Saudi Women – Not Internet Without Escort

From MEMRI:

Saudi Fatwa: Women Forbidden from Going Online Without Male Guide

Two Saudi clerics issued a fatwa forbidding women from accessing the Internet without the presence of a male guide.

Source: Al-Qabas, Kuwait, February 16, 2007

Boy is this going to set Amanda Marcotte off.

(Just kidding of course. She is practically yearning for her burka.)

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