Et voilà le travail : la séoudienne qui avait décidé de conduire malgré l’interdiction religieuse faite aux femmes, recevra 10 coups de fouet.
BBC News - Saudi woman to be lashed for defying driving ban
►http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15079620
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for breaking the country’s ban on female drivers.
The woman, identified only as Shema, was found guilty of driving in Jeddah in July.
Le New York Times, simultanément, publie le panégyrique du roi d’Arabie séoudite :
►http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/opinion/saudi-arabia-and-its-women.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia deserves credit for his long overdue decision to give women the right to vote, to run in municipal elections and to be appointed as full voting members of the Majlis Al-Shura, a government advisory group. It is a first step toward moving his country into the modern world but not nearly enough.
