By (Reuters, November 6, 2012)
Extracted from http://wwrn.org/articles/38514/
Dubai - Saudi Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media reported on Tuesday.
A draft law would have allowed women to continue wearing veils during the checks, and would have required their identity cards to be based on fingerprints instead of photographs, the Saudi Gazette said.
The Shura Council, a consultative body appointed by the king, rejected the plan on Sunday, although it agreed that female security staff should carry out checks on women, the newspaper reported. It did not say who had proposed the law.
Under Wahhabism, the branch of Sunni Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, men and women are largely segregated in public areas. Women need a male guardian's permission to work, travel or open a bank account.
Under King Abdullah, the government has pressed for women to have better education and job opportunities, and will allow them to vote in future municipal elections. But conservative forces in the kingdom have continued to push back against reforms.
I believe than women and men should have the same rights. I believe that women should be able to vote and to things completely on their own.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the person above women should be able to what men can do.Sometimes women are better then men in working an office behind a desk not just typing but running an business.
ReplyDeleteIn this case I think that the women should be able to keep their faces cover fingerprints work just as well if not better than face recognition. Women can do anything that a man can do if not better.
ReplyDeleteI don't see anything wrong with women unveiling their faces for security checks. I don't really understand the purpose of a security check if you are not able to look at an individual's face. To me it's the same context as to why hoodies are not permitted in select stores or events (security purposes). Fingerprinting someone who has not actually committed a crime, is a rather extreme measure.
ReplyDeletei agree that women should have to uncover there face for secuity check...I mean trying for get in a security check with your face cover is taking things to far
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