'I'll burn her & her car ' Women driving still a taboo?

'I'll burn her & her car ' Women driving still a taboo?: Women and their rights in Saudi Arabia have always been an interesting but at the same time not the most pleasant ( for well-known reasons) theme to speak about. A Saudi man was arrested for allegedly threatening to attack women drivers, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, following a royal decree that ends a ban on women driving in the kingdom.



Many Saudis welcomed Tuesday's announcement by King Salman lifting the ban by next year, but some expressed confusion or outrage after the reversal of a policy that has been backed for decades by prominent clerics. The ministry said on Twitter that police in the kingdom's Eastern Province had arrested the suspect, who was not identified, and referred him to the public prosecutor.

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