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The absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia has announced that women will be officially banned from voting and from running for office in the first nationwide municipal election to be held in 2005.

The Feminist Majority Foundation, while fighting to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan, learned that Taliban militants were recruited from madrassas (religious schools) that were largely funded by Saudi Arabia. The Saudi's are funding fundamentalist nepotists all aound the globe, aren't they?

Saudi women face are required to receive permission from their husband in order to work, study, or travel. All women are barred from driving, administering their own businesses, or interacting with men in public. Disobeying these laws can bring punishment and even imprisonment by the country’s religious police, the muttawa.

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that a woman’s right to vote in Saudi Arabia would "have to come in due course." I think it's safe to assume he would not be one to speak up if women's constitutional rights here in America the Free came and went.

Feminist Majority Foundation is calling for the United Nations to revoke Saudi Arabia's membership for failure to uphold UN Charter for Human Rights, specifically regarding the rights of women.

Take Action

* Please vote Democrat on November 2nd. A missed opportunity could be a liberty lost. The religious fascists are armed and funded.

* Write to Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary, asking him to challenge Saudi Arabia’s membership in the United Nations for failure to uphold UN Charter for Human Rights.

* Write to Colin Powell. Ask him if he misses credibility.