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Women can't drive because they 'have a quarter of a brain', Saudi sheikh says
"Women don't deserve to drive because they only have a quarter of a brain."
2017-09-21 09:58
According to the head of religious fatwas (edicts) in Saudi Arabia's Assir governorate, a woman shouldn't be allowed to drive because "she has a quarter of a brain."
You heard that right.
In a now-viral video that started making the rounds online late on Wednesday, Sheikh Saad Al Hajari is heard making the statement to a group of people during what appears to be a sermon.
"A woman isn't equal to a man when it comes to brain power and this is how she was created," Hajari said.
He then explained that because women have "half a brain," Saudi Arabia's Road and Traffic safety authority shouldn't allow them to drive.
"If a man had half a brain, would they issue him a driving license? They wouldn't."
Hajari's insults didn't stop here, he went on to explain that when women go shopping, they lose another half of their existing "half brain" and end up with only a quarter.
"Women don't deserve to drive because they only have a quarter of a brain," he reiterated.
Hajari's comments come at a time when the
debateabout women's right to drive continues to intensify.
Under the country's current law, there is no
officialprohibition on women driving, however, officials have yet to issue driving licenses to women.
