Crashing the ban: Saudi Arabian women buckle up for social change — RT News

Crashing the ban: Saudi Arabian women buckle up for social change — RT News:

 Riyadh is gearing up for a different sort of “road rage” Saturday as women get behind the wheel to challenge a de-facto ban on female car drivers. Women are defying authoritarian cyber-dissident laws that forbid online support for protests.

As this Arab monarchy of some 30 million people slowly opens the window of opportunity for its women, Saudi females now seem more inclined to run the red light, so to speak, on other restrictions, including unwritten rules that ban them from driving.

This has prompted some women to participate in a motorized protest on Saturday to challenge the ruling of Muslim clerics, those behind-the-scene wielders of hefty influence over the kingdom’s monarchy who argue that women driving cars is a violation of Sharia law. Some 30 videos of women being filmed driving have already been uploaded to the 'October 26" YouTube channel.

In total, more than 60 woman are thought to have taken part, according to activists keeping track of videos and phone messages. However, the number is not yet verifiable.