How sad nothing further has advance the women to have more freedom.

I remember reading about this. I read a memoir of life for Saudi Arabian women. Was it about two women? I’m not sure, but their lives were horrendous, and they are very, very brave. I’ve never understood women in the military, but I saw the wisdom in such when our American troops went to Kuwait, or were in Saudi Arabia, and the author of the book said their men were wimps, and here there were American women defending them. That gave them great courage. the book also discussed women being put into a room alone to die, or being drowned in a swimming pool; somewomen had wonderful husbands; others had horrific brothers or husband which translates into horrific abuse. The women of the world are brave and suffer horribly in some regions; my heart always goes out to them.

It is time for reciprocity. Saudi men in the United States must be denied the right to drive and must, when traveling in a car, have a woman driver. The prohibitions on visible religious symbols must mirror that in Saudi. For any expenditure over $100, a married Saudi man should be required to have his wive’s written permission. Let Saudi men pay a price for their misogamy. Or let them stay home.

Walter Wallis writes, “It is time for reciprocity. Saudi men in the United States must be denied….” Walter! You are being very unfair! You should not target just Saudi men. No, you should be fair and target all Islamic men. I am being sarcastic, Walter. Some claim Islam is the second most widespread religion of our world, at about 1.5 billion followers. Christianity is claimed to be the most widespread at about 1.5 billion followers worldwide. Looks to be a tie to me. My American Indian spiritual belief system does not even make the charts. I suspect this is related to Christians slaughtering my peoples to a point of near extinction. Are the Islamic slaughtering people around our world? Be honest! Yes, they sure as heck are. However, topic is Islamic women. I do not much cotton to this Islamic law women are less valuable than a dead dog lying out under sunshine, bloating and rotting. No need for me to relate these horror stories about treatment of Islamic women coming in from all around our world. A most basic foundation of religion is God tells us, all are to be treated as equals and all are to be treated with kindness and love. This “all” includes women. I am a prompted to ask, “Why do we consider Islam to be a religion?” Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Because Saudi Arabia contains Mecca and Medina, the two most holy places in Islam, they will always be in the grip of Wahhabism, the most extreme interpretation of Mohammed’s teachings and the law code. Many Saudi men do not support this harsh medieval ethos, but the Wahhabi sect is too strong and belligerent. Saudi women will never enjoy freedoms they should until Islamic reformists become as numerous and vocal as the extremists - and that seems, more than ever, a long way off. The irony is that Mohammed would never have gotten anywhere without the support and the money of his first wife Khadijah, who was a very independent woman. I don’t think Mohammed ever intended for women to be subjugated the way they have been. His teachings have been as distorted as those of Jesus by power-hungry clerics. That said, I love that photo of the woman on the dune buggy. Keep exploiting those loopholes, ladies!