic law ...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/19/saudi.rape.victim/index.html

Saudi Arabia, monarchy in southwestern Asia, occupying most of the ... to marry, have children, and raise them according to Islamic principles. Therefore, few Saudi women work ...
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761575422_4/Saudi_Arabia.html

Click to enlarge) Saudi Arabia ... Saudi Arabia is governed according to Islamic law. ... vendors; some Nigerian women were reportedly trafficked into Saudi Arabia ...
http://www.answers.com/topic/saudi-arabia

Women Driving in Saudi Arabia? Why Not? Dr. Khaled Batarfi, kbatarfi@al-madina.com ... In other Islamic countries, women didn?t have to compromise their modest dress code ...
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=59987&d=6&m=3&y=2005

... by the financial devastation of divorce than women in the West, thanks to more equitable protections they receive under Saudi Arabia?s Islamic laws
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/may-june01/0105035.html

SAUDI ARABIA: WOMEN SAY RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS BLOCK THEIR RIGHTS ... We really value our Islamic traditions. And Saudi Arabia has a special place in the Muslim ...
http://www.religiousconsultation.org/News_Tracker/Saudi_women_say_religious_traditions_block_rights.htm

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Photo Gallery: Arabian Camels: Islamic Faith: Saudi Trivia ... In Saudi Arabia Muslim women are required to cover themselves completely by wearing ...
http://www.toursaudiarabia.com/abaya.html

... foreign women are not restrained by their families in the way that Saudi women ... The flag of Saudi Arabia bears the Islamic declaration of faith, and desecration or any other ...
http://wikitravel.org/en/Saudi_Arabia

... in two cultural centres in Jeddah and Taif this month before mixed-gender audiences, earlier a taboo in Saudi Arabia whose strict Islamic rules ban unrelated men and women from ...
http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/cinema-returns-saudi-arabia-2427488

Religion in Saudi Arabia: Islamic Politics. ... especially educated young women, were expressing the revivalist mood by supplementing the traditional Saudi Islamic hijab ...
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_SaudiIslamPolitics.htm

... rate of 15 percent for men and 2 percent for women in Saudi Arabia ... has never been fully separated from its Islamic roots. The education policy of Saudi Arabia ...
http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/31.htm

100% Export Oriented Joint Venture project with Saudi Arabia, Producer & Exporter of Muslim Prayer Caps, Arabian Yashmagh, Shemagh, Head Scarf for Muslim Gents & Women.
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... educated young women, were expressing the revivalist mood by supplementing the traditional Saudi Islamic ... The nature of the Islamic society Saudi Arabia ...
http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/29.htm

Much has been written about the abuse of human rights in Saudi Arabia as the royal family follow a strict version of Sharia (Islamic law). Women's rights in Saudi Arabia is a ...
http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_spring03/eyeon/women.html

... of the country and pervades all aspects of life in Saudi Arabia. Public display of non-Islamic ... The Saudi Embassy in Washington advises women traveling to Saudi Arabia to dress in ...
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1012.html

human rights report 2006 Near East and North Africa Saudi Arabia ... restricted these rights for women based on its interpretation of Islamic Law. All women in the ...
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78862.htm

HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA: THE ROLE OF WOMEN. (TESTIMONY OF ALI AL-AHMED ... Women in pre-Islamic Arabia used to wear such bracelets and stamp their ...
http://www.middle-east-info.org/league/saudi/saudi.htm

... jail says this contravenes Islamic ... for a gang-rape victim in Saudi Arabia who ... was punished for violating Saudi Arabia's laws on segregation that forbid unrelated men and women ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7098480.stm

... premiered in two cultural centres in Jeddah and Taif this month before mixed-gender audiences, a taboo in Saudi Arabia whose strict Islamic rules ban unrelated men and women from ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/22/menahi-comedy-saudi-arabia

The position of women in Islamic society in general and in Saudi Arabian society in particular is a complex and frequently misunderstood issue.
http://www.saudinf.com/main/h61.htm

... out of the process, such as Fatin Bundagji, an activist for women's issues, the election showed how far those who promote alternatives to Saudi Arabia's deeply conservative Islamic ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/23/AR2005042301204.html

Saudi Arabia is a monarchy governed under strict Islamic laws of the Wahhabi sect, which regulate public behavior, especially for women and foreigners.
http://www.mideastweb.org/arabiahistory.htm

Tribal culture in Saudi Arabia?s southern Asir Province, however, has a different custom: women don?t inherit. This is clearly a conflict between Islamic law and tribal law and ...
http://xrdarabia.org/2008/11/10/tribal-islamic-laws-clash-in-saudi-arabia/

... sale of dogs and cats to prevent men from using them as tools to attract women. ... Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police, in their zeal to keep the sexes apart, want to make sure ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395341,00.html

Saudi Arabia has strict gender segregation laws prohibiting women from holding jobs, meeting men other than ... As an Islamic country under strict Islamic law, Saudi Arabia has ...
http://www.conservapedia.com/Saudi_Arabia

Saudi Arabia ratified the 1979 women?s rights treaty that the committee oversees eight years ago - but with the proviso that. Islamic Sharia law would prevail if there were ...
http://blog.unwatch.org/?p=88

Ed Bradley finds rare voices of dissent inside Saudi Arabia who call for women's rights in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/23/60minutes/main682565.shtml

... computers and fax transmissions to send newsletters to Saudi Arabia. Women play ... Shari'a court, the testimony of one man equals that of two women (see Section 1.e.). Although Islamic ...
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8296.htm