Should Saudi women be allowed to drive vehicles? 

Driving is not connected to religious norms. Driving has become necessity now a days not luxury. Islam has given freedom to woman. How KSA is going to get benefitted of economically, socially, institutionally, politically and all aspects of life by putting ban on driving by women??? Do the Islamic clerics are open-minded in KSA? Do they understand the needs of women in the modern era? 

Mohammad Kazem, Dubai

Yes. They should allow them to drive the car or what so ever. If women are doing any thing within their limits and with hijab Islam and Quran never stop them and by the way what’s the harm if women will drive a car. We are in 21st century most if the women are becoming professionals they go out for teaching they are doctors, pilots, nurses etc. 

Manzoor, Abu Dhabi

No, Saudi women should not be allowed to drive. 

Owais, India

Indeed, they should and I find no reason why they should be deprived of it... It’s time that women stood up for their rights in that part of the world. Driving a car or flying a aeroplane does not make a person corrupt in the community or society. The first thing I did when I came to USA was to make sure my wife learns to drive a car as it is a necessity for so many good reasons and also they do not become totally dependent on the husbands. I don’t think Islam prevents women to drive. If so I want to know where it is written ??? 

Hullo ! Wake up things are changing in KSA where a male soon wont be able to provide their wives with chauffers or will have the time to chauffer them around. A good woman in a society most of the time remains good unless she wants to become bad ... remember staying at home most of the time leads any individual to frustration and evil mind, and that’s what we don’t want. Time is not far when women will demand these rights and by giving them the right would not mean once again that, they will get CORRUPT. 

Farouk, Orlando

Absolutely! In Islam, women have been given more freedom than in any religion of its times. The Saudi clerics are taking a very literal and fundamentalist approach that reeks of ignorance of the world around them. I hope the people of Saudi Arabia become bolder to take political reforms in their own hands instead of leaving them to a so-called "special" class of rulers. 

Hassan, Dubai

The answer is very simple... Who are we to decide, rather why should anyone decide for them, including their own men folk? It is up to the Saudi women to decide what they want to do! Provided of course, that they are given their God given rights to take decisions on how they want to live their lives. What the MCP's of Saudi forget is that they cannot usurp anyone's rights, esp. not of their own women in sitting on judgement on what they should have or shouldn’t have! 

This is all contrary to the Quran and the practices and teachings of the Prophet Himself. (PBUH) This is precisely the sort of uncivilised and barbaric customs of a totally male dominated society, which prevailed in the pre-Islamic days of the jahiliya that Islam came to destroy. For us or for their men to subvert and forcibly impose their misguided and vested opinions on the Saudi women is not only an outrageous insult to their intelligence and capability but is an ungodly and unIslamic act. 

The mistreatment of domestic workers and foreigners, the perversions and hidden debauchery in their society is all an indication of the rotting cancer which has spread deep within, denial of women's rights being just one small part of this huge conspiracy in the blatant misuse of Islam. 

Al Zulfiqar, Toronto

Yes, they should allow women to drive. 

Aamir, Delhi

No they shouldn’t, democracy doesn’t mean forgetting their Islamic values. 

Adnan Al Kaili, Dubai

Here in Germany women are better drivers then men. Men make more accidents than women. So the question should be: "Should men be allowed to drive vehicles?"

Klaus U. Oldenburg, Germany